Sec. 102. Cost-effective codes implementation for efficiency and resilience
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Title III of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6831 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term eligible entity means— a relevant State agency, as determined by the Secretary, such as a State building code agency or State energy office; and a partnership. The term partnership means a partnership between an eligible entity described in paragraph (1)(A) and 1 or more of the following entities: Local building code agencies.
Codes and standards developers. Associations of builders and design and construction professionals. Local and utility energy efficiency programs. Consumer, energy efficiency, and environmental advocates. Other entities, as determined by the Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. The Secretary shall establish within the Building Technologies Office of the Department of Energy a program under which the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to enable sustained cost-effective implementation of updated building energy codes.
An update to a building energy code under this section shall include any update made available after the existing building energy code, even if it is not the most recent updated code available. In awarding grants under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— consider— prospective energy savings and plans to measure the savings; the long-term sustainability of those measures and savings; prospective benefits, and plans to assess the benefits, including benefits relating to— resilience and peak load reduction; occupant safety and health; and environmental performance; the demonstrated capacity of the eligible entity to carry out the proposed project; and the need of the eligible entity for assistance; and give priority to applications from partnerships.
An eligible entity awarded a grant under this section may use the grant funds— to create or enable State or regional partnerships to provide training and materials to— builders, contractors and subcontractors, architects, and other design and construction professionals, relating to meeting updated building energy codes in a cost-effective manner; and building code officials, relating to improving implementation of and compliance with building energy codes; to collect and disseminate quantitative data on construction and codes implementation, including code pathways, performance metrics, and technologies used; to develop and implement a plan for highly effective codes implementation, including measuring compliance; to address various implementation needs in rural, suburban, and urban areas; and to implement updates in energy codes for— new residential and commercial buildings (including multifamily buildings); and additions and alterations to existing residential and commercial buildings (including multifamily buildings).
Training and materials provided using a grant under this section may include information on the relationship between energy codes and— cost-effective, high-performance, and zero-net-energy buildings; improving resilience, health, and safety; water savings and other environmental impacts; and the economic impacts of energy codes. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section— $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029; and for fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as are necessary. .
Section 303 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6832 ) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking As used in and inserting Except as otherwise provided, in .
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