Sec. 7. Recommendations
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In this section, the term Administrator means the Administrator of General Services, acting through the Federal Director of the Office of High-Performance Green Buildings. The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, shall develop recommendations for sustainability and resilience at hospitals and health care facilities, including by— incorporating building and health sciences research related to health and wellness; identifying relevant metrics; prioritizing proven strategies; referencing, as appropriate, criteria in the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings; and developing corresponding recommended contract provisions and other templates for use in procurement.
The Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of the Federal Energy Management Program, and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, shall develop recommendations for systems, including customized Energy Star Portfolio Manager fields and dashboards, for use by Federal facilities in tracking compliance and progress of new and existing buildings with the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings, including by considering— campus, installation, and portfolio approaches; suggested targets; and relevant metrics.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall make publicly available a report that evaluates and describes the potential efficacy, costs, and benefits of a program under which the Administrator would— borrow funds from the Federal Buildings Fund for building energy and water efficiency and resilience retrofits, including through projects that use funds to leverage private sector financing, including through energy savings performance contracts; and repay the Federal Buildings Fund from utility savings.
For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030, the Administrator shall include the information described in paragraph (2)— in the annual report prepared by the Administrator pursuant to section 527 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17143 ); and in the annual General Services Administration Sustainability Report and Implementation Plan. The information referred to in paragraph
(1)is, with respect to the fiscal year covered by a report— the investment value and number of energy savings performance contracts entered into by the Administrator; the investment value and number of other forms of public-private partnerships that leverage private sector financing entered into by the Administrator for energy efficiency projects; for each of the 2 fiscal years following the fiscal year covered by the report, the projected value and number described in each of subparagraphs
(A)and (B); the total estimated implementation costs and estimated lifecycle cost savings of outstanding energy conservation measures at facilities that meet the criteria described in section 543(f)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8253(f)(2)(B) ); and recommendations to increase the aggregate benefits and value provided to the General Services Administration through public-private partnerships with respect to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy resilience.
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