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.
Section 548(b)(5) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8258(b) ) is amended— in subparagraph
(A)by striking the status of and all that follows through authority and inserting the following: the status of the energy savings performance contracts, utility energy service contracts, and other forms of public-private partnership contracts that leverage private sector financing for energy efficiency projects, of each agency, to the extent that the information is not duplicative of information provided to the Secretary under a separate authority ; in subparagraph
(D)by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (E)(ii) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: information reported pursuant to subparagraphs
(A)through
(E)shall distinguish among contract types; 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 agency through public-private partnerships with respect to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy resilience. . For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030, the head of each agency shall include a summary of the information described in Section 548(b)(5) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8258(b)(5) ) in the annual agency Sustainability Report and Implementation Plan. The heads of agencies are encouraged to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act in collaboration with States, including by— sharing resources and providing technical advice to States regarding net-zero buildings and carbon reducing technologies; coordinating with multistate organizations on charging infrastructure technology, procurement, and strategic locations relating to zero-emission vehicles; allowing State officials to participate in appropriate training opportunities; and coordinating with States on renewable energy procurement benefitting a Federal facility and local communities.
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