§ 4-808
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§4–808.
(a)To determine life-cycle costs, the Department, in cooperation with the Maryland Energy Administration, shall establish standards that require at least:
(1)an evaluation of:
(i)the amount and type of glass used in the building and the directions of exposure;
(ii)the effect of insulation incorporated into the design of the building;
(iii)the effect of the use of active and passive solar energy systems;
(iv)if wind or solar energy is used, the orientation and integration of the building with respect to its site; and
(v)the variable occupancy and operating conditions of the building and its parts;
(2)an energy consumption analysis of each major piece of equipment in any of the following systems serving the building:
(i)the cooling system;
(ii)the heating system;
(iii)the hot water system;
(iv)the lighting system;
(v)the ventilation system; and
(vi)any other major energy-using system; and
(3)a comparison of possible alternative energy systems:
(i)that would use the most plentiful and available energy resources in combinations that would result in maximum energy efficiency, both in the building and at the source; and
(ii)with respect to the projected annual energy consumption of the major energy-using equipment of each system over the life of the building.
(b)To evaluate life-cycle costs, the Department shall:
(1)adopt and uniformly apply a definition of the “life of the building”; and
(2)provide defending criteria for the definition adopted.