4.4 : Legislation Affecting Energy Consumption of Federal Buildings and Facilities
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Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007, Provisions Affecting Energy
Consumption in Federal Buildings |
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| Energy Reduction Goals for Federal
Buildings - Amended reduction goals set by the National Energy Conservation
Policy Act, and requires increasing percentage reductions in energy
consumption through FY 2015, with a final energy consumption reduction goal
of 30 percent savings in FY 2015, as compared to the baseline energy
consumption of Federal buildings in FY 2003. The goals specified in Section
431 of EISA 2007 supersede those from Section 102 of EPACT 2005. [Section
431] |
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| Management of Energy and Water Efficiency
in Federal Buildings - Requires each Federal agency to designate an energy
manager, requires that energy manager to evaluate all facilities of that
agency for energy and water saving measures once every four years, and
requires agencies. Authorizes the Office of Management and Budget to evaluate
progress by each agency on energy and water savings measures through
semiannual scorecards. [Section 432] |
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| Federal Building Energy Efficiency
Performance Standards - Requires that new Federal buildings built after 2010,
and Federal building undergoing major renovations after 2010, be designed to
reduce fossil fuel consumption, as compared to FY 2003. This reduction
requirement increases each 5 years. [Section 433] |
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| Management of Federal Building Efficiency
- Requires that Federal agencies select the most energy-efficient designs,
systems, equipment, and controls that are life-cycle cost effective, when
performing any replacement of installed equipment within a Federal building.
[Section 434] |
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| Leasing - Requires that Federal agencies
lease space in buildings that have earned the ENERGY STAR label in the most
recent year, unless no available space exists. [Section 435] |
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| High Performance Green Federal Buildings -
Establishes the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings within the
General Services Administration. This office is authorized to coordinate all
efforts related to green practices within Federal buildings. [Section 436] |
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| Standard Relating to Solar Hot Water -
Requires new Federal buildings, or Federal buildings undergoing major
renovations, to meet at least 30 percent of hot water demand through the use
of solar hot water heaters, if cost-effective. [Section 523] |
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| Federally-Procured Appliances with Standby
Power - Requires all Federal agencies to procure appliances with standby
power consumption of less than 1 watt, if available and cost-effective.
[Section 524] |
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