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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 855 | PRINTER'S NO. 2082 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, MUSTO, KITCHEN, BROWNE, WAUGH, ALLOWAY, PILEGGI, ERICKSON, PIPPY, FARNESE, WONDERLING, BOSCOLA, DINNIMAN, LEACH AND WASHINGTON, APRIL 3, 2009 |
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| SENATOR M. WHITE, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, AS AMENDED, JUNE 22, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Requiring the design, construction and renovation of certain |
2 | State and local government buildings to comply with specified | <-- |
3 | energy and environmental building standards. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Short title. |
7 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the High- |
8 | Performance, State and Local Government Buildings Standards Act. | <-- |
9 | Section 2. Purpose. |
10 | The General Assembly declares the purposes of this act as |
11 | follows: |
12 | (1) To promote effective energy and environmental |
13 | standards for construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of |
14 | buildings in this Commonwealth. |
15 | (2) To optimize the energy performance of State | <-- |
16 | buildings throughout this Commonwealth. |
17 | (3) To increase the demand for environmentally |
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1 | preferable building materials, finishes and furnishings. |
2 | (4) To improve environmental quality in this |
3 | Commonwealth by decreasing the discharge of pollutants from |
4 | buildings and their manufacture. |
5 | (5) To create public awareness of new technologies that |
6 | can improve the health and productivity of building occupants |
7 | by meeting advanced criteria for indoor air quality. |
8 | (6) To improve working conditions and reduce building- |
9 | related health problems. |
10 | (7) To reduce State and local government dependence upon |
11 | imported sources of energy through buildings that conserve |
12 | energy and utilize local and renewable energy sources. |
13 | (8) To protect and restore this Commonwealth's natural |
14 | resources by avoiding development of inappropriate building |
15 | sites. |
16 | (9) To reduce the burden on municipal water supply and |
17 | treatment by reducing potable water consumption. |
18 | (10) To reduce waste generation and to manage waste |
19 | through recycling and diversion from landfill disposal. |
20 | (11) To improve State and local government capacity to |
21 | design, build and operate high-performance buildings and, in |
22 | doing so, to create new jobs and contribute to economic |
23 | growth. |
24 | Section 3. Definitions. |
25 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
26 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
27 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
28 | "Building project." The design, construction, or renovation, | <-- |
29 | operation and maintenance of any inhabited physical structure |
30 | and its associated project building site. |
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1 | "Commercial interior fit-out." Interior design and | <-- |
2 | installation by owners or tenants of new or existing office |
3 | space, typically exclusive of structural components and core and |
4 | shell elements. |
5 | "Commonwealth agency." An executive agency, an independent | <-- |
6 | agency, a State-affiliated entity or State-related institution |
7 | as defined by 62 Pa.C.S. § 103 (relating to definitions). The |
8 | term also includes the General Assembly, its officers and |
9 | agencies and the unified judicial system and its officers and |
10 | agencies. |
11 | "Department." The Department of General Services of the |
12 | Commonwealth. |
13 | "High-performance building." A building designed to achieve |
14 | integrated systems design and construction so as to |
15 | significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of the |
16 | built environment. |
17 | "Major facility project." Any of the following: |
18 | (1) A State-funded new State-owned construction project | <-- |
19 | in which the building to be constructed is larger than 5,000 |
20 | gross square feet. |
21 | (2) A State-funded building renovation project where the | <-- |
22 | State funding exceeds either 50% of the construction cost or |
23 | $500,000 in State funds. |
24 | (3) A State-funded commercial interior tenant fit-out |
25 | project that is larger than 5,000 square feet of leasable |
26 | area. |
27 | (2) A new construction project in which the building to | <-- |
28 | be constructed is more than 10,000 gross square feet and in |
29 | which building a Commonwealth agency has agreed to lease 90% |
30 | of the gross square feet. |
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1 | The term does not include a building, regardless of size, that |
2 | does not have conditioned space as defined by Standard 90.1 of |
3 | the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- |
4 | Conditioning Engineers, referred to as ASHRAE 90.1. |
5 | "Renovation project." A building project involving the |
6 | modification or adaptive reuse of an existing facility. |
7 | "State department." A department, board, bureau, commission | <-- |
8 | or authority under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the |
9 | Commonwealth. |
10 | "State-funded." In reference to a building project, the term |
11 | refers to receipt of funds from a State appropriation. |
12 | Section 4. Standards. |
13 | (a) Minimum criteria.--The high-performance building |
14 | standards applicable to this act shall meet the following |
15 | minimum criteria: |
16 | (1) Be consensus-based, as defined by the Office of |
17 | Management and Budget, Circular No. A-119, dated February 10, |
18 | 1998. |
19 | (2) At a minimum, include performance-based categories |
20 | or credits that will foster achievement of the purposes set |
21 | forth under section 2(2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (9) and |
22 | (10). |
23 | (3) Require documentation, verifiable calculations or |
24 | the equivalent procedure to substantiate and support any |
25 | claim made relating to paragraph (2). |
26 | (4) Employ third-party, postconstruction review and |
27 | verification for achievement of certification. |
28 | (5) Have been applied to green buildings in the United |
29 | States, buildings which have been certified by an approved |
30 | building agency. |
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1 | (b) Level of performance.--The performance required under |
2 | the adopted high-performance building standards shall be at or |
3 | above the level beyond the minimum level required by the |
4 | selected standards. |
5 | (c) Energy Star ratings.--In addition to meeting the |
6 | performance requirements of the adopted high performance |
7 | building standards, all State-funded major facility projects | <-- |
8 | subject to the requirements of this act are required to achieve | <-- |
9 | an Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star rating of 85 or |
10 | above. |
11 | Section 5. Scope. |
12 | (a) Facilities owned or leased by the Commonwealth or State- | <-- |
13 | affiliated entities.-- |
14 | (1) All major facility projects shall meet or exceed the |
15 | standards as set forth under section 4 and the levels of |
16 | achievement as defined by the department. |
17 | (2) All other building projects shall meet or exceed the |
18 | prescribed level of achievement under the adopted high- |
19 | performance building standard as set forth under section 4. |
20 | (3) The level of achievement to be met under paragraph |
21 | (2) shall be set forth in the regulations adopted by the |
22 | department. |
23 | (b) State-funded major facility projects.--When the |
24 | department issues funding, it shall require the use of standards |
25 | adopted under section 6 during the design and construction phase |
26 | of the project. Each State-funded major facility project shall |
27 | meet or exceed the level of achievement as set forth under |
28 | section 4. |
29 | (c) Facilities owned or leased by municipalities and school |
30 | districts.-- |
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1 | (1) All major facility projects of a municipality or |
2 | school district shall meet or exceed the standards as set |
3 | forth under section 4 and the levels of achievement as |
4 | defined by the department. |
5 | (2) All other buildings of a municipality or school |
6 | district shall meet or exceed the prescribed level of |
7 | achievement under the adopted high-performance building |
8 | standard as set forth under section 4. |
9 | (3) The level of achievement to be met under paragraph |
10 | (2) shall be set forth in the regulations adopted by the |
11 | department. |
12 | All building projects shall meet or exceed the prescribed | <-- |
13 | level of achievement under the high-performance building |
14 | standard adopted under section 6. |
15 | Section 6. Regulations. |
16 | (a) General rule.--The department, in consultation with the | <-- |
17 | Department of Environmental Protection, shall develop and issue |
18 | regulations for complying with this act. The purposes of the |
19 | regulations shall be to: |
20 | (1) Adopt high-performance building standards selected |
21 | by the department, in consultation with the Department of |
22 | Environmental Protection, from among accepted industry |
23 | standards meeting the criteria prescribed in section 4(a). |
24 | (2) Define reporting requirements for State-funded | <-- |
25 | building projects under this act. |
26 | (3) Define procedures and methods for verifying |
27 | compliance with the standards, as set forth in sections 4 and |
28 | 5, in the design and construction of State-funded State-owned | <-- |
29 | or State-leased building projects under this act. |
30 | (b) Amendment.--The department, in consultation with the | <-- |
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1 | Department of Environmental Protection, may amend the |
2 | regulations as necessitated by the emergence of new or modified |
3 | high-performance building standards as defined under section 4. |
4 | (3) Specify the level of achievement to be met under | <-- |
5 | section 5. |
6 | Section 7. Report. |
7 | The department shall prepare and submit annually a report to |
8 | the chairman and the minority chairman of the Environmental |
9 | Resources and Energy Committee of the Senate, the chairman and |
10 | the minority chairman of the Community, Economic and |
11 | Recreational Development Committee of the Senate, the chairman |
12 | and the minority chairman of the Environmental Resources and |
13 | Energy Committee of the House of Representatives and the |
14 | chairman and the minority chairman of the Intergovernmental |
15 | Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. The report |
16 | shall at a minimum include: |
17 | (1) The number and type of buildings designed and |
18 | constructed utilizing each of the rating systems recognized |
19 | under this act. |
20 | (2) The levels of certification of each building |
21 | designed, constructed or renovated. |
22 | (3) Actual savings in energy costs or anticipated | <-- |
23 | savings in energy consumption. |
24 | (4) A description of all potential environmental |
25 | benefits, including, but not limited to, water resources |
26 | savings and the reduction of waste generation. |
27 | (5) Any conflicts or barriers identified which hinder |
28 | the effective implementation of this act. |
29 | Section 8. Monitoring and evaluation. |
30 | The department, in consultation with the Department of |
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1 | Environmental Protection, shall develop and implement a process |
2 | to monitor and evaluate the energy and environmental benefits |
3 | associated with each building project designed, constructed or |
4 | renovated under this act. The monitoring and evaluation of each | <-- |
5 | building project shall commence The Commonwealth agency | <-- |
6 | occupying the building shall commence monitoring and evaluation |
7 | in accordance with the department-established process one year |
8 | after the completion and occupancy of the building project and |
9 | continue for five years thereafter. |
10 | Section 9. Applicability. |
11 | This act shall apply as follows: |
12 | (1) The provisions of this act shall apply to all |
13 | project design contracts initiated on or after the effective |
14 | date of this section. |
15 | (2) The provisions of this act shall apply to all |
16 | project construction contracts initiated one year after the |
17 | effective date of this section. |
18 | Section 10. Enforcement. | <-- |
19 | The department shall not enforce the provisions of this act |
20 | as they apply to building projects owned or leased by a |
21 | Commonwealth agency until the Secretary of General Services and |
22 | the Secretary of the Budget determine there is adequate funding |
23 | available to cover additional costs resulting from compliance |
24 | with the requirements of this act. |
25 | Section 10 11. Effective date. | <-- |
26 | This act shall take effect as follows: |
27 | (1) Section 5 shall take effect in one year. |
28 | (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60 |
29 | days. |
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