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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 873 

To promote energy efficiency, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2015 

Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To promote energy efficiency, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 TITLE I—BETTER BUILDINGS 

4 SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Better Buildings Act 

6 of 2015’’. 

7 SEC. 102. ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN FEDERAL AND OTHER 

8 BUILDINGS. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis11 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv12 ices. 


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1 (2) COST-EFFECTIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY

2 MEASURE.—The term ‘‘cost-effective energy effi3 ciency measure’’ means any building product, mate4 rial, equipment, or service, and the installing, imple5 menting, or operating thereof, that provides energy 

6 savings in an amount that is not less than the cost 

7 of such installing, implementing, or operating. 

8 (3) COST-EFFECTIVE WATER EFFICIENCY

9 MEASURE.—The term ‘‘cost-effective water efficiency 

10 measure’’ means any building product, material, 

11 equipment, or service, and the installing, imple12 menting, or operating thereof, that provides water 

13 savings in an amount that is not less than the cost 

14 of such installing, implementing, or operating. 

15 (b) MODEL PROVISIONS, POLICIES, AND BEST PRAC16 TICES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis19 trator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy 

20 and after providing the public with an opportunity 

21 for notice and comment, shall develop model com22 mercial leasing provisions and best practices in ac23 cordance with this subsection. 

24 (2) COMMERCIAL LEASING.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The model commercial 

2 leasing provisions developed under this sub3 section shall, at a minimum, align the interests 

4 of building owners and tenants with regard to 

5 investments in cost-effective energy efficiency 

6 measures and cost-effective water efficiency 

7 measures to encourage building owners and ten8 ants to collaborate to invest in such measures. 

9 (B) USE OF MODEL PROVISIONS.—The 

10 Administrator may use the model commercial 

11 leasing provisions developed under this sub12 section in any standard leasing document that 

13 designates a Federal agency (or other client of 

14 the Administrator) as a landlord or tenant. 

15 (C) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator 

16 shall periodically publish the model commercial 

17 leasing provisions developed under this sub18 section, along with explanatory materials, to en19 courage building owners and tenants in the pri20 vate sector to use such provisions and mate21 rials. 

22 (3) REALTY SERVICES.—The Administrator 

23 shall develop policies and practices to implement 

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1 ices provided by the Administrator to Federal agen2 cies (or other clients of the Administrator), including 

3 periodic training of appropriate Federal employees 

4 and contractors on how to identify and evaluate 

5 those measures. 

6 (4) STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE.—The Ad7 ministrator, in consultation with the Secretary of 

8 Energy, shall make available model commercial leas9 ing provisions and best practices developed under 

10 this subsection to State, county, and municipal gov11 ernments for use in managing owned and leased 

12 building space in accordance with the goal of encour13 aging investment in all cost-effective energy effi14 ciency measures and cost-effective water efficiency 

15 measures. 

16 SEC. 103. SEPARATE SPACES WITH HIGH-PERFORMANCE 

17 ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title IV of the En19 ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

20 17081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 424. SEPARATE SPACES WITH HIGH-PERFORMANCE 

23 ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES. 

24 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY

2 MEASURE.—The term ‘high-performance energy effi3 ciency measure’ means a technology, product, or 

4 practice that will result in substantial operational 

5 cost savings by reducing energy consumption and 

6 utility costs. 

7 ‘‘(2) SEPARATE SPACES.—The term ‘separate 

8 spaces’ means areas within a commercial building 

9 that are leased or otherwise occupied by a tenant or 

10 other occupant for a period of time pursuant to the 

11 terms of a written agreement. 

12 ‘‘(b) STUDY.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, 

15 acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy 

16 Efficiency and Renewable Energy, shall complete a 

17 study on the feasibility of— 

18 ‘‘(A) significantly improving energy effi19 ciency in commercial buildings through the de20 sign and construction, by owners and tenants, 

21 of separate spaces with high-performance en22 ergy efficiency measures; and 

23 ‘‘(B) encouraging owners and tenants to 

24 implement high-performance energy efficiency 

25 measures in separate spaces. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SCOPE.—The study shall, at a minimum, 

2 include— 

3 ‘‘(A) descriptions of— 

4 ‘‘(i) high-performance energy effi5 ciency measures that should be considered 

6 as part of the initial design and construc7 tion of separate spaces; 

8 ‘‘(ii) processes that owners, tenants, 

9 architects, and engineers may replicate 

10 when designing and constructing separate 

11 spaces with high-performance energy effi12 ciency measures; 

13 ‘‘(iii) policies and best practices to 

14 achieve reductions in energy intensities for 

15 lighting, plug loads, heating, cooling, cook16 ing, laundry, and other systems to satisfy 

17 the needs of the commercial building ten18 ant; 

19 ‘‘(iv) return on investment and pay20 back analyses of the incremental cost and 

21 projected energy savings of the proposed 

22 set of high-performance energy efficiency 

23 measures, including consideration of avail24 able incentives; 


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1 ‘‘(v) models and simulation methods 

2 that predict the quantity of energy used by 

3 separate spaces with high-performance en4 ergy efficiency measures and that compare 

5 that predicted quantity to the quantity of 

6 energy used by separate spaces without 

7 high-performance energy efficiency meas8 ures but that otherwise comply with appli9 cable building code requirements; 

10 ‘‘(vi) measurement and verification 

11 platforms demonstrating actual energy use 

12 of high-performance energy efficiency 

13 measures installed in separate spaces, and 

14 whether such measures generate the sav15 ings intended in the initial design and con16 struction of the separate spaces; 

17 ‘‘(vii) best practices that encourage an 

18 integrated approach to designing and con19 structing separate spaces to perform at op20 timum energy efficiency in conjunction 

21 with the central systems of a commercial 

22 building; and 

23 ‘‘(viii) any impact on employment re24 sulting from the design and construction of 


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1 separate spaces with high-performance en2 ergy efficiency measures; and 

3 ‘‘(B) case studies reporting economic and 

4 energy savings returns in the design and con5 struction of separate spaces with high-perform6 ance energy efficiency measures. 

7 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—Not later than 

8 90 days after the date of the enactment of this sec9 tion, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Fed10 eral Register requesting public comments regarding 

11 effective methods, measures, and practices for the 

12 design and construction of separate spaces with 

13 high-performance energy efficiency measures. 

14 ‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall pub15 lish the study on the website of the Department of 

16 Energy.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

18 in section 1(b) of the Energy Independence and Security 

19 Act of 2007 is amended by inserting after the item relat20 ing to section 423 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 424. Separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures.’’. 

21 SEC. 104. TENANT STAR PROGRAM. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title IV of the En23 ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

24 17081 et seq.) (as amended by section 103) is amended 

25 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 425. TENANT STAR PROGRAM. 

2 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

3 ‘‘(1) HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY

4 MEASURE.—The term ‘high-performance energy effi5 ciency measure’ has the meaning given the term in 

6 section 424. 

7 ‘‘(2) SEPARATE SPACES.—The term ‘separate 

8 spaces’ has the meaning given the term in section 

9 424. 

10 ‘‘(b) TENANT STAR.—The Administrator of the Envi11 ronmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the 

12 Secretary of Energy, shall develop a voluntary program 

13 within the Energy Star program established by section 

14 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 6294a), which may be known as Tenant Star, to 

16 promote energy efficiency in separate spaces leased by ten17 ants or otherwise occupied within commercial buildings. 

18 ‘‘(c) EXPANDING SURVEY DATA.—The Secretary of 

19 Energy, acting through the Administrator of the Energy 

20 Information Administration, shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) collect, through each Commercial Build22 ings Energy Consumption Survey of the Energy In23 formation Administration that is conducted after the 

24 date of enactment of this section, data on— 

25 ‘‘(A) categories of building occupancy that 

26 are known to consume significant quantities of 


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1 energy, such as occupancy by data centers, 

2 trading floors, and restaurants; and 

3 ‘‘(B) other aspects of the property, build4 ing operation, or building occupancy determined 

5 by the Administrator of the Energy Information 

6 Administration, in consultation with the Admin7 istrator of the Environmental Protection Agen8 cy, to be relevant in lowering energy consump9 tion; 

10 ‘‘(2) with respect to the first Commercial Build11 ings Energy Consumption Survey conducted after 

12 the date of enactment of this section, to the extent 

13 full compliance with the requirements of paragraph 

14 (1) is not feasible, conduct activities to develop the 

15 capability to collect such data and begin to collect 

16 such data; and 

17 ‘‘(3) make data collected under paragraphs (1) 

18 and (2) available to the public in aggregated form 

19 and provide such data, and any associated results, to 

20 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

21 Agency for use in accordance with subsection (d). 

22 ‘‘(d) RECOGNITION OF OWNERS AND TENANTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) OCCUPANCY-BASED RECOGNITION.—Not 

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1 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

2 shall, following an opportunity for public notice and 

3 comment— 

4 ‘‘(A) in a manner similar to the Energy 

5 Star rating system for commercial buildings, 

6 develop policies and procedures to recognize 

7 tenants in commercial buildings that voluntarily 

8 achieve high levels of energy efficiency in sepa9 rate spaces; 

10 ‘‘(B) establish building occupancy cat11 egories eligible for Tenant Star recognition 

12 based on the data collected under subsection (c) 

13 and any other appropriate data sources; and 

14 ‘‘(C) consider other forms of recognition 

15 for commercial building tenants or other occu16 pants that lower energy consumption in sepa17 rate spaces. 

18 ‘‘(2) DESIGN- AND CONSTRUCTION-BASED REC19 OGNITION.—After the study required by section 

20 424(b) is completed, the Administrator of the Envi21 ronmental Protection Agency, in consultation with 

22 the Secretary and following an opportunity for pub23 lic notice and comment, may develop a voluntary 

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1 ciency measures in the design and construction of 

2 separate spaces.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 in section 1(b) of the Energy Independence and Security 

5 Act of 2007 is amended by inserting after the item relat6 ing to section 424 (as added by section 103(b) of this Act) 

7 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 425. Tenant Star program.’’. 

8 TITLE II—ENERGY EFFICIENT 

9 GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY 

10 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Efficient Gov12 ernment Technology Act’’. 

13 SEC. 202. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR14 MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 

15 Subtitle C of title V of the Energy Independence and 

16 Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 

17 1661) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 530. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR19 MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 

20 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

22 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg23 et. 

24 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

25 ‘information technology’ has the meaning given that 


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1 term in section 11101 of title 40, United States 

2 Code. 

3 ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION STRAT4 EGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

5 of this section, each Federal agency shall coordinate with 

6 the Director, the Secretary, and the Administrator of the 

7 Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implemen8 tation strategy (that includes best practices and measure9 ment and verification techniques) for the maintenance, 

10 purchase, and use by the Federal agency of energy-effi11 cient and energy-saving information technologies, taking 

12 into consideration the performance goals established under 

13 subsection (d). 

14 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—In developing an implemen15 tation strategy under subsection (b), each Federal agency 

16 shall consider— 

17 ‘‘(1) advanced metering infrastructure; 

18 ‘‘(2) energy-efficient data center strategies and 

19 methods of increasing asset and infrastructure utili20 zation; 

21 ‘‘(3) advanced power management tools; 

22 ‘‘(4) building information modeling, including 

23 building energy management; 

24 ‘‘(5) secure telework and travel substitution 

25 tools; and 


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1 ‘‘(6) mechanisms to ensure that the agency re2 alizes the energy cost savings brought about through 

3 increased efficiency and utilization. 

4 ‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE GOALS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the date of enactment of this section, the Di7 rector, in consultation with the Secretary, shall es8 tablish performance goals for evaluating the efforts 

9 of Federal agencies in improving the maintenance, 

10 purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-sav11 ing information technology. 

12 ‘‘(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Chief Information 

13 Officers Council established under section 3603 of 

14 title 44, United States Code, shall recommend best 

15 practices for the attainment of the performance 

16 goals, which shall include Federal agency consider17 ation of the use of— 

18 ‘‘(A) energy savings performance con19 tracting; and 

20 ‘‘(B) utility energy services contracting. 

21 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) AGENCY REPORTS.—Each Federal agency 

23 shall include in the report of the agency under sec24 tion 527 a description of the efforts and results of 

25 the agency under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(2) OMB GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY REPORTS

2 AND SCORECARDS.—Effective beginning not later 

3 than October 1, 2016, the Director shall include in 

4 the annual report and scorecard of the Director re5 quired under section 528 a description of the efforts 

6 and results of Federal agencies under this section.’’. 

7 SEC. 203. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS. 

8 Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security 

9 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking subsection (b)(3); and 

11 (2) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and 

12 inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(c) STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.—The Secretary 

14 and the Administrator shall carry out subsection (b) in 

15 collaboration with information technology industry and 

16 other key stakeholders, with the goal of producing results 

17 that accurately reflect the best knowledge in the most per18 tinent domains. In such collaboration, the Secretary and 

19 the Administrator shall pay particular attention to organi20 zations that— 

21 ‘‘(1) have members with expertise in energy ef22 ficiency and in the development, operation, and 

23 functionality of data centers, information technology 

24 equipment, and software, such as representatives of 


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1 hardware manufacturers, data center operators, and 

2 facility managers; 

3 ‘‘(2) obtain and address input from Department 

4 of Energy National Laboratories or any college, uni5 versity, research institution, industry association, 

6 company, or public interest group with applicable ex7 pertise; 

8 ‘‘(3) follow— 

9 ‘‘(A) commonly accepted procedures for 

10 the development of specifications; and 

11 ‘‘(B) accredited standards development 

12 processes; and 

13 ‘‘(4) have a mission to promote energy effi14 ciency for data centers and information technology. 

15 ‘‘(d) MEASUREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.—The 

16 Secretary and the Administrator shall consider and assess 

17 the adequacy of the specifications, measurements, and 

18 benchmarks described in subsection (b) for use by the 

19 Federal Energy Management Program, the Energy Star 

20 Program, and other efficiency programs of the Depart21 ment of Energy or the Environmental Protection Agency. 

22 ‘‘(e) STUDY.—The Secretary, in collaboration with 

23 the Administrator, shall, not later than 18 months after 

24 the date of enactment of the Energy Efficient Government 

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1 to the Report to Congress on Server and Data Center En2 ergy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007, under sec3 tion 1 of Public Law 109–431 (120 Stat. 2920), that pro4 vides— 

5 ‘‘(1) a comparison and gap analysis of the esti6 mates and projections contained in the original re7 port with new data regarding the period from 2008 

8 through 2015; 

9 ‘‘(2) an analysis considering the impact of in10 formation technologies, to include virtualization and 

11 cloud computing, in the public and private sectors; 

12 ‘‘(3) an evaluation of the impact of the com13 bination of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social 

14 media, and big data on data center energy usage; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(4) updated projections and recommendations 

17 for best practices through fiscal year 2020. 

18 ‘‘(f) DATA CENTER ENERGY PRACTITIONER PRO19 GRAM.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key stake20 holders and the Director of the Office of Management and 

21 Budget, shall maintain a data center energy practitioner 

22 program that leads to the certification of energy practi23 tioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and effi24 ciency opportunities in Federal data centers. Each Federal 

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1 cy evaluated every 4 years by energy practitioners certified 

2 pursuant to such program, whenever practicable using cer3 tified practitioners employed by the agency. 

4 ‘‘(g) OPEN DATA INITIATIVE.—The Secretary, in col5 laboration with key stakeholders and the Office of Man6 agement and Budget, shall establish an open data initia7 tive for Federal data center energy usage data, with the 

8 purpose of making such data available and accessible in 

9 a manner that encourages further data center innovation, 

10 optimization, and consolidation. In establishing the initia11 tive, the Secretary shall consider the use of the online 

12 Data Center Maturity Model. 

13 ‘‘(h) INTERNATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND

14 METRICS.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key 

15 stakeholders, shall actively participate in efforts to har16 monize global specifications and metrics for data center 

17 energy efficiency. 

18 ‘‘(i) DATA CENTER UTILIZATION METRIC.—The Sec19 retary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facili20 tate in the development of an efficiency metric that meas21 ures the energy efficiency of a data center (including 

22 equipment and facilities). 

23 ‘‘(j) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 

24 The Secretary and the Administrator shall not disclose 

25 any proprietary information or trade secrets provided by 


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1 any individual or company for the purposes of carrying 

2 out this section or the programs and initiatives established 

3 under this section.’’. 

4 TITLE III—ENERGY INFORMA5 TION FOR COMMERCIAL 

6 BUILDINGS 

7 SEC. 301. ENERGY INFORMATION FOR COMMERCIAL BUILD8 INGS. 

9 (a) REQUIREMENT OF BENCHMARKING AND DISCLO10 SURE FOR LEASING BUILDINGS WITHOUT ENERGY STAR

11 LABELS.—Section 435(b)(2) of the Energy Independence 

12 and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17091(b)(2)) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘signing the contract,’’ and all 

17 that follows through the period at the end and in18 serting the following: ‘‘signing the contract, the fol19 lowing requirements are met: 

20 ‘‘(A) The space is renovated for all energy 

21 efficiency and conservation improvements that 

22 would be cost effective over the life of the lease, 

23 including improvements in lighting, windows, 

24 and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 

25 systems. 


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1 ‘‘(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the space is 

2 benchmarked under a nationally recognized, on3 line, free benchmarking program, with public 

4 disclosure, unless the space is a space for which 

5 owners cannot access whole building utility con6 sumption data, including spaces— 

7 ‘‘(I) that are located in States 

8 with privacy laws that provide that 

9 utilities shall not provide such aggre10 gated information to multitenant 

11 building owners; and 

12 ‘‘(II) for which tenants do not 

13 provide energy consumption informa14 tion to the commercial building owner 

15 in response to a request from the 

16 building owner. 

17 ‘‘(ii) A Federal agency that is a ten18 ant of the space shall provide to the build19 ing owner, or authorize the owner to obtain 

20 from the utility, the energy consumption 

21 information of the space for the 

22 benchmarking and disclosure required by 

23 this subparagraph.’’. 

24 (b) STUDY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 Energy, in collaboration with the Administrator of 

4 the Environmental Protection Agency, shall complete 

5 a study— 

6 (A) on the impact of— 

7 (i) State and local performance 

8 benchmarking and disclosure policies, and 

9 any associated building efficiency policies, 

10 for commercial and multifamily buildings; 

11 and 

12 (ii) programs and systems in which 

13 utilities provide aggregated information re14 garding whole building energy consumption 

15 and usage information to owners of multi16 tenant commercial, residential, and mixed17 use buildings; 

18 (B) that identifies best practice policy ap19 proaches studied under subparagraph (A) that 

20 have resulted in the greatest improvements in 

21 building energy efficiency; and 

22 (C) that considers— 

23 (i) compliance rates and the benefits 

24 and costs of the policies and programs on 


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1 building owners, utilities, tenants, and 

2 other parties; 

3 (ii) utility practices, programs, and 

4 systems that provide aggregated energy 

5 consumption information to multitenant 

6 building owners, and the impact of public 

7 utility commissions and State privacy laws 

8 on those practices, programs, and systems; 

9 (iii) exceptions to compliance in exist10 ing laws where building owners are not 

11 able to gather or access whole building en12 ergy information from tenants or utilities; 

13 (iv) the treatment of buildings with— 

14 (I) multiple uses; 

15 (II) uses for which baseline infor16 mation is not available; and 

17 (III) uses that require high levels 

18 of energy intensities, such as data 

19 centers, trading floors, and televisions 

20 studios; 

21 (v) implementation practices, includ22 ing disclosure methods and phase-in of 

23 compliance; 

24 (vi) the safety and security of 

25 benchmarking tools offered by government 


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1 agencies, and the resiliency of those tools 

2 against cyber-attacks; and 

3 (vii) international experiences with re4 gard to building benchmarking and disclo5 sure laws and data aggregation for multi6 tenant buildings. 

7 (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—At the conclu8 sion of the study, the Secretary shall submit to the 

9 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

10 of Representatives and Committee on Energy and 

11 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the re12 sults of the study. 

13 (c) CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DATABASE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act and following 

16 opportunity for public notice and comment, the Sec17 retary of Energy, in coordination with other relevant 

18 agencies, shall maintain, and if necessary create, a 

19 database for the purpose of storing and making 

20 available public energy-related information on com21 mercial and multifamily buildings, including— 

22 (A) data provided under Federal, State, 

23 local, and other laws or programs regarding 

24 building benchmarking and energy information 

25 disclosure; 


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1 (B) information on buildings that have dis2 closed energy ratings and certifications; and 

3 (C) energy-related information on buildings 

4 provided voluntarily by the owners of the build5 ings, only in an anonymous form unless the 

6 owner provides otherwise. 

7 (2) COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS.—The data8 base maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 

9 complement and not duplicate the functions of the 

10 Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star 

11 Portfolio Manager tool. 

12 (d) INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS.—The Secretary of 

13 Energy shall seek input from stakeholders to maximize the 

14 effectiveness of the actions taken under this section. 

15 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, 

17 the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee 

18 on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

19 and Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

20 Senate a report on the progress made in complying with 

21 this section. 

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