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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1059 

To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve Federal 

building energy efficiency standards, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. KERRY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to 

improve Federal building energy efficiency standards, 

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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Zero-Emissions Build5 ing Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF FEDERAL BUILDING ENERGY EF2 FICIENCY STANDARDS. 

3 (a) STANDARDS.—Section 305(a)(3)(A)(i) of the En4 ergy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 6834(a)(3)(A)(i)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause 

9 (III); and 

10 (3) by inserting after subclause (I) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(II) the buildings be designed so 

13 that the greenhouse gas emissions (as 

14 measured by the fossil fuel-generated 

15 energy consumption of the buildings) 

16 are reduced, as compared to the fossil 

17 fuel-generated energy consumption by 

18 a similar Federal building during fis19 cal year 2003 (as measured by Com20 mercial Buildings Energy Consump21 tion Survey data from the Energy In22 formation Agency), by the percentage 

23 specified in the following table: 

Fiscal Year Percentage 

Reduction 

2007 ................................................................................................ 50 

2010 ................................................................................................ 60 


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Fiscal Year Percentage 

Reduction 

2015 ................................................................................................ 70 

2020 ................................................................................................ 80 

2025 ................................................................................................ 90 

2030 ................................................................................................ 100 

1 ; and’’. 

2 (b) APPLICATION TO MAJOR RENOVATIONS.—Section 

3 305(a)(3)(A)(i) of the Energy Conservation and Produc4 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(A)(i)) is amended— 

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘and Federal buildings under6 going major renovations’’ after ‘‘for new Federal 

7 buildings’’; and 

8 (2) in subclause (III) (as redesignated by sub9 section (a)(2)), by inserting ‘‘and major renovations 

10 of buildings’’ after ‘‘all new and replacement build11 ings’’. 

12 (c) COMPLIANCE.—Section 305(a)(3) of the Energy 

13 Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)) 

14 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(D) COMPLIANCE.—A Federal agency 

16 may achieve the energy efficiency performance 

17 standards required under this paragraph by im18 plementing a building design that uses— 

19 ‘‘(i) design methods and energy effi20 ciency technologies to reduce energy deVerDate Aug 31 2005 00:26 Apr 04, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1059.IS S1059

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1 mand, including building orientation, win2 dow glazing, light scoops, or skylights; 

3 ‘‘(ii) on-site, renewable energy genera4 tion technologies, including ground source 

5 heat pumps and passive solar or solar 

6 photovoltaics; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) any of the methods or tech8 nologies described in clause (i) or (ii) at 

9 Federal facilities not covered by subpara10 graph (A)(i) to produce energy savings 

11 that are in addition to the energy savings 

12 required under this paragraph (as in effect 

13 prior to the amendments made by section 

14 2 of the Zero-Emissions Building Act of 

15 2007) or planned prior to the date of en16 actment of that Act.’’. 

17 (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Section 305(a)(3)(A) of the 

18 Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 6834(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘date of enactment 

20 of this paragraph’’ each place it appears and inserting 

21 ‘‘date of enactment of the Zero-Emissions Building Act 

22 of 2007’’. 

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