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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 121 

To improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of highperformance green buildings, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. DOYLE (for himself and Mrs. BONO) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 

to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Science and 

Technology, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To improve efficiency in the Federal Government through 

the use of high-performance green buildings, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—OFFICE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDINGS 

Sec. 101. Oversight. 

Sec. 102. Office of High-Performance Green Buildings. 

Sec. 103. Green Building Advisory Committee. 

Sec. 104. Public outreach. 

Sec. 105. Research and development. 

Sec. 106. Budget and life-cycle costing and contracting. 

Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—STRENGTHENING FEDERAL LEADERSHIP 

Sec. 201. Incentives. 

Sec. 202. Federal procurement. 

Sec. 203. Federal green building performance. 

TITLE III—DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 

Sec. 301. Coordination of goals. 

Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv5 ices. 

6 (2) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ 

7 means the Green Building Advisory Committee es8 tablished under section 103(a). 

9 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

10 the individual appointed to the position established 

11 under section 101(a). 

12 (4) FEDERAL FACILITY.— 

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1 tended use of which requires the building or fa2 cility to be— 

3 (i) accessible to the public; and 

4 (ii) constructed or altered by or on be5 half of the United States. 

6 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal fa7 cility’’ does not include a privately-owned resi8 dential or commercial structure that is not 

9 leased by the Federal Government. 

10 (5) HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDING.— 

11 The term ‘‘high-performance green building’’ means 

12 a building that, during its life-cycle— 

13 (A) reduces energy, water, and material re14 source use; 

15 (B) improves indoor environmental quality 

16 including, reducing indoor pollution, improving 

17 thermal comfort, and improving lighting and 

18 acoustic environments that affect occupant 

19 health and productivity; 

20 (C) reduces negative impacts on the envi21 ronment throughout the life-cycle of the build22 ing, including air and water pollution and waste 

23 generation; 

24 (D) increases the use of environmentally 

25 preferable products, including biobased, recycled 


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1 content, and nontoxic products with lower life2 cycle impacts; 

3 (E) increases reuse and recycling opportu4 nities; 

5 (F) integrates systems in the building; 

6 (G) reduces the environmental and energy 

7 impacts of transportation through building loca8 tion and site design that support a full range 

9 of transportation choices for users of the build10 ing; and 

11 (H) considers indoor and outdoor effects of 

12 the building on human health and the environ13 ment, including— 

14 (i) improvements in worker produc15 tivity; 

16 (ii) the life-cycle impacts of building 

17 materials and operations; and 

18 (iii) other factors that the Office con19 siders to be appropriate. 

20 (6) LIFE-CYCLE.—The term ‘‘life-cycle’’, with 

21 respect to a high-performance green building, means 

22 all stages of the useful life of the building (including 

23 components, equipment, systems, and controls of the 

24 building) beginning at conception of a green building 

25 project and continuing through site selection, design, 


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1 construction, landscaping, commissioning, operation, 

2 maintenance, renovation, deconstruction or demoli3 tion, removal, and recycling of the green building. 

4 (7) LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘life5 cycle assessment’’ means a comprehensive system 

6 approach for measuring the environmental perform7 ance of a product or service over the life of the prod8 uct or service, beginning at raw materials acquisition 

9 and continuing through manufacturing, transpor10 tation, installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste 

11 management. 

12 (8) LIFE-CYCLE COSTING.—The term ‘‘life-cycle 

13 costing’’, with respect to a high-performance green 

14 building, means a technique of economic evaluation 

15 that— 

16 (A) sums, over a given study period, the 

17 costs of initial investment (less resale value), re18 placements, operations (including energy use), 

19 and maintenance and repair of an investment 

20 decision; and 

21 (B) is expressed— 

22 (i) in present value terms, in the case 

23 of a study period equivalent to the longest 

24 useful life of the building, determined by 

25 taking into consideration the typical life of 


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1 such a building in the area in which the 

2 building is to be located; or 

3 (ii) in annual value terms, in the case 

4 of any other study period. 

5 (9) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of6 fice of High-Performance Green Buildings estab7 lished under section 102(a). 

8 TITLE I—OFFICE OF HIGH-PER9 FORMANCE GREEN BUILD10 INGS 

11 SEC. 101. OVERSIGHT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 

13 within the General Services Administration, and appoint 

14 an individual to serve as Director in, a position in the ca15 reer-reserved Senior Executive service, to— 

16 (1) establish and manage the Office in accord17 ance with section 102; and 

18 (2) carry out other duties as required under 

19 this Act. 

20 (b) COMPENSATION.—The compensation of the Di21 rector shall not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for 

22 the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 

23 5, United States Code, including any applicable locality24 based comparability payment that may be authorized 

25 under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title. 


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1 SEC. 102. OFFICE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILD2 INGS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish 

4 within the General Services Administration an Office of 

5 High-Performance Green Buildings. 

6 (b) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 

7 (1) ensure full coordination of high-performance 

8 green building information and activities within the 

9 General Services Administration and all relevant 

10 agencies, including, at a minimum— 

11 (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

12 (B) the Office of the Federal Environ13 mental Executive; 

14 (C) the Office of Federal Procurement Pol15 icy; 

16 (D) the Department of Energy; 

17 (E) the Department of Health and Human 

18 Services; 

19 (F) the Department of Defense; and 

20 (G) such other Federal agencies as the Di21 rector considers to be appropriate; 

22 (2) establish a senior-level Federal green build23 ing advisory committee, which shall provide advice 

24 and recommendations in accordance with section 

25 103; 


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1 (3) identify and biennially reassess improved or 

2 higher rating standards recommended by the Com3 mittee; 

4 (4) establish a national high-performance green 

5 building clearinghouse in accordance with section 

6 104, which shall provide green building information 

7 through— 

8 (A) outreach; 

9 (B) education; and 

10 (C) the provision of technical assistance; 

11 (5) ensure full coordination of research and de12 velopment information relating to high-performance 

13 green building initiatives under section 105; 

14 (6) identify and develop green building stand15 ards that could be used for all types of Federal fa16 cilities in accordance with section 105; 

17 (7) establish green practices that can be used 

18 throughout the life of a Federal facility; 

19 (8) review and analyze current Federal budget 

20 practices and life-cycle costing issues, and make rec21 ommendations to Congress, in accordance with sec22 tion 106; and 

23 (9) complete and submit the report described in 

24 subsection (c). 


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1 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Di3 rector shall submit to Congress a report that— 

4 (1) describes the status of the green building 

5 initiatives under this Act and other Federal pro6 grams in effect as of the date of the report, includ7 ing— 

8 (A) the extent to which the programs are 

9 being carried out in accordance with this Act; 

10 and 

11 (B) the status of funding requests and ap12 propriations for those programs; 

13 (2) identifies within the planning, budgeting, 

14 and construction process all types of Federal facility 

15 procedures that inhibit new and existing Federal fa16 cilities from becoming high-performance green build17 ings as measured by— 

18 (A) a silver rating, as defined by the Lead19 ership in Energy and Environmental Design 

20 Building Rating System standard established by 

21 the United States Green Building Council (or 

22 an equivalent rating); or 

23 (B) an improved or higher rating standard, 

24 as identified by the Committee; 


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1 (3) identifies inconsistencies, as reported to the 

2 Committee, in Federal law with respect to product 

3 acquisition guidelines and high-performance product 

4 guidelines; 

5 (4) recommends language for uniform stand6 ards for use by Federal agencies in environmentally 

7 responsible acquisition; 

8 (5) in coordination with the Office of Manage9 ment and Budget, reviews the budget process for 

10 capital programs with respect to alternatives for— 

11 (A) restructuring of budgets to require the 

12 use of complete energy- and environmental-cost 

13 accounting; 

14 (B) using operations expenditures in budg15 et-related decisions while simultaneously incor16 porating productivity and health measures (as 

17 those measures can be quantified by the Office, 

18 with the assistance of universities and national 

19 laboratories); 

20 (C) permitting Federal agencies to retain 

21 all identified savings accrued as a result of the 

22 use of life-cycle costing for future high-perform23 ance green building initiatives; and 

24 (D) identifying short- and long-term cost 

25 savings that accrue from high-performance 


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1 green buildings, including those relating to 

2 health and productivity; 

3 (6) identifies green, self-sustaining technologies 

4 to address the operational needs of Federal facilities 

5 in times of national security emergencies, natural 

6 disasters, or other dire emergencies; 

7 (7) summarizes and highlights development, at 

8 the State and local level, of green building initia9 tives, including executive orders, policies, or laws 

10 adopted promoting green building (including the sta11 tus of implementation of those initiatives); and 

12 (8) includes, for the 2-year period covered by 

13 the report, recommendations to address each of the 

14 matters, and a plan for implementation of each rec15 ommendation, described in paragraphs (1) through 

16 (6). 

17 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Office shall carry out 

18 each plan for implementation of recommendations under 

19 subsection (c)(7). 

20 SEC. 103. GREEN BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

22 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall estab23 lish a committee to be known as the ‘‘Green Building Ad24 visory Committee’’. 


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1 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be com2 posed of representatives of, at a minimum— 

3 (1) each agency referred to in section 

4 102(b)(1); and 

5 (2) other relevant entities, as determined by the 

6 Director, including at least 1 representative of each 

7 of the following: 

8 (A) State and local governmental green 

9 building programs. 

10 (B) Independent green building associa11 tions or councils. 

12 (C) Building experts, including architects, 

13 material suppliers, and construction contrac14 tors. 

15 (D) Security advisors focusing on national 

16 security needs, natural disasters, and other dire 

17 emergency situations. 

18 (E) Children and adult environmental 

19 health experts. 

20 (c) MEETINGS.—The Director shall establish a reg21 ular schedule of meetings for the Committee, which shall 

22 convene a minimum of 6 times each year. 

23 (d) DUTIES.—The Committee shall provide advice 

24 and expertise for use by the Director in carrying out the 

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1 lating to Federal activities carried out under sections 104 

2 through 106 as are agreed to by a majority of the mem3 bers of the Committee. 

4 (e) FACA EXEMPTION.—The Committee shall not be 

5 subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

6 App.). 

7 SEC. 104. PUBLIC OUTREACH. 

8 The Director, in coordination with the Committee, 

9 shall carry out public outreach to inform individuals and 

10 entities of the information and services available Govern11 ment-wide by— 

12 (1) establishing and maintaining a national 

13 high-performance green building clearinghouse, in14 cluding on the Internet, that— 

15 (A) identifies existing similar efforts and 

16 coordinates activities of common interest; and 

17 (B) provides information relating to high18 performance green buildings, including 

19 hyperlinks to Internet sites that describe the ac20 tivities, information, and resources of— 

21 (i) the Federal Government; 

22 (ii) State and local governments; 

23 (iii) the private sector (including non24 governmental and nonprofit entities and 

25 organizations); and 


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1 (iv) international organizations; 

2 (2) identifying and recommending educational 

3 resources for implementing high-performance green 

4 building practices, including security and emergency 

5 benefits and practices; 

6 (3) providing access to technical assistance on 

7 using tools and resources to make more cost-effec8 tive, energy-efficient, health-protective, and environ9 mentally beneficial decisions for constructing high10 performance green buildings, particularly tools avail11 able to conduct life-cycle costing and life-cycle as12 sessment; 

13 (4) providing information on application proc14 esses for certifying a high-performance green build15 ing, including certification and commissioning; 

16 (5) providing technical information, market re17 search, or other forms of assistance or advice that 

18 would be useful in planning and constructing high19 performance green buildings; and 

20 (6) using such other methods as are determined 

21 by the Director to be appropriate. 

22 SEC. 105. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director, in coordination 

24 with the Committee, shall— 


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1 (1)(A) survey existing research and studies re2 lating to high-performance green buildings; and 

3 (B) coordinate activities of common interest; 

4 (2) develop and recommend a high-performance 

5 green building research plan that— 

6 (A) identifies information and research 

7 needs, including the relationships between 

8 health, occupant productivity, and each of— 

9 (i) pollutant emissions from materials 

10 and products in the building; 

11 (ii) natural day lighting; 

12 (iii) ventilation choices and tech13 nologies; 

14 (iv) heating, cooling, and system con15 trol choices and technologies; 

16 (v) moisture control and mold; 

17 (vi) maintenance, cleaning, and pest 

18 control activities; 

19 (vii) acoustics; and 

20 (viii) other issues relating to the 

21 health, comfort, productivity, and perform22 ance of occupants of the building; and 

23 (B) promotes the development and dissemi24 nation of high-performance green building 


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1 measurement tools that, at a minimum, may be 

2 used— 

3 (i) to monitor and assess the life-cycle 

4 performance of facilities (including dem5 onstration projects) built as high-perform6 ance green buildings; and 

7 (ii) to perform life-cycle assessments; 

8 (3) assist the budget and life-cycle costing func9 tions of the Office under section 106; 

10 (4) study and identify potential benefits of 

11 green buildings relating to security, natural disaster, 

12 and emergency needs of the Federal Government; 

13 and 

14 (5) support other research initiatives deter15 mined by the Office. 

16 (b) INDOOR AIR QUALITY.—The Director, in con17 sultation with the Committee, shall develop and implement 

18 a comprehensive indoor air quality program for all Federal 

19 facilities to ensure the safety of Federal workers and facil20 ity occupants— 

21 (1) during new construction and renovation of 

22 facilities; and 

23 (2) in existing facilities. 


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1 SEC. 106. BUDGET AND LIFE-CYCLE COSTING AND CON2 TRACTING. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director, in coordination 

4 with the Committee, shall— 

5 (1) identify, review, and analyze current budget 

6 and contracting practices that affect achievement of 

7 high-performance green buildings, including the 

8 identification of barriers to green building life-cycle 

9 costing and budgetary issues; 

10 (2) develop guidance and conduct training ses11 sions with budget specialists and contracting per12 sonnel from Federal agencies and budget examiners 

13 to apply life-cycle cost criteria to actual projects; 

14 (3) identify tools to aid life-cycle cost decision15 making; and 

16 (4) explore the feasibility of incorporating the 

17 benefits of green buildings, such as security benefits, 

18 into a cost-budget analysis to aid in life-cycle costing 

19 for budget and decision making processes. 

20 SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

22 this title $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 

23 2013, to remain available until expended. 


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1 TITLE II—STRENGTHENING 

2 FEDERAL LEADERSHIP 

3 SEC. 201. INCENTIVES. 

4 As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Director shall identify incentives to encour6 age the use of green buildings and related technology in 

7 the operations of the Federal Government, including 

8 through— 

9 (1) the provision of recognition awards; and 

10 (2) the maximum feasible retention of financial 

11 savings in the annual budgets of Federal agencies 

12 for use in reinvesting in future green building initia13 tives. 

14 SEC. 202. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 

17 of Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the 

18 Director and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi19 tion, Technology, and Logistics, shall promulgate revisions 

20 of the applicable acquisition regulations, to take effect as 

21 of the date of promulgation of the revisions— 

22 (1) to direct any Federal procurement execu23 tives involved in the acquisition, construction, or 

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1 (A) to employ integrated design principles; 

2 (B) to improve site selection for environ3 mental and community benefits; 

4 (C) to optimize building and systems en5 ergy performance; 

6 (D) to protect and conserve water; 

7 (E) to enhance indoor environmental qual8 ity; and 

9 (F) to reduce environmental impacts of 

10 materials and waste flows; and 

11 (2) to direct Federal procurement executives in12 volved in leasing buildings, to give preference to the 

13 lease of facilities that— 

14 (A) are energy-efficient; and 

15 (B) to the maximum extent practicable, 

16 have applied contemporary high-performance 

17 and sustainable design principles during con18 struction or renovation. 

19 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 

20 date of promulgation of the revised regulations under sub21 section (a), the Director shall issue guidance to all Federal 

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1 corporate improvements that are consistent with this sec2 tion. 

3 SEC. 203. FEDERAL GREEN BUILDING PERFORMANCE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 31 of each 

5 of the 2 fiscal years following the fiscal year in which this 

6 Act is enacted, and at such times thereafter as the Comp7 troller General of the United States determines to be ap8 propriate, the Comptroller General of the United States 

9 shall, with respect to the fiscal years that have passed 

10 since the preceding report— 

11 (1) conduct an audit of the implementation of 

12 this Act; and 

13 (2) submit to the Office, the Committee, the 

14 Administrator, and Congress a report describing the 

15 results of the audit. 

16 (b) CONTENTS.—An audit under subsection (a) shall 

17 include a review, with respect to the period covered by the 

18 report under subsection (a)(2), of— 

19 (1) budget, life-cycle costing, and contracting 

20 issues, using best practices identified by the Comp21 troller General of the United States and heads of 

22 other agencies in accordance with section 106; 

23 (2) the level of coordination among the Office, 

24 the Office of Management and Budget, and relevant 

25 agencies; 


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1 (3) the performance of the Office in carrying 

2 out the implementation plan; 

3 (4) the design stage of high-performance green 

4 building measures; 

5 (5) high-performance building data that were 

6 collected and reported to the Office; and 

7 (6) such other matters as the Comptroller Gen8 eral of the United States determines to be appro9 priate. 

10 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult with 

11 the Committee to enhance and assist the implementation 

12 of the Environmental Stewardship Scorecard announced 

13 at the White House Summit on Federal sustainable build14 ings in January 2006, to measure the implementation by 

15 each Federal agency of sustainable design and green 

16 building initiatives. 

17 TITLE III—DEMONSTRATION 

18 PROJECT 

19 SEC. 301. COORDINATION OF GOALS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

21 guidelines to implement a demonstration project to con22 tribute to the research goals of the Office. 

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1 of the Director described in title I, the Director shall carry 

2 out— 

3 (1) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014, 

4 1 demonstration project in a Federal building se5 lected by the Director in accordance with relevant 

6 agencies and described in subsection (c)(1), that— 

7 (A) provides for the evaluation of the in8 formation obtained through the conduct of 

9 projects and activities under this Act; and 

10 (B) achieves a platinum rating, as defined 

11 by the Leadership in Energy and Environ12 mental Design Building Rating System stand13 ard established by the United States Green 

14 Building Council (or equivalent rating); and 

15 (2) no fewer than 4 demonstration projects at 

16 4 universities, that, as competitively selected by the 

17 Director in accordance with subsection (c)(2), 

18 have— 

19 (A) appropriate research resources and rel20 evant projects to meet the goals of the dem21 onstration project established by the Office; and 

22 (B) the ability— 

23 (i) to serve as a model for high-per24 formance green building initiatives, includ25 ing research and education; 


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1 (ii) to identify the most effective ways 

2 to use high-performance green building 

3 and landscape technologies to engage and 

4 educate undergraduate and graduate stu5 dents; 

6 (iii) to effectively implement a high7 performance green building education pro8 gram for students and occupants; 

9 (iv) to demonstrate the effectiveness 

10 of various high-performance technologies in 

11 each of the 4 climatic regions of the 

12 United States described in subsection 

13 (c)(2)(B); and 

14 (v) to explore quantifiable and non15 quantifiable beneficial impacts on public 

16 health and employee and student perform17 ance. 

18 (c) CRITERIA.— 

19 (1) FEDERAL FACILITIES.—With respect to the 

20 existing or proposed Federal facility at which a dem21 onstration project under this section is conducted, 

22 the Federal facility shall— 

23 (A) be an appropriate model for a project 

24 relating to— 


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1 (i) the effectiveness of high-perform2 ance technologies; 

3 (ii) analysis of materials, components, 

4 systems, and emergency operations in the 

5 building, and the impact of those mate6 rials, components, and systems, including 

7 the impact on the health of building occu8 pants; 

9 (iii) life-cycle costing and life-cycle as10 sessment of building materials and sys11 tems; and 

12 (iv) location and design that promote 

13 access to the Federal facility through walk14 ing, biking, and mass transit; and 

15 (B) possess sufficient technological and or16 ganizational adaptability. 

17 (2) UNIVERSITIES.—With respect to the 4 uni18 versities at which a demonstration project under this 

19 section is conducted— 

20 (A) the universities should be selected, 

21 after careful review of all applications received 

22 containing the required information, as deter23 mined by the Director, based on— 


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1 (i) successful and established public2 private research and development partner3 ships; 

4 (ii) demonstrated capabilities to con5 struct or renovate buildings that meet high 

6 indoor environmental quality standards; 

7 (iii) organizational flexibility; 

8 (iv) technological adaptability; 

9 (v) the demonstrated capacity of at 

10 least 1 university to replicate lessons 

11 learned among nearby or sister univer12 sities, preferably by participation in groups 

13 or consortia that promote sustainability; 

14 (vi) the demonstrated capacity of at 

15 least 1 university to have officially-adopt16 ed, institution-wide ‘‘green building’’ guide17 lines for all campus building projects; and 

18 (vii) the demonstrated capacity of at 

19 least 1 university to have been recognized 

20 by similar institutions as a national leader 

21 in sustainability education and curriculum 

22 for students of the university; and 

23 (B) each university shall be located in a 

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1 each of which regions shall have, as determined 

2 by the Office— 

3 (i) a hot, dry climate; 

4 (ii) a hot, humid climate; 

5 (iii) a cold climate; or 

6 (iv) a temperate climate (including a 

7 climate with cold winters and humid sum8 mers). 

9 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

10 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 

11 September 30, 2014— 

12 (1) the Director shall submit to the Adminis13 trator a report that describes the status of the dem14 onstration projects; and 

15 (2) each University at which a demonstration 

16 project under this section is conducted shall submit 

17 to the Administrator a report that describes the sta18 tus of the demonstration projects under this section. 

19 SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 (a) FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—There is 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Federal 

22 demonstration project described in section 301(b)(1) 

23 $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 

24 2014, to remain available until expended. 


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1 (b) UNIVERSITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 

3 university demonstration projects described in section 

4 301(b)(2) $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 

5 through 2014, to remain available until expended. 

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