I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2947 
To provide for the establishment of energy performance standards for new 
Federal or federally supported buildings, and major renovations of Fed-
eral or federally supported buildings, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of energy performance 
standards for new Federal or federally supported build-
ings, and major renovations of Federal or federally sup-
ported buildings, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Efficient 
Buildings Promotion Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
FEDERAL 
BUILDING 
ENERGY 
PERFORMANCE 
STANDARDS. 
(a) STANDARDS.—Section 305(a)(3) of the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘(3)(A)’’ and all that follows 
through the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of the Energy Efficient Buildings Promotion Act, 
the Secretary shall establish, by rule, revised Federal 
building energy performance standards that require that, 
for new Federal buildings and Federal buildings under-
going major renovations: 
‘‘(i) Each building shall be designed to meet the 
United States Green Building Council’s Leadership 
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver 
level standard, or an equivalent standard approved 
by the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency. 
‘‘(ii) Each building shall be designed to achieve 
at least a 60 percent reduction compared to the re-
gional average energy consumption (measured as 
site use intensity) for that building type, calculated 
according to regional 2003 Commercial Building En-
ergy Consumption Survey data for commercial build-
ings (or Energy Information Administration national 
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averages where such Commercial Building Energy 
Consumption Survey data is not available), and 
2003 Energy Information Administration data for 
residential buildings. 
‘‘(iii) The buildings shall be designed so that 
the average fossil fuel energy consumption of the 
buildings of each Federal agency is reduced, as com-
pared to such energy consumption by similar build-
ings, calculated according to regional 2003 Commer-
cial Building Energy Consumption Survey data for 
commercial buildings (or Energy Information Ad-
ministration national averages where Commercial 
Building Energy Consumption Survey data is not 
available), and 2003 Energy Information Adminis-
tration data for residential buildings, by the percent-
age specified in the following table: 
‘‘Fiscal Year 
Percentage Reduction 
2011 .......................................................................
2015 .......................................................................
2020 .......................................................................
2025 .......................................................................
100 
‘‘(iv) Each building shall be designed to apply 
sustainable design principles to siting, design, and 
construction, and employ renewable energy strate-
gies and technologies. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of the Energy Efficient Buildings Promotion Act, 
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the Secretary shall establish, by rule, revised Federal 
building energy performance standards that require that, 
for new buildings, with respect to which 10 percent or 
more of construction funding is provided by the Federal 
Government, and for such buildings undergoing major 
renovations: 
‘‘(i) Each building shall be designed to achieve 
at least a 50 percent reduction compared to the re-
gional average energy consumption (measured as 
site use intensity) for that building type, calculated 
according to regional 2003 Commercial Building En-
ergy Consumption Survey data for commercial build-
ings (or Energy Information Administration national 
averages where such Commercial Building Energy 
Consumption Survey data is not available), and 
2003 Energy Information Administration data for 
residential buildings. 
‘‘(ii) Each building shall be designed so that the 
fossil fuel energy consumption of such building, as 
compared to such energy consumption by similar 
buildings, calculated according to regional 2003 
Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey 
data for commercial buildings (or Energy Informa-
tion Administration national averages where Com-
mercial Building Energy Consumption Survey data 
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is not available), and 2003 Energy Information Ad-
ministration data for residential buildings, rep-
resents a reduction of: 
‘‘Fiscal Year 
Percentage Reduction 
2011 .......................................................................
2015 .......................................................................
2020 .......................................................................
2025 .......................................................................
2030 .......................................................................
100’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 303 of the Energy Con-
servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6832) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(17) The term ‘major renovation’ means the 
upgrade or replacement of two of the three major 
systems of a building (lighting, plumbing, and heat-
ing, ventilation, and air conditioning).’’. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN EN-
ERGY TAX PROVISIONS. 
(a) NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) INCREASE IN LIFETIME LIMITATION.— 
Paragraph (1) of section 25C(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’. 
(B) INCREASE IN LIMITATIONS FOR CER-
TAIN RESIDENTIAL ENERGY PROPERTY.—Para-
graph (3) of section 25C(b) of such Code is 
amended— 
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