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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The organization des-
ignated under paragraph (1), whether preexisting or
formed specifically for the purposes of subsection (b),
shall—
(A) consist of interested parties that have
expertise in energy efficiency and in the develop-
ment, operation, and functionality of computer
data centers, information technology equipment,
and software, as well as representatives of hard-
ware manufacturers, data center operators, and
facility managers;
(B) obtain and address input from Depart-
ment of Energy National Laboratories or any
college, university, research institution, industry
association, company, or public interest group
with applicable expertise in any of the areas list-
ed in paragraph (1);
(C) follow commonly accepted procedures
for the development of specifications and accred-
ited standards development processes;
(D) have a mission to develop and promote
energy efficiency for data centers and informa-
tion technology; and
(E) have the primary responsibility to con-
sult in the development and publishing of the in-
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formation, measurements, and benchmarks de-
scribed in subsection (b) and transmission of the
information to the Secretary and the Adminis-
trator for consideration under subsection (d).
(d) MEASUREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Ad-
ministrator shall consider the specifications, measure-
ments, and benchmarks described in subsection (b) for
use by the Federal Energy Management Program, the
Energy Star Program, and other efficiency programs
of the Department of Energy and Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, respectively.
(2) REJECTIONS.—If the Secretary or the Ad-
ministrator rejects 1 or more specifications, measure-
ments, or benchmarks described in subsection (b), the
rejection shall be made consistent with section 12(d)
of the National Technology Transfer and Advance-
ment Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note; Public Law
104–113).
(3) DETERMINATION OF IMPRACTICABILITY.—A
determination that a specification, measurement, or
benchmark described in subsection (b) is impractical
may include consideration of the maximum efficiency
that is technologically feasible and economically justi-
fied.
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(e) MONITORING.—The Secretary and the Adminis-
trator shall—
(1) monitor and evaluate the efforts to develop
the program described in subsection (b); and
(2) not later than 3 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, make a determination as to whether
the program is consistent with the objectives of sub-
section (b).
(f) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—If the Secretary and the
Administrator make a determination under subsection (e)
that a voluntary national information program for data
centers consistent with the objectives of subsection (b) has
not been developed, the Secretary and the Administrator
shall, after consultation with the National Institute of
Standards and Technology and not later than 2 years after
the determination, develop and implement the program
under subsection (b).
(g) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—
The Secretary, the Administrator, or the data center effi-
ciency organization shall not disclose any proprietary in-
formation or trade secrets provided by any individual or
company for the purposes of carrying out this section or
the program established under this section.
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Subtitle E—Healthy High-
Performance Schools
SEC. 461. HEALTHY HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS.
(a) AMENDMENT.—The Toxic Substances Control Act
(15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new title:
‘‘TITLE V—HEALTHY HIGH-
PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS
‘‘SEC. 501. GRANTS FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, may provide grants
to States for use in—
‘‘(1) providing technical assistance for programs
of the Environmental Protection Agency (including
the Tools for Schools Program and the Healthy School
Environmental Assessment Tool) to schools for use in
addressing environmental issues; and
‘‘(2) development and implementation of State
school environmental health programs that include—
‘‘(A) standards for school building design,
construction, and renovation; and
‘‘(B) identification of ongoing school build-
ing environmental problems, including contami-
nants, hazardous substances, and pollutant emis-
sions, in the State and recommended solutions to
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address those problems, including assessment of
information on the exposure of children to envi-
ronmental hazards in school facilities.
‘‘(b) SUNSET.—The authority of the Administrator to
carry out this section shall expire 5 years after the date
of enactment of this section.
‘‘SEC. 502. MODEL GUIDELINES FOR SITING OF SCHOOL FA-
CILITIES.
‘‘Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment
of this section, the Administrator, in consultation with the
Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, shall issue voluntary school site selection
guidelines that account for—
‘‘(1) the special vulnerability of children to haz-
ardous substances or pollution exposures in any case
in which the potential for contamination at a poten-
tial school site exists;
‘‘(2) modes of transportation available to stu-
dents and staff;
‘‘(3) the efficient use of energy; and
‘‘(4) the potential use of a school at the site as
an emergency shelter.
‘‘SEC. 503. PUBLIC OUTREACH.
‘‘(a) REPORTS.—The Administrator shall publish and
submit to Congress an annual report on all activities car-
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ried out under this title, until the expiration of authority
described in section 501(b).
‘‘(b) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Federal Director ap-
pointed under section 436(a) of the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (in this title referred to as the
‘Federal Director’) shall ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, that the public clearinghouse established under
section 423(1) of the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 receives and makes available information on the
exposure of children to environmental hazards in school fa-
cilities, as provided by the Administrator.
‘‘SEC. 504. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this section, the Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, and other relevant agencies,
shall issue voluntary guidelines for use by the State in de-
veloping and implementing an environmental health pro-
gram for schools that—
‘‘(1) takes into account the status and findings
of Federal initiatives established under this title or
subtitle C of title IV of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 and other relevant Federal law
with respect to school facilities, including relevant up-
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dates on trends in the field, such as the impact of
school facility environments on student and staff—
‘‘(A) health, safety, and productivity; and
‘‘(B) disabilities or special needs;
‘‘(2) takes into account studies using relevant
tools identified or developed in accordance with sec-
tion 492 of the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007;
‘‘(3) takes into account, with respect to school fa-
cilities, each of—
‘‘(A) environmental problems, contami-
nants, hazardous substances, and pollutant emis-
sions, including—
‘‘(i) lead from drinking water;
‘‘(ii) lead from materials and products;
‘‘(iii) asbestos;
‘‘(iv) radon;
‘‘(v) the presence of elemental mercury
releases from products and containers;
‘‘(vi) pollutant emissions from mate-
rials and products; and
‘‘(vii) any other environmental prob-
lem, contaminant, hazardous substance, or
pollutant emission that present or may
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present a risk to the health of occupants of
the school facilities or environment;
‘‘(B) natural day lighting;
‘‘(C) ventilation choices and technologies;
‘‘(D) heating and cooling choices and tech-
nologies;
‘‘(E) moisture control and mold;
‘‘(F) maintenance, cleaning, and pest con-
trol activities;
‘‘(G) acoustics; and
‘‘(H) other issues relating to the health,
comfort, productivity, and performance of occu-
pants of the school facilities;
‘‘(4) provides technical assistance on siting, de-
sign, management, and operation of school facilities,
including facilities used by students with disabilities
or special needs;
‘‘(5) collaborates with federally funded pediatric
environmental health centers to assist in on-site school
environmental investigations;
‘‘(6) assists States and the public in better un-
derstanding and improving the environmental health
of children; and
‘‘(7) takes into account the special vulnerability
of children in low-income and minority communities
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to exposures from contaminants, hazardous sub-
stances, and pollutant emissions.
‘‘(b) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Federal Director and
Commercial Director shall ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, that the public clearinghouse established under
section 423 of the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 receives and makes available—
‘‘(1) information from the Administrator that is
contained in the report described in section 503(a);
and
‘‘(2) information on the exposure of children to
environmental hazards in school facilities, as pro-
vided by the Administrator.
‘‘SEC. 505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this title $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and $1,500,000
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, to remain avail-
able until expended.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of
contents for the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C.
2601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘TITLE V—HEALTHY HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS
‘‘Sec. 501. Grants for healthy school environments.
‘‘Sec. 502. Model guidelines for siting of school facilities.
‘‘Sec. 503. Public outreach.
‘‘Sec. 504. Environmental health program.
‘‘Sec. 505. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
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SEC. 462. STUDY ON INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN
SCHOOLS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall enter into an arrangement
with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of En-
ergy to conduct a detailed study of how sustainable building
features such as energy efficiency affect multiple perceived
indoor environmental quality stressors on students in K–
12 schools.
(b) CONTENTS.—The study shall—
(1) investigate the combined effect building
stressors such as heating, cooling, humidity, lighting,
and acoustics have on building occupants’ health, pro-
ductivity, and overall well-being;
(2) identify how sustainable building features,
such as energy efficiency, are influencing these human
outcomes singly and in concert; and
(3) ensure that the impacts of the indoor envi-
ronmental quality are evaluated as a whole.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this section
$200,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
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Subtitle F—Institutional Entities
SEC. 
471. 
ENERGY 
SUSTAINABILITY 
AND 
EFFICIENCY
GRANTS AND LOANS FOR INSTITUTIONS.
Part G of title III of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act is amended by inserting after section 399 (42
U.S.C. 6371h) the following:
‘‘SEC. 399A. ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFICIENCY
GRANTS AND LOANS FOR INSTITUTIONS.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) COMBINED HEAT AND POWER.—The term
‘combined heat and power’ means the generation of
electric energy and heat in a single, integrated sys-
tem, with an overall thermal efficiency of 60 percent
or greater on a higher-heating-value basis.
‘‘(2) DISTRICT
ENERGY
SYSTEMS.—The term
‘district energy systems’ means systems providing
thermal energy from a renewable energy source, ther-
mal energy source, or highly efficient technology to
more than 1 building or fixed energy-consuming use
from 1 or more thermal-energy production facilities
through pipes or other means to provide space heat-
ing, space conditioning, hot water, steam, compres-
sion, process energy, or other end uses for that energy.
‘‘(3) ENERGY
SUSTAINABILITY.—The term ‘en-
ergy sustainability’ includes using a renewable energy
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source, thermal energy source, or a highly efficient
technology for transportation, electricity generation,
heating, cooling, lighting, or other energy services in
fixed installations.
‘‘(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The
term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning
given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
‘‘(5) INSTITUTIONAL ENTITY.—The term ‘institu-
tional entity’ means an institution of higher edu-
cation, a public school district, a local government, a
municipal utility, or a designee of 1 of those entities.
‘‘(6) RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE.—The term
‘renewable energy source’ has the meaning given the
term in section 609 of the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 918c).
‘‘(7) SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.—
The term ‘sustainable energy infrastructure’ means—
‘‘(A) facilities for production of energy from
renewable energy sources, thermal energy sources,
or highly efficient technologies, including com-
bined heat and power or other waste heat use;
and
‘‘(B) district energy systems.
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‘‘(8) THERMAL
ENERGY
SOURCE.—The term
‘thermal energy source’ means—
‘‘(A) a natural source of cooling or heating
from lake or ocean water; and
‘‘(B) recovery of useful energy that would
otherwise be wasted from ongoing energy uses.
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of
appropriated funds, the Secretary shall implement a
program of information dissemination and technical
assistance to institutional entities to assist the insti-
tutional entities in identifying, evaluating, designing,
and implementing sustainable energy infrastructure
projects in energy sustainability.
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall support
institutional entities in—
‘‘(A) identification of opportunities for sus-
tainable energy infrastructure;
‘‘(B) understanding the technical and eco-
nomic characteristics of sustainable energy infra-
structure;
‘‘(C) utility interconnection and negotiation
of power and fuel contracts;
‘‘(D) understanding financing alternatives;
‘‘(E) permitting and siting issues;