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components, equipment, systems, and controls of the 
building) beginning at conception of a high-perform-
ance green building project and continuing through 
site selection, design, construction, landscaping, 
commissioning, operation, maintenance, renovation, 
deconstruction or demolition, removal, and recycling 
of the high-performance green building. 
(9) LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘life- 
cycle assessment’’ means a comprehensive system 
approach for measuring the environmental perform-
ance of a product or service over the life of the prod-
uct or service, beginning at raw materials acquisition 
and continuing through manufacturing, transpor-
tation, installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste 
management. 
(10) LIFE-CYCLE
COSTING.—The term ‘‘life- 
cycle costing’’, with respect to a high-performance 
green building, means a technique of economic eval-
uation that— 
(A) sums, over a given study period, the 
costs of initial investment (less resale value), re-
placements, operations (including energy use), 
and maintenance and repair of an investment 
decision; and 
(B) is expressed— 
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(i) in present value terms, in the case 
of a study period equivalent to the longest 
useful life of the building, determined by 
taking into consideration the typical life of 
such a building in the area in which the 
building is to be located; or 
(ii) in annual value terms, in the case 
of any other study period. 
(11) OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL HIGH-PERFORM-
ANCE
GREEN
BUILDINGS.—The term ‘‘Office of 
Commercial High-Performance Green Buildings’’ re-
fers to the office established under section 9043(a). 
(12) OFFICE OF FEDERAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE 
GREEN BUILDINGS.—The term ‘‘Office of Federal 
High-Performance Green Buildings’’ refers to the 
Office established undersection 9042(a). 
(13) PRACTICES.—The term ‘‘practices’’ means 
design, financing, permitting, construction, commis-
sioning, operation and maintenance, and other prac-
tices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy 
buildings or facilities. 
(14) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Energy. 
(15) ZERO-NET-ENERGY
COMMERCIAL
BUILD-
ING.—The term ‘‘zero-net-energy commercial build-
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ing’’ means a commercial building that is designed, 
constructed, and operated to— 
(A) require a greatly reduced quantity of 
energy to operate; 
(B) meet the balance of energy needs from 
sources of energy that do not produce green-
house gases; 
(C) therefore result in no net emissions of 
greenhouse gases; and 
(D) be economically viable. 
SEC. 9042. HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN FEDERAL BUILD-
INGS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall establish within the General Services Adminis-
tration an Office of Federal High-Performance Green 
Buildings, and appoint an individual to serve as Federal 
Director in, a position in the career-reserved Senior Exec-
utive service, to— 
(1) establish and manage the Office of Com-
mercial High-Performance Green Buildings; and 
(2) carry out other duties as required under 
this part. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—The compensation of the Fed-
eral Director shall not exceed the maximum rate of basic 
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pay for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 
of title 5, United States Code, including any applicable 
locality-based comparability payment that may be author-
ized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Federal Director shall— 
(1) coordinate the activities of the Office of 
Federal High-Performance Green Buildings with the 
activities of the Office of Commercial High-Perform-
ance Green Buildings; 
(2) ensure full coordination of high-performance 
green building information and activities within the 
General Services Administration and all relevant 
agencies, including, at a minimum— 
(A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(B) the Office of the Federal Environ-
mental Executive; 
(C) the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-
icy; 
(D) the Department of Energy; 
(E) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; and 
(F) the Department of Defense; 
(3) establish a senior-level Federal Green Build-
ing Advisory Committee, which shall provide advice 
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and recommendations in accordance with subsection 
(d); 
(4) identify and biennially reassess improved or 
higher rating standards recommended by the Advi-
sory Committee; 
(5) ensure full coordination of research and de-
velopment information relating to Federal high-per-
formance green building initiatives; 
(6) identify and develop Federal high-perform-
ance green building standards that could be used for 
all types of Federal facilities; 
(7) establish green practices that can be used 
throughout the life of a Federal facility; and 
(8) review and analyze current Federal budget 
practices and life-cycle costing issues, and make rec-
ommendations to Congress, in accordance with sub-
section (d). 
(d) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—The Federal Director, in 
coordination with the Commercial Director and the Advi-
sory Committee, shall— 
(1) identify, review, and analyze current budget 
and contracting practices that affect achievement of 
high-performance green buildings, including the 
identification of barriers to high-performance green 
building life-cycle costing and budgetary issues; 
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(2) develop guidance and conduct training ses-
sions with budget specialists and contracting per-
sonnel from Federal agencies and budget examiners 
to apply life-cycle cost criteria to actual projects; 
(3) identify tools to aid life-cycle cost decision-
making; and 
(4) explore the feasibility of incorporating the 
benefits of high-performance green buildings, such 
as security benefits, into a cost-budget analysis to 
aid in life-cycle costing for budget and decision-
making processes. 
(e) INCENTIVES.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Director shall 
identify incentives to encourage the use of high-perform-
ance green buildings and related technology in the oper-
ations of the Federal Government, including through— 
(1) the provision of recognition awards; and 
(2) the maximum feasible retention of financial 
savings in the annual budgets of Federal agencies 
for use in reinvesting in future high-performance 
green building initiatives. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the 
Federal Director shall submit to Congress a report that— 
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