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(1) support for industry efforts to develop ad-
vanced materials, equipment, controls, practices, and 
integrated building systems aimed at achieving zero- 
net-energy commercial buildings and monitoring and 
benchmarking commercial building energy use; 
(2) training, education, and awareness pro-
grams, including— 
(A) programs in cooperation with industry 
and professional associations and educational 
institutions to provide education on achieving 
sustainable and energy-efficient performance 
through proper system and structure design, 
construction, and operation to— 
(i) architects; 
(ii) mechanical, electrical, and plumb-
ing engineers; 
(iii) contractors; and 
(iv) construction managers and facil-
ity managers; 
(B) programs to incorporate energy effi-
ciency and sustainability elements into architec-
ture, engineering, and vocational training and 
certification curricula, including professional 
certification and continuing education pro-
grams; and 
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(C) regional and national public education 
campaigns to educate real estate, finance, and 
other commercial buildings professionals and 
the general public about the opportunities for 
energy and cost savings and associated environ-
mental and health benefits associated with 
high-performance green buildings; 
(3) pilot projects to demonstrate and document 
the performance of scalable and replicable tech-
nologies, practices, and policies to achieve high-per-
formance green buildings and zero-net-energy com-
mercial buildings, including— 
(A) pilot projects representing each market 
segment or building type in each climate region 
that include current best practice in integrated 
design, technology and systems, construction, 
commissioning, operation, and building infor-
mation management; 
(B) pilot projects, in cooperation with 
State and local governments, in public build-
ings; and 
(C) pilot projects, in cooperation with pub-
lic school districts and colleges and universities, 
to— 
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(i) demonstrate such technologies and 
practices in new and existing facilities; 
(ii) involve students and faculty mem-
bers in integrating energy efficiency and 
high-performance green building concepts 
and measures within the educational cur-
riculum; and 
(iii) use education facilities as show-
cases to communicate these concepts to the 
community; 
(4) technical assistance and funding of pilot 
projects for the development and use of new building 
energy design standards, model designs, model en-
ergy codes, and incentives and other policies, to be 
provided to designers, builders, developers, commer-
cial building owners, and utility and government en-
ergy efficiency programs, including— 
(A) support for code and standards organi-
zations to develop aggressive model energy 
codes, beyond-code guidelines, and code compli-
ance programs for new and existing buildings; 
(B) assistance to utilities, builders, and 
State and local officials in developing, imple-
menting, and evaluating pilot programs to 
achieve building design and actual energy per-
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formance that meet and exceed performance 
levels in the model energy codes; and 
(C) support for development and dissemi-
nation of model programs and policies that pro-
vide incentives for high-performance green 
buildings, such as accelerated zoning and con-
struction permitting and inspections, density 
bonuses, and State and local tax incentives; 
(5) technical assistance and funding of pilot 
projects for innovative market-based initiatives to 
advance energy-efficient technologies and practices 
in new and existing commercial buildings, provided 
to State agencies, utilities, and other entities, includ-
ing— 
(A) design assistance and incentives for in-
corporating sustainability and energy efficiency 
beginning with the first stages of building de-
sign and continuing through start-up commis-
sioning and long-term operation; 
(B) performance-based design and con-
struction fees for high-performance green con-
struction and renovation; 
(C) equipment leasing and financing strat-
egies for energy efficiency upgrades of new and 
replacement commercial building equipment; 
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(D) trade-in programs for early retirement 
of low-efficiency commercial building equipment 
and system components, such as motors, air 
conditioners, boilers, lighting, and windows; 
(E) improved methods of energy perform-
ance contracting to reduce transaction costs 
and encourage the use of third-party funding 
and expertise for energy-efficient retrofitting of 
existing commercial buildings; 
(F) improved model protocols for commer-
cial building energy audits, energy performance 
measurement and verification, continuous com-
missioning, and ongoing performance moni-
toring and diagnostics; and 
(G) strategies to reduce barriers to energy 
efficiency investment by addressing split incen-
tives between commercial building owners and 
tenants; 
(6) development, dissemination, technical assist-
ance, and pilot project activities to improve the prac-
tice of monitoring, benchmarking, and disclosure of 
actual commercial building energy performance and 
operating costs, including— 
(A) improved methods of measuring and 
compiling energy performance data on a statis-
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tically significant share of commercial new con-
struction, 
renovation, 
and 
energy 
retrofit 
projects; 
(B) development and dissemination of en-
ergy performance metrics for the commercial 
building stock and for important subcategories 
of commercial buildings; 
(C) improved methods of providing energy 
performance feedback to commercial building 
owners, operators, and occupants, including 
real-time feedback and comparisons to perform-
ance goals, past performance, and similar build-
ings; 
(D) voluntary programs at the national, re-
gional, and sectoral levels to recognize and re-
ward commercial buildings with exceptional per-
formance or performance improvement; 
(E) increased availability and use of tools 
for post occupancy assessment of energy effi-
ciency and occupant satisfaction with commer-
cial high-performance green buildings, and for 
measuring and documenting non-energy finan-
cial and other benefits of such buildings; 
(7) in cooperation with the Energy Information 
Administration and with utility, State, and private 
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sector organizations, development and application of 
improved methods for assessing trends in the energy 
performance of the commercial buildings stock, new 
construction, and building renovations, by building 
type and region, in order to track progress toward 
the goals adopted under subsection (a); and 
(8) such otherwise authorized activities that the 
Secretary and the Commercial Director determine 
are necessary to the success of the initiative. 
SEC. 9045. PUBLIC OUTREACH. 
The Commercial Director, in coordination with the 
Consortium, shall carry out public outreach to inform indi-
viduals and entities of the information and services avail-
able Governmentwide by— 
(1) establishing and maintaining a national 
high-performance green building clearinghouse, in-
cluding on the internet, that— 
(A) identifies existing similar efforts and 
coordinates activities of common interest; and 
(B) provides information relating to high- 
performance 
green 
buildings, 
including 
hyperlinks to internet sites that describe the ac-
tivities, information, and resources of— 
(i) the Federal Government; 
(ii) State and local governments; 
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(iii) the private sector (including non-
governmental and nonprofit entities and 
organizations); and 
(iv) international organizations; 
(2) identifying and recommending educational 
resources for implementing high-performance green 
building practices, including security and emergency 
benefits and practices; 
(3) providing access to technical assistance on 
using tools and resources to make more cost-effec-
tive, energy-efficient, health-protective, and environ-
mentally beneficial decisions for constructing high- 
performance green buildings, particularly tools avail-
able to conduct life-cycle costing and life-cycle as-
sessment; 
(4) providing information on application proc-
esses for certifying a high-performance green build-
ing, including certification and commissioning; 
(5) providing technical information, market re-
search, or other forms of assistance or advice that 
would be useful in planning and constructing high- 
performance green buildings; 
(6) using such other methods as are determined 
by the Commercial Director to be appropriate; 
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