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(1) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014, 
1 demonstration project in a Federal building se-
lected by the Federal Director in accordance with 
relevant agencies and described in subsection (c)(1), 
that— 
(A) provides for the evaluation of the in-
formation obtained through the conduct of 
projects and activities under this part; and 
(B) achieves the highest rating offered by 
an existing high-performance green building 
rating system that is developed through a con-
sensus-based process, provides minimum re-
quirements in all performance categories, re-
quires 
substantiating 
documentation 
and 
verifiable calculations, employs third-party post- 
construction review and verification, and is na-
tionally recognized within the building industry; 
(2) no fewer than 4 demonstration projects at 
4 universities, that, as competitively selected by the 
Commercial Director in accordance with subsection 
(c)(2), have— 
(A) appropriate research resources and rel-
evant projects to meet the goals of the dem-
onstration project established by the Office of 
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Commercial High-Performance Green Build-
ings; and 
(B) the ability— 
(i) to serve as a model for high-per-
formance green building initiatives, includ-
ing research and education; 
(ii) to identify the most effective ways 
o use high-performance green building and 
landscape technologies to engage and edu-
cate undergraduate and graduate students; 
(iii) to effectively implement a high- 
performance green building education pro-
gram for students and occupants; 
(iv) to demonstrate the effectiveness 
of various high-performance technologies in 
each of the 4 climatic regions of the 
United States described in subsection 
(c)(2)(B); and 
(v) to explore quantifiable and non-
quantifiable beneficial impacts on public 
health and employee and student perform-
ance; 
(3) 
demonstration 
projects 
to 
evaluate 
replicable approaches to achieving various types of 
commercial buildings in various climates; and 
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(4) deployment activities to disseminate infor-
mation on and encourage widespread adoption of 
technologies, practices, and policies to achieve zero- 
net-energy commercial buildings or low energy use 
and effective monitoring of energy use in commercial 
buildings. 
(c) CRITERIA.— 
(1) FEDERAL FACILITIES.—With respect to the 
existing or proposed Federal facility at which a dem-
onstration project under this section is conducted, 
the Federal facility shall— 
(A) be an appropriate model for a project 
relating to— 
(i) the effectiveness of high-perform-
ance technologies; 
(ii) analysis of materials, components, 
systems, and emergency operations in the 
building, and the impact of those mate-
rials, components, and systems, including 
the impact on the health of building occu-
pants; 
(iii) life-cycle costing and life-cycle as-
sessment of building materials and sys-
tems; and 
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(iv) location and design that promote 
access to the Federal facility through walk-
ing, biking, and mass transit; and 
(B) possess sufficient technological and or-
ganizational adaptability. 
(2) UNIVERSITIES.—With respect to the 4 uni-
versities at which a demonstration project under this 
section is conducted— 
(A) the universities should be selected, 
after careful review of all applications received 
containing the required information, as deter-
mined by the Commercial Director, based on— 
(i) successful and established public- 
private research and development partner-
ships; 
(ii) demonstrated capabilities to con-
struct or renovate buildings that meet high 
indoor environmental quality standards; 
(iii) organizational flexibility; 
(iv) technological adaptability; 
(v) the demonstrated capacity of at 
least 1 university to replicate lessons 
learned among nearby or sister univer-
sities, preferably by participation in groups 
or consortia that promote sustainability; 
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(vi) the demonstrated capacity of at 
least 1 university to have officially-adopt-
ed, 
institution-wide 
‘‘high-performance 
green building’’ guidelines for all campus 
building projects; and 
(vii) the demonstrated capacity of at 
least 1 university to have been recognized 
by similar institutions as a national leader 
in sustainability education and curriculum 
for students of the university; and 
(B) each university shall be located in a 
different climatic region of the United States, 
each of which regions shall have, as determined 
by the Office of Commercial High-Performance 
Green Buildings— 
(i) a hot, dry climate; 
(ii) a hot, humid climate; 
(iii) a cold climate; or 
(iv) a temperate climate (including a 
climate with cold winters and humid sum-
mers). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 
September 30, 2014— 
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