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(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 
have applied contemporary high-performance 
and sustainable design principles during con-
struction or renovation. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of promulgation of the revised regulations under sub-
section (a), the Director of the Office of Procurement Pol-
icy shall issue guidance to all Federal procurement execu-
tives providing direction and instructions to renegotiate 
the design of proposed facilities, renovations for existing 
facilities, and leased facilities to incorporate improvements 
that are consistent with this section. 
SEC. 9047. MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY AND WATER EFFI-
CIENCY IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS. 
Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(f) USE
OF ENERGY
AND WATER EFFICIENCY 
MEASURES IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS.— 
‘‘(1) FACILITY ENERGY MANAGERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency 
shall designate a manager responsible for imple-
menting this subsection and reducing energy 
use at each building or facility that meets cri-
teria under subparagraph (B). 
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‘‘(B) COVERED
FACILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall develop criteria, after consultation 
with affected agencies, energy efficiency advo-
cates, and energy and utility service providers, 
that cover, at a minimum, each Federal build-
ing or facility with greater than 40,000 square 
feet of space or greater than $75,000 per year 
in energy costs, including central utility plants 
and distribution systems and other energy in-
tensive operations, and that constitute in the 
aggregate at least two-thirds of total Federal 
building and facility energy use. 
‘‘(2) ENERGY AND WATER EVALUATIONS AND 
COMMISSIONING.— 
‘‘(A) EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, and every 5 years thereafter, each en-
ergy manager shall complete a comprehensive 
energy and water evaluation for each building 
or facility that meets criteria under paragraph 
(1)(B). 
‘‘(B) 
RECOMMISSIONING
AND 
RETROCOMMISSIONING.—As part of the evalua-
tion under subparagraph (A) or on the same 
schedule the energy manager shall recommis-
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sion or retrocommission each such building and 
facility as applicable. 
‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION OF IDENTIFIED ENERGY 
AND WATER EFFICIENCY MEASURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the completion of each evaluation under 
paragraph (1), each energy manager— 
‘‘(i) shall fully implement each energy 
and water-saving measure identified in the 
evaluation conducted under paragraph (2) 
that is life-cycle cost-effective and has a 
12-year or shorter simple payback period; 
‘‘(ii) may implement any energy or 
water-saving measure that the Federal 
agency identified in the evaluation con-
ducted under paragraph (1) that is life- 
cycle cost-effective and has longer than a 
12-year simple payback period; and 
‘‘(iii) may bundle individual measures 
of varying paybacks together into combined 
projects. 
‘‘(B) PAYBACK PERIOD.—For the purpose 
of subparagraph (A), the simple payback period 
of a measure shall be obtained by dividing— 
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‘‘(i) the estimated initial implementa-
tion cost of the measure (other than fi-
nancing costs); by 
‘‘(ii) the annual cost savings from the 
measure. 
‘‘(C) COST SAVINGS.—For the purpose of 
subparagraph (B), cost savings shall include net 
savings in estimated— 
‘‘(i) energy and water costs; and 
‘‘(ii) operations, maintenance, repair, 
replacement, and other direct costs. 
‘‘(D) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may 
modify or make exceptions to the calculation of 
a 12-year simple payback under this paragraph 
in the guidelines issued by the Secretary under 
paragraph (5), if necessary and appropriate to 
achieve the purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(E) LIFE-CYCLE
COST-EFFECTIVE.—For 
the purpose of subparagraph (A), determination 
of whether a measure is life-cycle cost-effective 
shall use methods and procedures developed 
pursuant to section 544. 
‘‘(4) FOLLOW-UP
ON
IMPLEMENTED
MEAS-
URES.—For each measure implemented under para-
graph (3), each energy manager shall ensure that— 
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‘‘(A) equipment, including building and 
equipment controls, is fully commissioned at ac-
ceptance to be operating at design specifica-
tions; 
‘‘(B) a plan for appropriate operations, 
maintenance, and repair of the equipment is in 
place at acceptance and is followed; 
‘‘(C) equipment and system performance is 
measured during its entire life to ensure proper 
operations, maintenance, and repair; and 
‘‘(D) energy and water savings are meas-
ured and verified. 
‘‘(5) GUIDELINES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
issue guidelines and necessary criteria that each 
Federal agency shall follow for implementation 
of— 
‘‘(i) paragraphs (1) and (2) not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) paragraphs (3) and (4) not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) 
RELATIONSHIP
TO
FUNDING 
SOURCE.—The guidelines issued by the Sec-
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retary under subparagraph (A) shall be appro-
priate and uniform for measures funded with 
each type of funding made available under 
paragraph (9), but may distinguish between dif-
ferent types of measures project size, and other 
criteria the Secretary determines are relevant. 
‘‘(6) WEB-BASED CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each building or 
facility that meets the criteria established by 
the Secretary under paragraph (1), the energy 
manager shall use the web-based tracking sys-
tem under subparagraph (B) to certify compli-
ance with the requirements for— 
‘‘(i) energy and water evaluations and 
recommissioning and retrocommissioning 
under paragraph (2); 
‘‘(ii) implementation of identified en-
ergy and water measures under paragraph 
(3); and 
‘‘(iii) follow-up on implemented meas-
ures under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(B) DEPLOYMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall develop and 
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deploy the web-based tracking system re-
quired under this paragraph in a manner 
that tracks, at a minimum— 
‘‘(I) the covered buildings and fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(II) the status of meeting the 
requirements specified in subpara-
graph (A); 
‘‘(III) the estimated cost and 
savings for measures required to be 
implemented in a building or facility; 
and 
‘‘(IV) the measured savings and 
persistence of savings for implemented 
measures. 
‘‘(ii) EASE
OF
COMPLIANCE.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that energy man-
ager compliance with the requirements in 
this paragraph, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, can be accomplished with the use 
of streamlined procedures, and templates 
that minimize the time demands on Fed-
eral employees. 
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.— 
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