(iv) establishing cybersecurity; and 
(2) any other information the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
SEC. 6. LEVERAGING EXISTING PROGRAMS. 
(a) BETTER BUILDING CHALLENGE.—As part of the 
Better Building Challenge of the Department, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with major private sector property 
owners, shall develop smart building accelerators to dem-
onstrate innovative policies and approaches that will accel-
erate the transition to smart buildings in the public, insti-
tutional, and commercial buildings sectors. 
(b) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
research and development to address key barriers to 
the integration of advanced building technologies 
and to accelerate the transition to smart buildings. 
(2) INCLUSION.—The research and development 
conducted under paragraph (1) shall include re-
search and development on— 
(A) achieving whole-building, systems-level 
efficiency through smart system and component 
integration; 
(B) improving physical components, such 
as sensors and controls, to be adaptive, antici-
patory, and networked; 
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(C) reducing the cost of key components to 
accelerate the adoption of smart building tech-
nologies; 
(D) data management, including the cap-
ture and analysis of data and the interoper-
ability of the energy systems; 
(E) 
protecting 
against 
cybersecurity 
threats and addressing security vulnerabilities 
of building systems or equipment; 
(F) business models, including how busi-
ness models may limit the adoption of smart 
building technologies and how to support 
transactive energy; 
(G) integration and application of com-
bined heat and power systems and energy stor-
age for resiliency; 
(H) characterization of buildings and com-
ponents; 
(I) consumer and utility protections; 
(J) continuous management, including the 
challenges of managing multiple energy systems 
and optimizing systems for disparate stake-
holders; 
(K) integration of internet of things tech-
nology solutions, including measures to increase 
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water and energy efficiency, improve water 
quality, support real-time utility management, 
and enable actionable analytics and predictive 
maintenance to improve building systems long- 
term viability; and 
(L) other areas of research and develop-
ment, as determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 7. REPORT. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter until a total of 
3 reports have been made, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives a report on— 
(1) the establishment of the Federal Smart 
Building Program and the evaluation of Federal 
smart buildings under section 4; 
(2) the survey and evaluation of private sector 
smart buildings under section 5; and 
(3) any recommendations of the Secretary to 
further accelerate the transition to smart buildings. 
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