Advanced Design in Energy for Living Efficiently Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3031
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air pollution control
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Block grants
Building construction
Buildings
Carbon dioxide
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Colleges
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Engineers
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federal office buildings
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Green products
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Indoor air pollution
Law
Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations
Professional education
Research and development
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards
Tax deductions
Taxation
Waste reduction
Water Resources Development
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Advanced Design in Energy for Living Efficiently Act of 2007 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) coordinate and provide information on green building design and practices; (2) establish a program to create and distribute information on green building design principles; and (3) establish criteria for education and training of architects, engineers, and developers in green building design and application.

Requires the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to establish a blue ribbon panel to: (1) provide independent counsel to the Administrator on policy issues associated with green building design and practices; (2) report on the results of a study to determine best practices for quantifying the information necessary to make informed property investment decisions; (3) report on funding necessary for research and development on green building design; and (4) establish standards for the construction of new buildings that will reduce carbon emissions.

Requires the U.S. Comptroller General to study the use of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's program for energy efficient mortgages insured under the National Housing Act.

Authorizes the Administrator, acting through NIBS, to award grants to state educational agencies to provide sub-grants to local educational agencies for planing and preparing for healthy, high-performance school building projects.

Requires the Administrator: (1) acting through NIBS, to assist local education agencies on sustainable designs; and (2) to establish a program to make loan guarantees available to public institutions of higher education for the construction or renovation of permanent buildings that meet the greenhouse gas emission standards.

Requires federal agencies to: (1) increase the energy efficiency of their facilities and operations; (2) annually report on the associated energy efficiency increases and carbon emission reductions; and (3) reward employees who make significant contributions to the reduction of agency carbon emissions.

Requires federal agencies' energy managers to receive training on green building design, construction, use, and decommissioning.

Requires the Comptroller General to transmit to Congress a report comparing the energy efficiency budget request by the President for each federal agency for FY2006-2007 with each agency's request.

Requires the Administrator to make block grants to state and local governments for: (1) renovating existing buildings to achieve NIBS standards; (2) redesigning existing plans to enable new buildings to meet such standards; (3) researching and developing technologies to enable and support green building design and the achievement of such standards; and (4) educating and training on green buildings and their construction, use, and decommissioning.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and extend the energy efficient commercial building deduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House