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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 09:13:41+00:00

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§ 939-1 Written evaluation of feasibility required.
§ 939-2 Incorporation of energy-saving measures into bid specifications.
§ 939-6 Certified ranking required for appropriations.
§ 939-8 Council of Environmental Quality review.
§ 939-9 Rules and regulations.
Air-conditioning systems — See Ch. 12.
Purchasing and contracts — See Chs. 189 and 893.
Building construction — See Ch. 344.
Carbon dioxide emissions — See Ch. 357.
Environmental protection — See Chs. 446 and 943.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 450.
The County Department of Public Works is hereby authorized, empowered and directed, pursuant to § C8-2W of the Suffolk County Charter, to prepare a written evaluation of the economic and physical feasibility of installing or utilizing energy conservation or energy-saving measures prior to the commencement of the construction of any County-owned or County-funded facilities on or after the effective date of this article.
Any such measures determined to be economically and physically feasible by the County Department of Public Works shall be incorporated into and made a part of bid specifications for such construction project.
Planning of new construction or renovation "built to suit" for long-term lease by the County of Suffolk occurring on or after the effective date of this article.
The project checklist, attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit A, shall be followed by the County Department of Public Works in implementing the provisions of § 939-3 of this article.
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the County offices.
Any capital project meeting the criteria set forth in § 939-3 shall be ranked in accordance with the certified silver, gold and platinum ranking system set forth in Exhibit A, separate and apart from the ranking system contained in Resolution No. 571-1998, as amended, which established a formalized priority ranking system for capital projects.
No appropriations for construction may be made for a capital project covered by this article unless it receives a "certified" ranking under the project checklist.
Such certification is accepted and compliance with LEED is waived by a duly enacted resolution of the County of Suffolk.
The Suffolk County Council of Environment Quality (CEQ) shall consider the current LEED Building Rating System in its review of County action under SEQRA and Chapter 450, Environmental Quality Review, of the Suffolk County Code.
The County Department of Public Works is hereby further authorized, empowered, and directed, pursuant to § C8-2W of the Suffolk County Charter, to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary and appropriate for the implementation and enforcement of any provisions of this article.

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