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S668 [Filed]
SENATE DRS75198-LD-39C (01/10)
Senator Cowell.
PART I. REQUIRE NEW STATE, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDINGS AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS OF THESE BUILDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCTED USING HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM ACQUIRING BY PURCHASE BUILDINGS THAT DID NOT MEET STANDARDS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY THAT APPLIED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION OF COMPARABLE STATE BUILDINGS WHEN THE BUILDINGS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR PURCHASE WERE CONSTRUCTED OR RECEIVED A MAJOR RENOVATION.
"High-Performance Public Buildings.
(a) The General Assembly finds that public buildings can be built and renovated using high-performance methods that save money, improve employee and student performance, and make employees and students more productive. High-performance public buildings are proven to cut energy and utility costs, increase performance and productivity, and reduce absenteeism.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that State-owned buildings, The University of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Community College System be improved by adopting recognized standards for high-performance public buildings and allowing flexible methods and choices in how to achieve those standards. The General Assembly also intends that State agencies, The University of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Community College System shall document costs and savings to monitor the program under this Article and ensure that economic and environmental goals are achieved each year, and that an independent performance review be conducted to evaluate the program under this Article and determine the extent to which the results intended by this Article are being met. It is the intent and an established goal of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, as authored by the United States Green Building Council, to increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured locally, thereby reducing the environmental impacts, and to support the local economy. Accordingly, it is the intent of the General Assembly to emphasize this defined goal and establish a priority to use North Carolina-based resources, building materials, products, industries, manufacturers, and other businesses to provide economic development to North Carolina and to meet the objectives of this Article.
(1) "ASHRAE 90.1-2004" means the energy efficiency standard developed by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and adopted by ASHRAE in 2004.
(3) "High-performance public buildings" means high-performance public buildings designed, constructed, and certified to a standard as identified in this Article.
(4) "Institutions of higher education" means the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, the regional institutions as defined in G.S. 115D-2, and the community colleges as defined in G.S. 115D-2.
(5) "LEED silver standard" means the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating standard for new buildings, as amended, and referred to as the LEED-NB Silver Standard or the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating standard for existing buildings, as amended, and referred to as the LEED-EB Silver Standard, whichever is applicable to the project.
(6) "Major facility project" means a construction project larger than 5,000 gross square feet of occupied or conditioned space as defined in the North Carolina State Building Code or a building renovation project when the cost is greater than fifty percent (50%) of the insurance value and the project is larger than 5,000 gross square feet of occupied or conditioned space as defined in the North Carolina State Building Code. "Major facility project" does not include any of the following: transmitter buildings, pumping stations, research facilities primarily used for sponsored laboratory experimentation, laboratory research, or laboratory training in research methods, or other similar building types as determined by the Department.
(7) "Public agency" means every State office, officer, board, department, and commission and institutions of higher education.
(a) All major facility projects of public agencies shall be designed, constructed, and certified to at least the LEED silver standard that is in effect at the schematic design phase of the project and, to the extent the LEED silver standard would result in greater consumption of energy than would result using the standard under ASHRAE 90.1-2004, the energy consuming components of the project shall be designed and constructed to at least the standard under ASHRAE 90.1-2004. In addition, for new construction, the water systems shall be designed and constructed to eliminate the use of potable water for irrigation, and, for major renovations that involve water systems, the renovation shall be designed and constructed to either eliminate the use of potable water for irrigation or reduce water consumption in the building by twenty percent (20%) based on water consumption for the preceding fiscal year. This subsection applies to major facility projects that have not entered the schematic design phase prior to the effective date of this section and to the extent appropriate LEED silver standards exist for that type of building or facility.
(b) Public agencies shall monitor and document ongoing operating savings resulting from major facility projects designed, constructed, and certified as required under this section. These public agencies shall report annually to the Department on major facility projects and operating savings.
(c) To be able to monitor and document ongoing operating savings as required under subsection (b) of this section, all utilities going into any building that is the subject of a project under this Article shall be metered.
(d) The Department shall consolidate the reports required in subsection (b) of this section and any report from the State Building Commission under G.S. 143-135.40 into one report and report to the Chairs of the General Government Appropriations Subcommittees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Environmental Review Commission, and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations by November 1 of each year beginning in 2008. In its report, the Department shall also report on the implementation of this Article, including reasons why the LEED standard was not used for the reason that it would not be practicable in accordance with G.S. 143-135.40. The Department shall make recommendations regarding the ongoing implementation of this Article, including a discussion of incentives and disincentives related to implementing this Article.
(a) The Department, in consultation with affected public agencies, shall develop and issue guidelines to implement this Article for public agencies. The purpose of the guidelines is to define a procedure and method for employing and verifying activities necessary for certification to at least the LEED silver standard for major facility projects.
(b) Major facility projects designed to meet standards identified in this Article shall include building commissioning as a critical cost-saving part of the construction process. This process shall include input from the project design and construction teams and the project ownership representatives.
(c) As provided in the request for proposals for construction services, the public agency may hold a preproposal conference for prospective bidders to discuss compliance with, and achievement of, standards identified in this Article for prospective respondents.
(d) The Department shall create a high-performance buildings advisory committee comprised of representatives from the design and construction industry involved in public works contracting, personnel from the affected public agencies responsible for overseeing public works projects, and others at the Department's discretion to provide advice on implementing this Article. Among other duties, the advisory committee shall make recommendations regarding an education and training process and an ongoing evaluation or feedback process to help the Department implement this Article.
(e) The Department shall review the advisory committee's recommendations under subsection (d) of this section regarding education and training. The Department shall develop one level of education and training requirements for the chief financial officer of each public agency that is appropriate for the chief financial officer's level of involvement in projects under this Article and that includes training, approved by the U.S. Green Building Council, regarding LEED certification. The Department shall develop, for each public agency that is responsible for the payment of the agency's utilities, another higher level of education and training requirements for the facility manager of the agency that is appropriate for the facility manager's level of involvement in projects under this Article and that includes training, approved by the U.S. Green Building Council, regarding LEED certification. This level of education and training shall also be a requirement for the capital project coordinator of an agency involved in a project under this Article. The Department shall develop a highest level of education and training requirements for the architects and mechanical design engineers that are involved in the design of projects under this Article that is appropriate for their level of involvement in these projects and that includes training, approved by the U.S. Green Building Council, regarding LEED certification.
(f) The Department may adopt rules to implement this Article. The Department may adopt architectural or engineering standards as needed to implement this Article.
"§ 143-135.39. Liability for failure to meet standard.
A member of the design or construction teams shall not be held liable for the failure of a major facility project to meet the LEED silver standard or other LEED standard established for the project as long as a good faith attempt was made to achieve the LEED standard set for the project.
"§ 143-135.40. Use of other standard when LEED silver standard not practicable.
When the Department, public agency, and the design team determine the LEED silver standard or the ASHRAE 90.1-2004 standard to be not practicable for a major facility project, then it must be determined by the State Building Commission if the standard is not practicable for that major facility project. If the State Building Commission determines the standard is not practicable for that major facility project, the State Building Commission shall determine if any LEED standard is practicable for the design and construction for that major facility project. If the LEED silver standard or the ASHRAE 90.1-2004 standard is not followed for that project or if another LEED standard is followed, the public agency shall report this information and the reasons to the Department in its report under G.S. 143-135.37, and the State Building Commission shall report this information and the reasons to the Department."
"(14) To comply with the design and construction requirements for high-performance public buildings under Article 8C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes."
SECTION 1.3. The Department of Administration shall monitor the development of construction or other energy efficiency standards to determine whether there is a standard that the Department and the high-performance building advisory committee, established under G.S. 143-135.38, as enacted in Section 1.1 of this act, determine would better fulfill the intent of Article 8C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, as enacted by Section 1.1 of this act, to achieve energy efficiency and increased energy savings in major facility projects, as defined in G.S. 143-135.36, as enacted in Section 1.1 of this act, in buildings of the State, The University of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Community College System than the LEED silver standard defined in G.S. 143-135.36, as enacted in Section 1.1 of this act, and, if so, whether Article 8C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, as enacted in Section 1.1 of this act, should be amended to provide for the use of this standard rather than the LEED silver standard under that Article. Specifically, the Department of Administration shall monitor the development of improved energy efficiency standards developed by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, the ASHRAE standards, and monitor whether the State Building Code Council adopts improved ASHRAE standards or any other energy efficiency standards for inclusion in the State Building Code under Article 9 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes that result in greater energy efficiency and increased energy savings in major facility projects in State, University System, and community college buildings than the LEED silver standard. No later than January 1, 2009, and again January 1, 2010, the Department of Administration shall report to the Chairs of the General Government Appropriations Subcommittees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Environmental Review Commission, and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the results of its monitoring under this section, including any recommendations for administrative or legislative proposals.
SECTION 1.4.(a) The Department of Administration shall conduct a performance review of the high-performance buildings program established under Article 8C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, as enacted by Section 1.1 of this act. The performance review shall include at least all of the following:
(1) Identification of the costs of implementing high-performance building standards in the design and construction of major facility projects subject to that Article.
(2) Identification of operating savings attributable to the implementation of high-performance building standards, including, but not limited to, savings in energy, utility, and maintenance costs.
(3) Identification of any impacts on employee productivity from using high-performance buildings standards.
(4) Evaluation of the effectiveness of the high-performance building standards established under this Article.
SECTION 1.4.(b) No later than December 1, 2010, the Department of Administration shall make a preliminary report of its findings under its performance review under subsection (a) of this section and its recommendations and, on or before July 1, 2011, a final report to the Chairs of the General Government Appropriations Subcommittees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Environmental Review Commission, and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
"§ 146-23.2. Purchase of buildings constructed or renovated to a certain energy efficiency standard.
(a) A State agency shall not acquire by purchase any building unless the building was designed and constructed to at least the same standard for energy efficiency that the design and construction of a comparable State building was required to meet at the time the building under consideration for purchase was constructed. Further, a State agency shall not acquire by purchase any building that had a major renovation unless the major renovation of the building was designed and constructed to at least the same standard for energy efficiency that the design and construction of a major renovation of a comparable State building was required to meet at the time the building under consideration for purchase was renovated.
(b) This section does not apply to the purchase of a building having historic, architectural, or cultural significance under G.S. 143-23.1. This section does not apply to buildings that are acquired by devise or bequest."
PART II. RETROFIT EXISTING STATE, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDINGS WITH ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES THAT HAVE A HIGH RETURN IN ENERGY SAVINGS AND THAT REQUIRE NO SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO A RESERVE FOR THE COSTS OF THESE RETROFITS.
SECTION 2.1.(a) The Department of Administration shall administer and oversee the implementation of a program whereby all of the following energy conservation measures, as defined in G.S. 143-64.17, shall be fully implemented no later than July 1, 2009, in each building owned by the State, The University of North Carolina, or the North Carolina Community College System:
(2) Water Systems. - The installation of aerators in sink faucets that reduce the flow of water to a rate of no more than five-tenths gallons per minute (.5 g.p.m.); the installation of shower heads that reduce the flow of water to a rate of no more than one and five-tenths gallons per minute (1.5 g.p.m.); where appropriate, as determined by the Department of Administration, the resetting of hot water heaters to a water temperature of 120 degrees; the training of staff to monitor the use of irrigation systems and to base the use of the system on the moisture content of the soil, and either the elimination of potable water for irrigation or the reduction of water consumption in the building by twenty percent (20%) based on water consumption for the 2006-2007 fiscal year.
SECTION 2.1.(b) Consistent with G.S. 150B-2(8a)h., the Department of Administration shall develop or revise its architectural and engineering standards to provide assistance in determining which energy conservation measures are best suited to the unique characteristics of each building and in determining the specifications for the energy conservation measures under this section. The development or revision of the architectural and engineering standards shall be completed by October 1, 2007.
SECTION 2.1.(c) Prior to implementing this section and no later than September 1, 2007, the Department of Administration shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Environmental Review Commission on its plan to implement this section.
SECTION 2.2.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the 2007-2008 fiscal year to be placed in a reserve. No later than September 1, 2007, the Office of State Budget and Management shall develop a plan to allocate funds from this reserve to the State agencies, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, and the State Board of Community Colleges for the costs of implementing the energy conservation measures as directed under this part. Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Office of State Budget and Management shall make allocations from this reserve to the State agencies, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, and the State Board of Community Colleges in conformance with its allocation plan under this subsection.
SECTION 2.2.(b) No State agency, constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or community college as defined in G.S. 115D-2 shall receive any funds under subsection (a) of this section unless it has submitted its most recent plan for its management of energy, water, and other utility use that is due under G.S. 143-64.12, as amended by Section 3.1 of this act.
PART III. REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO CONDUCT ENERGY AUDITS EVERY THREE YEARS FOR EACH STATE, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING; REQUIRE ANNUAL UPDATES OF STATE AND AGENCY PLANS TO MANAGE ENERGY, WATER, AND OTHER UTILITY USE; BRING THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF PART 1 OF ARTICLE 3B OF CHAPTER 143 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, WHICH ADDRESSES ENERGY POLICY AND LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSES; AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL FCAP TEAM AND TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR COMMISSIONING EXISTING STATE, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDINGS TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
"§ 143-64.12. Authority and duties of the Department; State agencies.
(a) The Department of Administration shall develop a comprehensive program to manage energy, water, and other utility use for State government and shall update this program annually. Each State agency and each State institution of higher learning shall develop and implement a management plan that is consistent with the State's comprehensive program under this subsection to manage energy, water, and other utility use. Each State agency shall update its management plan annually.
(a1) The General Assembly authorizes and directs that State agencies and State institutions of higher learning shall carry out the construction and renovation of State facilities, under their jurisdiction facilities of State agencies and State institutions of higher learning in such a manner as to further the policy declared herein, ensuringset forth under this section and to ensure the use of life-cycle cost analyses and practices to conserve energy, water, and other utilities.
(b) The Department of Administration shall develop and implement policies, procedures, and standards to ensure that State purchasing practices improve efficiency regarding energy, water, and other utility use and take the cost of the product over the economic life of the product into consideration. The Department of Administration shall adopt and implement Building Energy Design Guidelines. These guidelines shall include energy-use goals and standards, economic assumptions for life-cycle cost analysis, and other criteria on building systems and technologies. The Department of Administration shall modify the design criteria for construction and renovation of facilities of State agencies or State institutions of higher learning to require that a life-cycle cost analysis be conducted pursuant to G.S. 143-64.15.
(b1) The Department of Administration, as part of the Facilities Condition and Assessment Program, shall identify and recommend energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures that are designed to reduce energy consumption within the facility of a State agency or State institution of higher learning and that require no significant expenditure of funds. State departments, institutions, or agenciesEvery State agency and State institution of higher learning shall implement these recommendations. Where energy management equipment is proposed for State facilities,any facility of a State agency or a State institution of higher learning, the maximum interchangeability and compatibility of equipment components shall be required. As part of the Facilities Condition and Assessment Program under this section, the Department of Administration shall develop an energy audit and a procedure for conducting energy audits. Every three years the Department shall conduct an energy audit for each facility of a State agency or State institution of higher learning.
The Department of Administration shall develop a comprehensive program to manage energy, water, and other utility use for State government.
Each State agency shall develop and implement a management plan that is consistent with the State's comprehensive program to manage energy, water, and other utility use.
(i) Consistent with G.S. 150B-2(8a)h., the Department of Administration may adopt architectural and engineering standards to implement this subsection."
(2) That State facilities and the facilities of the State universities and community colleges have a significant impact on the State's consumption of energy, water, and other utilities.
(6) That State government shall undertake a program to reduce the use of energy, water, and other utilities in State State, university, and community college facilities and equipment in those facilities in order to provide its citizens with an example of energy-use, water-use, and utility-use efficiency.
(b) It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to ensure that practices to conserve energy, water, and other utilities are employed in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and renovation of State State, university, and community college facilities and in the purchase, operation, and maintenance of equipment for State these facilities."
"(10) 'State institution of higher learning' means any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, any regional institution as defined in G.S. 115D-2, and any community college as defined in G.S. 115D-2."
SECTION 3.1.(d) G.S. 143-64.11(7) reads as rewritten:
"(7) "State agency" means the State of North Carolina or any board, bureau, commission, department, institution, or agency of the State."
SECTION 3.1.(e) G.S. 143-64.16 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-64.16. Application of Part.
The provisions of this Part shall not apply to municipalities or counties, nor to any agency or department of any municipality or county; provided, however, this Part shall apply to any board of a community college. Community college is defined in G.S. 115D-2(2).county."
SECTION 3.2. The Department of Administration shall establish and train an additional team to examine existing facilities of State agencies and State institutions of higher learning to identify and recommend energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures designed to reduce energy consumption and to conduct energy audits and identify a facility as suitable for building commissioning or for installing an energy savings measure under the Facilities Condition and Assessment Program (FCAP) under G.S. 143-64.12, as amended by Section 3.1 of this act.
SECTION 3.3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration the sum of two hundred sixty-five thousand seven hundred eighty-seven dollars ($265,787) for the 2007-2008 fiscal year to establish and support three Building System Engineer II positions to comprise the additional team the Department of Administration is directed to establish under Section 3.2 of this act and the sum of two hundred fifty-two thousand two hundred eighty-seven dollars ($252,287) for the 2008-2009 fiscal year to continue and support these three positions.
SECTION 3.4.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 2007-2008 fiscal year to be placed in a reserve. No later than September 1, 2007, the Office of State Budget and Management shall develop a plan to allocate funds from this reserve to the State agencies, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, and the State Board of Community Colleges for the costs of commissioning existing buildings of the State, The University of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Community College System for existing buildings that are identified as suitable for building commissioning to reduce energy consumption under G.S. 143-64.12, as amended by Section 3.1 of this act. Subject to subsection (b) of this act, the Office of State Budget and Management shall make allocations from this reserve to the State agencies, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, and the State Board of Community Colleges in conformance with its allocation plan under this subsection.
SECTION 3.4.(b) No State agency, constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or community college as defined in G.S. 115D-2 shall receive any funds under subsection (a) of this section unless it has submitted its most recent plan for its management of energy, water, and other utility use that is due under G.S. 143-64.12, as amended by Section 3.1 of this act.
PART IV. REQUIRE LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSES TO BE COMMENCED AND CERTIFIED AT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION PROJECTS AND TO BE UPDATED, AMENDED, AND RECERTIFIED AS NEEDED AT LATER PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION; AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH A POSITION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION DEDICATED TO CONDUCTING LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSES.
(1) The coordination, orientation, and positioning of the facility on its physical site.
(2) The amount and type of fenestration employed in the facility.
(3) Thermal characteristics of materials and the amount of insulation incorporated into the facility design.
(4) The variable occupancy and operating conditions of the facility, including illumination levels.
All State agencies under the jurisdiction of the Department of AdministrationEach State agency and each State institution of higher learning performing a life-cycle cost analysis for the purpose of constructing or renovating any State facility or facility of a State institution of higher learning shall, prior to selecting a design option or advertising for bids for construction, shall submit the life-cycle cost analysis to the Department for certification. certification at the schematic design phase and again when it is updated or amended as needed in accordance with G.S. 143-64.15. The Department shall review the material submitted by the State agency,agency or State institution of higher learning, reserve the right to require agencies an agency or institution to complete additional analysis to comply with certification, perform any additional analysis, as necessary, to comply with G.S. 143-341(11), and require that all construction or renovation conducted by the State agency or State institution of higher learning comply with the certification issued by the Department."
SECTION 4.3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2007-2008 fiscal year to establish and support a Building System Engineer III position, which position shall be dedicated to conducting life-cycle cost analyses under Part 1 of Article 3B of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, as amended by Part III and Part IV of this act and the sum of ninety-five thousand fifty dollars ($95,050) for the 2008-2009 fiscal year to continue and support this position.
SECTION 5.1. Section 1.5, Section 2.1 through Section 2.2, Section 3.3, and Section 4.2 of this act become effective July 1, 2007. The remaining sections of this act are effective when the act becomes law. Section 1.1 and Section 1.2 of this act apply to contracts for the design of major facility projects, as defined in G.S. 143-135.36, as enacted in Section 1.1 of this act, that are entered into on or after that date. Section 4.1 of this act applies to contracts entered into on or after that date.