Source: https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.27A&full=true
Timestamp: 2020-01-27 23:08:15
Document Index: 181855103

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 45', '§ 5', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 8', '§ 85', '§ 16', '§ 5', '§ 17', '§ 6', '§ 1', '§ 5', '§ 10', '§ 6', '§ 307', '§ 7', '§ 20', '§ 8', '§ 2', '§ 5']

19.27A.015 State energy code—Minimum and maximum energy code.
19.27A.020 State energy code—Adoption by state building code council—Preemption of local residential energy codes.
19.27A.025 Nonresidential buildings—Minimum standards—Amendments.
19.27A.027 Personal wireless service facilities exempt from building envelope insulation requirements.
19.27A.045 Maintaining energy code for residential structures.
19.27A.050 State building code council—Construction—Inclusion of successor agency.
19.27A.060 Hot water heaters—Temperature regulation.
19.27A.070 Intent.
19.27A.080 Definitions.
19.27A.090 Portable oil-fueled heaters—Sales and use—Approval required.
19.27A.100 Portable oil-fueled heaters—Requirements for approval.
19.27A.110 Portable oil-fueled heaters—Jurisdiction over approval—Sale and use governed exclusively.
19.27A.120 Violations—Penalty.
19.27A.130 Finding—2009 c 423.
19.27A.140 Definitions.
19.27A.150 Strategic plan—Development and implementation.
19.27A.160 Residential and nonresidential construction—Energy consumption reduction—Council report.
19.27A.170 Utilities—Maintenance of records of energy consumption data—Disclosure.
19.27A.180 Energy performance score—Implementation strategy—Development and recommendations.
19.27A.190 Qualifying public agency duties—Energy benchmark—Performance rating—Reports.
19.27A.200 State energy performance standard—Definitions.
19.27A.210 State energy performance standard.
19.27A.220 State energy performance standard—Early adoption incentive program.
19.27A.230 State energy performance standard—Limit on early adoption incentive payments.
19.27A.240 State energy performance standard—Early adoption incentive payment administration.
RCW 19.27A.027
Personal wireless service facilities exempt from building envelope insulation requirements.
(1) The state building code council shall exempt equipment shelters of personal wireless service facilities from building envelope insulation requirements.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "personal wireless service facilities" means facilities for the provision of personal wireless services.
[ 1996 c 323 § 4.]
RCW 19.27A.045
Maintaining energy code for residential structures.
The state building code council shall maintain the state energy code for residential structures in a status which is consistent with the state's interest as set forth in section 1, chapter 2, Laws of 1990. In maintaining the Washington state energy code for residential structures, beginning in 1996 the council shall review the Washington state energy code every three years. After January 1, 1996, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, the council may amend any provisions of the Washington state energy code to increase the energy efficiency of newly constructed residential buildings. Decisions to amend the Washington state energy code for residential structures shall be made prior to December 1 of any year and shall not take effect before the end of the regular legislative session in the next year.
[ 1990 c 2 § 5.]
RCW 19.27A.050
State building code council—Construction—Inclusion of successor agency.
As used in this chapter, references to the state building code council shall be construed to include any successor agency.
[ 2000 c 171 § 45; 1985 c 144 § 5.]
Severability—1985 c 144: See note following RCW 19.27A.020.
RCW 19.27A.070
It is hereby declared that modern, efficient, safety-tested portable oil-fueled heaters may be offered for sale, sold, and used in this state. However, fire hazards and other dangers to the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of this state may exist absent legislation to provide reasonable assurances that portable oil-fueled heaters offered for sale to, sold to, and used by the inhabitants of this state are modern, efficient, and safety-tested. It is the intent of the legislature to set forth standards for the sale and use of approved portable oil-fueled heaters.
[ 1983 c 134 § 1. Formerly RCW 19.27.410.]
RCW 19.27A.090
Portable oil-fueled heaters—Sales and use—Approval required.
Notwithstanding any other section of the state building code, chapter 19.27 RCW, or any other code adopted by reference in chapter 19.27 RCW, approved portable oil-fueled heaters may be offered for sale, sold, and used as a supplemental heat source in structures in the state. Portable oil-fueled heaters which are not approved may not be offered for sale, sold, or used in this state. Any approved portable oil-fueled heater may be offered for sale, sold, and used in locations other than structures unless specifically prohibited by laws of this state.
[ 1983 c 134 § 3. Formerly RCW 19.27.430.]
RCW 19.27A.100
Portable oil-fueled heaters—Requirements for approval.
Approved portable oil-fueled heaters must adhere to the following requirements:
(1) Labeling must be affixed to the heater to caution and inform the user concerning:
(a) The necessity for an adequate source of ventilation when the heater is operating;
(b) The use of suitable fuel;
(c) The proper manner of refueling;
(d) The proper placement and handling of the heater when in operation; and
(e) The proper procedures for lighting, flame regulation, and extinguishing the heater.
(2) Packaging must include instructions that will inform the purchaser of proper maintenance and operation.
(3) Approved portable oil-fueled heaters must be constructed with a low center of gravity and minimum tipping angle of thirty-three degrees from the vertical with an empty reservoir.
(4) Approved portable oil-fueled heaters must have an automatic safety shut-off device or inherent design feature which eliminates fire hazards in the event of tipover and must otherwise conform with the standards set forth in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) No. 31.
(5) Approved portable oil-fueled heaters must not produce carbon monoxide at rates creating a hazard when operated as intended and instructed.
[ 1983 c 134 § 4. Formerly RCW 19.27.440.]
RCW 19.27A.110
Portable oil-fueled heaters—Jurisdiction over approval—Sale and use governed exclusively.
The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, is the only authority having jurisdiction over the approval of portable oil-fueled heaters. The sale and use of portable oil-fueled heaters is governed exclusively by RCW 19.27A.080 through 19.27A.120: PROVIDED, That cities and counties may adopt local standards as provided in RCW 19.27.040.
[ 1995 c 369 § 8; 1986 c 266 § 85; 1985 c 360 § 16; 1983 c 134 § 5. Formerly RCW 19.27.450.]
RCW 19.27A.120
The penalty for failure to comply with RCW 19.27A.080 through 19.27A.120 is a misdemeanor.
[ 1985 c 360 § 17; 1983 c 134 § 6. Formerly RCW 19.27.460.]
RCW 19.27A.130
Finding—2009 c 423.
The legislature finds that energy efficiency is the cheapest, quickest, and cleanest way to meet rising energy needs, confront climate change, and boost our economy. More than thirty percent of Washington's greenhouse gas emissions come from energy use in buildings. Making homes, businesses, and public institutions more energy efficient will save money, create good local jobs, enhance energy security, reduce pollution that causes global warming, and speed economic recovery while reducing the need to invest in costly new generation. Washington can spur its economy and assert its regional and national clean energy leadership by putting efficiency first. Washington can accomplish this by: Promoting super efficient, low-energy use building codes; requiring disclosure of buildings' energy use to prospective buyers; making public buildings models of energy efficiency; financing energy saving upgrades to existing buildings; and reducing utility bills for low-income households.
[ 2009 c 423 § 1.]
RCW 19.27A.160
Residential and nonresidential construction—Energy consumption reduction—Council report.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, residential and nonresidential construction permitted under the 2031 state energy code must achieve a seventy percent reduction in annual net energy consumption, using the adopted 2006 Washington state energy code as a baseline.
[ 2009 c 423 § 5.]
Utilities—Maintenance of records of energy consumption data—Disclosure.
(9) Each electric or gas utility must ensure that all data provided in compliance with this section does not contain personally identifiable information or customer-specific billing information about tenants of a covered commercial building.
[ 2019 c 285 § 10; 2009 c 423 § 6.]
Energy performance score—Implementation strategy—Development and recommendations.
By December 31, 2009, to the extent that funding is appropriated specifically for the purposes of this section, the department of commerce shall develop and recommend to the legislature a methodology to determine an energy performance score for residential buildings and an implementation strategy to use such information to improve the energy efficiency of the state's existing housing supply. In developing its strategy, the department of commerce shall seek input from providers of residential energy audits, utilities, building contractors, mixed use developers, the residential real estate industry, and real estate listing and form providers.
[ 2010 c 271 § 307; 2009 c 423 § 7.]
RCW 19.27A.190
Qualifying public agency duties—Energy benchmark—Performance rating—Reports.
(1) The requirements of this section apply to the department of enterprise services and other qualifying state agencies only to the extent that specific appropriations are provided to those agencies referencing chapter 423, Laws of 2009 or chapter number and this section.
(b) Report to the department of enterprise services, the environmental protection agency national energy performance rating for each reporting public facility included in the technical requirements for this rating; and
(3) By January 1, 2010, the department of enterprise services shall establish a state portfolio manager master account. The account must be designed to provide shared reporting for all reporting public facilities.
(4) By July 1, 2010, the department of enterprise services shall select a standardized portfolio manager report for reporting public facilities. The department of enterprise services, in collaboration with the United States environmental protection agency, shall make the standard report of each reporting public facility available to the public through the portfolio manager web site.
(5) The department of enterprise services shall prepare a biennial report summarizing the statewide portfolio manager master account reporting data. The first report must be completed by December 1, 2012. Subsequent reporting shall be completed every two years thereafter.
(6) By July 1, 2010, the department of enterprise services shall develop a technical assistance program to facilitate the implementation of a preliminary audit and the investment grade energy audit. The department of enterprise services shall design the technical assistance program to utilize audit services provided by utilities or energy services contracting companies when possible.
(8)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, for each reporting public facility with a national energy performance rating score below fifty, the qualifying public agency, in consultation with the department of enterprise services, shall undertake a preliminary energy audit by July 1, 2011. If potential cost-effective energy savings are identified, an investment grade energy audit must be completed by July 1, 2013. Implementation of cost-effective energy conservation measures are required by July 1, 2016. For a major facility that is leased by a state agency, college, or university, energy audits and implementation of cost-effective energy conservation measures are required only for that portion of the facility that is leased by the state agency, college, or university.
(10) The director of the department of enterprise services, in consultation with the affected state agencies and the office of financial management, shall review the cost and delivery of agency programs to determine the viability of relocation when a facility leased by the state has a national energy performance rating score below fifty. The department of enterprise services shall establish a process to determine viability.
(11) The department of enterprise services, in consultation with the office of financial management, shall develop a waiver process for the requirements in subsection (7) of this section. The director of the office of financial management, in consultation with the department of enterprise services, may waive the requirements in subsection (7) of this section if the director determines that compliance is not cost-effective or feasible. The director of the office of financial management shall consider the review conducted by the department of enterprise services on the viability of relocation as established in subsection (10) of this section, if applicable, prior to waiving the requirements in subsection (7) of this section.
(12) By July 1, 2011, the department of enterprise services shall conduct a review of facilities not covered by the national energy performance rating. Based on this review, the department of enterprise services shall develop a portfolio of additional facilities that require preliminary energy audits. For these facilities, the qualifying public agency, in consultation with the department of enterprise services, shall undertake a preliminary energy audit by July 1, 2012. If potential cost-effective energy savings are identified, an investment grade energy audit must be completed by July 1, 2013.
[ 2015 c 225 § 20; 2009 c 423 § 8.]
RCW 19.27A.200
State energy performance standard—Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 19.27A.210, 19.27A.220, 19.27A.230, and 19.27A.240 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(2) "Baseline energy use intensity" means a building's weather normalized energy use intensity measured the previous year to making an application for an incentive under RCW 19.27A.220.
(11) "Eligible building owner" means: (a) The owner of a covered commercial building required to comply with the standard established in RCW 19.27A.210; or (b) the owner of a multifamily residential building where the floor area exceeds fifty thousand gross square feet, excluding the parking garage area.
(14) "Energy use intensity target" means the net energy use intensity of a covered commercial building that has been established for the purposes of complying with the standard established under RCW 19.27A.210.
(22) "Savings-to-investment ratio" means the ratio of the total present value savings to the total present value costs of a bundle of an energy or water conservation measure estimated over the projected useful life of each measure. The numerator of the ratio is the present value of net savings in energy or water and nonfuel or nonwater operation and maintenance costs attributable to the proposed energy or water conservation measure. The denominator of the ratio is the present value of the net increase in investment and replacement costs less salvage value attributable to the proposed energy or water conservation measure.
(23) "Standard" means the state energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings established under RCW 19.27A.210.
[ 2019 c 285 § 2.]
RCW 19.27A.230
State energy performance standard—Limit on early adoption incentive payments.
The department may not issue a certification for an incentive application under RCW 19.27A.220 if doing so is likely to result in total incentive payments under RCW 19.27A.220 in excess of seventy-five million dollars.
[ 2019 c 285 § 5.]