ORS Chapter 469 — Energy; Conservation

ORS 469.748. State agencies to conduct assessments of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of state-owned buildings; planning targets in capital projects; state agency reporting. (1) As used in this section, state agency has the meaning given that term in ORS 278.005. (2)(a) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, in cooperation with the State Department of Energy, shall develop a methodology and work plan for state agencies to implement a comprehensive assessment of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of state-owned buildings. At a minimum, the assessments must: (A) Examine and quantify each buildings greenhouse gas emissions, using where feasible existing data such as energy use reporting for existing state-owned buildings that state agencies submitted to the State Department of Energy and data from other existing programs and contracts; (B) Identify equipment or usage that contributes to greenhouse gas emissions from each building; and (C) Determine and quantify the useful life of equipment in each building that contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. (b) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may direct state agencies to conduct the assessments described in paragraph (a) of this subsection in phases or stages and may specify a minimum building size that is subject to an assessment. (c) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may procure and make available to state agencies services from a private contractor to conduct the assessments described in paragraph (a) of this subsection throughout the state. (3) All agencies of state government shall cooperate with and assist the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, or the departments contractor, in conducting the assessments and shall timely provide relevant information to the department, or the departments contractor, in accordance with methodology the department specifies. (4) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, with support from the State Department of Energy, shall create a searchable and modifiable database with the data that the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, or the departments contractor, collects from state agency assessments described in subsection (2) of this section. State agencies shall use baseline data from the database as a tool for planning energy use reduction and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in capital projects. (5)(a) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Department of Energy, shall oversee all capital projects in which: (A) A state agency constructs or performs a major renovation on a state building; and (B) The estimated contract price for the capital project exceeds $1 million. (b) In performing the oversight described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall: (A) Develop and implement guidelines for sustainable design that: (i) Apply to all state agencies and all capital projects described in paragraph (a) of this subsection; (ii) Take into account the buildings life cycle and the life cycle of all of the buildings systems, components, materials, operations and maintenance; and (iii) Consider each buildings size, cost or purpose; (B) Provide guidance and technical expertise to each state agency with respect to construction methods, materials, energy conservation measures, greenhouse gas emissions reduction methods, green building construction and renovation and other techniques and technologies that will aid in achieving the states green building, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; and (C) Use existing work the State Department of Energy performed in connection with the United States Department of Energys Standard Energy Efficiency Data program, data from other existing programs and contracts and, where appropriate, data from the database described in subsection (4) of this section. (c) Each state agency shall report regularly to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services concerning progress on a capital project described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, with an emphasis on progress toward meeting the goals described in paragraph (b)(B) of this subsection. A state agency may combine a report under this paragraph with a report from another state agency. (6) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the State Department of Energy shall participate on behalf of the state in the National Building Performance Standards Coalition. [2023 c.442 18] Note: