2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation › Section 16a-38. - Energy performance standards and life-cycle cost analyses for state buildings.

(a) As used in this section, subsection (e) of section 4b-23 and sections 16a-38a and 16a-38b, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Major capital project” means the construction or renovation of a major facility; (2) “major facility” means any building owned by the state or constructed or renovated wholly or partly with state funds, including a state-financed housing project, which is used or intended to be used as a school or which has ten thousand or more gross square feet, or any other building so owned, constructed or renovated which is designated a major facility by the Commissioner of Administrative Services; (3) “renovation” means additions, alterations or repairs to a major facility which the Commissioner of Administrative Services finds will have a substantial effect upon the energy consumption of the facility; (4) “life-cycle cost” means the cost, as determined by the methodology identified in the National Institute of Standards and Technology's special publication 544 and interagency report 80-2040, available as set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 15, Part 230, of a major facility including the initial cost of its construction or renovation, the marginal cost of future energy capacity, the cost of the energy consumed by the facility over its expected useful life or, in the case of a leased facility, over the remaining term of the lease, and the cost of operating and maintaining the facility as such cost affects energy consumption; (5) “energy performance standard” means a rate of energy consumption which is the minimum practically achievable, on a life-cycle cost basis, by adjusting maintenance or operating procedures, modifying a building's equipment or structure and utilizing renewable sources of energy; (6) “energy audit” means an evaluation of, recommendations for and improvements of the energy consumption characteristics of all passive, active and operational energy systems and components by demand and type of energy used including the internal energy load imposed on a building by its occupants, equipment and components, and the external energy load imposed on a building by the climatic conditions at its location; (7) “renewable sources of energy” means energy from direct solar radiation, wind, water, geothermal sources, wood and other forms of biomass; (8) “cost effective” means that savings exceed cost over a ten-year period; (9) “state agency” means any department, board, commission, institution, or other agency of this state; and (10) “covered products” means the consumer products set forth as covered products in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 42 USC 6292.
(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall jointly establish and publish energy performance standards for buildings constructed as part of state-owned and state-financed housing projects and establish standards for life-cycle cost analyses for such projects. In establishing such standards, the commissioners shall consider (1) the coordination, positioning and solar orientation of the project on its situs, (2) the amount of glazing, degree of sun shading and direction of exposure, (3) the levels of insulation incorporated into the design, (4) the variable occupancy and operating conditions of the facility, (5) all architectural features which affect energy consumption, and (6) the design and location of all heating, cooling, hot water and electrical systems.
(c) A life-cycle cost analysis of a major capital project prepared for the Department of Housing shall be reviewed by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to determine if such analysis is in compliance with the life-cycle cost analyses standards established for such project under subsection (b) of this section.
(d) Each state agency preparing a life-cycle cost analysis under this section shall submit a summary of the analysis to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(P.A. 77-597, S. 1; 77-614, S. 19, 73, 587, 610; P.A. 79-205; 79-496, S. 1, 5; P.A. 80-443, S. 2, 3; 80-483, S. 68, 186; P.A. 81-376, S. 2, 11; P.A. 83-48, S. 2; P.A. 87-496, S. 75, 110; P.A. 89-140; P.A. 93-30, S. 7, 14; 93-417, S. 1, 5; P.A. 94-67, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-346, S. 3, 4; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 99-152, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 16-173, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of planning and energy policy with secretary of the office of policy and management and commissioner of public works with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 79-205 included state-financed housing projects in definition of “major facility” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 79-496 changed square foot requirement for consideration as major facility from 25,000 to 10,000 square feet and defined “life-cycle cost”, “energy performance goal”, “energy audit” and “renewable sources of energy” in Subsec. (a), included provisions re energy performance goals in Subsec. (b) and rewrote provisions re life-cycle cost analyses, inserted new Subsec. (d) re alternative energy systems in design proposals and relettered former Subsecs. (d) and (e) accordingly; P.A. 80-443 added exception in Subsec. (b), replaced “alternative” energy systems with “differing” systems in Subsec. (d) and added provision re computer or analytical modeling and added Subsecs. (g) and (h); P.A. 80-483 made technical correction in Subsec. (f) for clarity; P.A. 81-376 substituted “energy performance standard” for “energy performance goal”; P.A. 83-48 added Subsec. (i), requiring agencies to submit life-cycle cost analyses summaries to secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 87-496 substituted “public works” for “administrative services” commissioner throughout section and deleted obsolete date reference in Subsec. (b); P.A. 89-140 added the marginal cost of future energy capacity in definition of life-cycle cost in Subsec. (a)(4); P.A. 93-30 substituted “commissioner of public works” for “commissioner of administrative services” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-417 amended Subsec. (a) by changing commissioner from administrative services to public works in Subdiv. (3), adding determination method for life-cycle cost, adding new Subdiv. (8) defining “cost effective” and renumbering Subdiv. (8) as (9), amended Subsec. (b) by changing Subsec. reference from (g) to (f), changing application of Subparas. from life-cycle cost analyses to energy performance standards, changing glass to glazing, changing amount to levels regarding insulation, changing energy consumption of all systems to design and location of certain systems, deleting provision requiring debt service cost information, adding cost of energy and salvage value requirements, and deleting provision regarding location and orientation of proposed buildings, amended Subsec. (c) by changing timing from commencing project to obtaining preliminary design approval, adding Subdiv. designations, new Subdiv. (1) regarding project standards and provision regarding office of policy and management in Subdiv. (3), amended Subsec. (d) by deleting requirement that one system be supplied by renewable energy sources and adding reference to passive features, amended Subsec. (e) by deleting reference to Subsec. (b)(2) and adding provision regarding life-cycle cost analyses for other projects, deleted Subsec. (f), relettered Subsecs. (g) to (i) as (f) to (h), amended Subsec. (f) by adding “jointly” and “buildings constructed as part of”, amended Subsec. (g) by adding “and the secretary of the office of policy and management” and changing Subsec. reference from (g) to (f), effective October 1, 1993, and applicable to design proposals for major capital projects commenced after October 1, 1993; P.A. 94-67 amended Subsec. (a) by adding definition of “covered products”, amended Subsec. (b) by moving provision re energy performance standards for buildings to new Subsec. (i), adding requirement of publishing life-cycle cost analyses standards for buildings, adding Subdiv. (2) re life-cycle cost analyses for equipment and appliances, and moving considerations for energy performance standards for buildings to Subsec. (f) and new Subsec. (i), added Subsec. (j) re energy performance standards for equipment and appliances and added Subsec. (k) re implementation of standards for equipment and appliances; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-346 amended Subsec. (j) by adding reference to federal regulations and “without limitation”, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-152 amended Subsec. (c) by revising life-cycle cost requirement for an agency to obtain preliminary design approval for a major capital project; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-173 deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (e) re life-cycle cost analyses and major capital projects, redesignated existing Subsec. (f) re energy performance standards as Subsec. (b), redesignated existing Subsec. (g) re life-cycle cost analysis of major capital project as Subsec. (c) and amended same by deleting “Notwithstanding any provision in this section concerning the review of life-cycle cost analyses by the Commissioner of Administrative Services” and making conforming changes, redesignated existing Subsec. (h) re submission of life-cycle cost analysis summary as Subsec. (d), and deleted former Subsecs. (i) to (k) re energy performance standards and life-cycle costs analysis standards, effective July 1, 2016.
See Sec. 16a-38i re reduction of energy use.