Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › 38k - Establishment of High Performance Building Construction Standards for State-Funded Buildings › Section 16a-38k-4 - Building standard strategies for state facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
All building projects as defined in sections
				16a-38k-2(a)
				and
				16a-38k-2(b)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall implement a minimum of
				twenty-six of the sixty strategies in subsections (a) through (f) of this
				section.
(a)
Energy efficiency
			 and Renewable Energy- A minimum of one strategy in this subsection is
			 required.
(1) Same as in section
			 16a-38k-3(c)
			 except that the percentage improvement over base is increased by three and
			 one-half percent.
(2) Same as in
			 section
			 16a-38k-3(c)
			 except that the percentage improvement over base is increased by seven percent.
			 Selection of this strategy shall count as implementing two strategies since it
			 is inclusive of the strategy listed in subsection (a)(1) of this
			 section.
(3) Same as in section
			 16a-38k-3(c)
			 except that the percentage improvement over base is increased by ten and
			 one-half percent. Selection of this strategy shall count as implementing three
			 strategies since it is inclusive of the strategies listed in subsections (a)(1)
			 and (a)(2) of this section.
(4)
			 Same as in section
			 16a-38k-3(c)
			 except that the percentage improvement over base is increased by fourteen
			 percent. Selection of this strategy shall count as implementing four strategies
			 since it is inclusive of the strategies listed in subsections (a)(1) through
			 (a)(3) of this section.
(5) Same as
			 in section
			 16a-38k-3(c)
			 except that the percentage improvement over base is increased by seventeen and
			 one-half percent. Selection of this strategy shall count as implementing five
			 strategies since it is inclusive of the strategies listed in subsections (a)(1)
			 through (a)(4) of this section.
(6)
			 Same as in section
			 16a-38k-3(c)
			 except that the percentage improvement over base is increased by twenty-one
			 percent. Selection of this strategy shall count as implementing six strategies
			 since it is inclusive of the strategies listed in subsections (a)(1) through
			 (a)(5) of this section.
(7) The
			 installation of on-site renewable energy shall provide at least three percent
			 of the building energy needs based upon the most recent version of the U. S.
			 Department of Energy Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption survey for
			 estimated electricity usage or by using modeling software that is identified in
			 the
Connecticut Building Standard Guidelines Compliance Manual for High
			 Performance Buildings
. The facility shall retain ownership of
			 associated renewable energy credits (RECs) for a period of two years.
(8) Same as in section 16a-38k-4(a)(7) except
			 at least seven percent of the building energy needs are met through on-site
			 renewable energy. Selection of this strategy shall count as implementing two
			 strategies since it is inclusive of the strategy listed in subsection (a)(7) of
			 this section.
(9) Same as in
			 section
			 16a-38k-4(a)(7)
			 except at least ten percent of building energy needs are met through on-site
			 renewable energy. Selection of this strategy shall count as implementing three
			 strategies since it is inclusive of the strategies listed in subsections (a)(7)
			 and (a)(8) of this section.
(10)
			 The facility shall have a two-year contract to purchase at least thirty-five
			 percent of the building's annual electricity consumption from a Class I
			 renewable energy source. Alternately, the purchase may be in the form of New
			 England Power Pool Generation Information System (NEPOOL-GIS) renewable energy
			 credits (RECs); or if procuring RECs outside of the NEPOOL-GIS, the RECs shall
			 be equivalent to Class I renewable resources and certified by a nationally
			 recognized certification organization as identified in the
Connecticut
			 Building Standard Guidelines Compliance Manual for High Performance
			 Buildings
. Baseline electric usage can be determined using either the
			 most recent version of the U. S. Department of Energy Commercial Buildings
			 Energy Consumption survey for estimated electricity usage or by using building
			 modeling software that is identified in the
Connecticut Building
			 Standard Guidelines Compliance Manual for High Performance Buildings
.
			 RECs purchased to comply with this subsection shall not be purchased from a
			 facility that has installed renewable energy systems for credit under
			 subsections (a)(7) through (a)(9) of this section.
(11) Develop a measurement and verification
			 plan for energy usage, to cover a period of at least one year after
			 occupancy.