Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 661 - Public Safety Department › Chapter 303 - State Building Code - Requirements for Energy Conservation in Construction › Rule 661-303.4 - Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Submission required.
Any public agency as defined by Iowa Code
			 section
			 470.1 shall prepare a
			 life cycle cost analysis for any new construction having 20,000 square feet of
			 usable floor space which is heated or cooled by a mechanical or electrical
			 system or for any renovation where additions or alterations exceed 50 percent
			 of the value of the facility and affect an energy system. The life cycle cost
			 analysis shall be prepared in compliance with Iowa Code chapter 470 and shall
			 be submitted to the state building code commissioner before construction
			 commences.
(2)
Notification
			 by state agency.
Any public agency which is a state agency as defined
			 in Iowa Code section
			 7D.34
			 shall, within 60 days of final selection of a design architect or engineer,
			 notify the commissioner and the office of energy independence of the
			 methodology to be used to perform the life cycle cost analysis. Notice shall be
			 given on the forms provided by the office of energy independence for this
			 purpose. A life cycle cost analysis prepared by a state agency shall be
			 submitted in sufficient time ahead of the release of plans for bids to allow
			 for revisions or additions which may be made to the plans. Public funds shall
			 not be used for the construction or renovation of a facility unless the design
			 for the work is prepared in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 470 and the
			 actual construction or renovation is consistent with the design.
(3)
Exemptions from
			 implementation.
Any public agency responsible for construction or
			 renovation of a public facility shall implement the recommendation of the life
			 cycle cost analysis except as provided in this subrule.
a. A public agency responsible for
			 construction or renovation of a public facility may apply to the commissioner
			 for exemption from any recommendation of the life cycle cost
			 analysis.
b. The public agency
			 shall implement all recommendations of the life cycle cost analysis except
			 those which have been approved for exemption by the commissioner and the
			 director of the office of energy independence.
EXCEPTION: The public agency is not required to implement any
				recommendation which would result in a violation of any other provision of law.
				If the public agency determines that compliance with any recommendation of the
				life cycle cost analysis would result in a violation of law, the public agency
				shall so notify the commissioner.
c. The commissioner and the director of the
			 office of energy independence shall evaluate each request for an exemption on a
			 case-by-case basis.
d. The
			 commissioner and the director of the office of energy independence shall
			 consider the following factors in determining whether or not to grant an
			 exemption:
(1) The purpose of the facility or
			 renovation;
(2) Preservation of
			 historic architectural features;
(3) Site considerations;
(4) Health and safety concerns;
(5) Compliance with any other provisions of
			 law; and
(6) The technical
			 feasibility of implementing the recommendation. "Technically feasible" means
			 that a recommendation may be implemented without altering major structural
			 features of an existing facility.