Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3318 - Facilities Construction Commission › Chapter 3318-3 - Requirements and Procedures › Section 3318-3-02 - Definitions as used in this chapter

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Facility" shall have the same meaning as
			 division (A)(4) of section 
									123.22
								 of the Revised Code.
(B)
			 "State funded" shall have the same meaning as division (A)(7) of section
			 
									123.22
								 of the Revised Code.
(C)
			 "State institution of higher education" shall have the same meaning as set
			 forth in section
			  3345.011 
			 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Political
			 subdivision" shall have the same meaning as set forth in division (A)(6) of
			 section 
									123.22
								 of the Revised Code.
(E)
			 "Life cycle cost" means the total energy related costs of owning, operating and
			 maintaining the facility over the economic life of the facility.
(F)
			 "Life cycle cost analysis" shall have the same meaning as set forth in division
			 (A)(5) of section 
									123.22
								 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Energy
			 consumption analysis" means a cost per square foot
			 summary of all energy consuming systems,
								 as set forth in division (A)(2) of section
			 
									123.22
								 of the Revised Code..
(H) "Energy
			 performance index" shall have the same meaning as division (A)(3) of section
			 
									123.22
								 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Passive
			 alternative" means a design consideration that affects energy consumption but
			 does not use energy in its operation.
(J) "Active
			 alternative" means a design consideration including a system or component that
			 uses energy in its operation.
(K) "CBECS" means the
			 commercial building energy consumption survey national average source energy
			 use and performance comparisons conducted in 2003 and subsequently published by
			 the United States department of energy's energy information agency.
(L)
			 "Clean energy" means an energy source such as waste heat recovery, solar
			 energy, wind energy, biomass fuel energy, or geothermal energy.
(M)
			 "Designated building operator" means a person or persons, certified by an
			 approved training program and designated by a state agency, to be responsible
			 for overseeing the energy-efficient maintenance and operational practices of
			 one or more facilities managed by a state funded entity.
(N)
			 "Building operator certification" means a nationally recognized professional
			 development program, administered with oversight from a committee of advisors
			 representing public and private sector employers of building operators. The
			 building operator certification program is designed to provide training and
			 certification on energy-efficient maintenance, operation, safety, and other
			 best practices, including but not limited to indoor environmental quality and
			 occupational safety and health administration regulations.
(O)
			 "Energy audit tool" means the web-based energy consumption tracking software
			 adopted by the Ohio facilities construction
			 commission.
(P) "Energy target tool" means the web-based energy
			 consumption design goal setting software adopted by the Ohio facilities construction commission.
(Q)
			 "Baseline year" means the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June
			 30, 2007. For a facility acquired or placed into service after this date, the
			 baseline year shall be the first twelve-month period for which utility bill
			 data is available.
Effective:
				1/10/2016
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/26/2015 and
				01/10/2021
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 123.21,
				 123.22(D)
Rule Amplifies:
				 123.22
Prior Effective Dates: 12/30/1980, 02/16/2010,
				4/2/2012