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Budget Amendments - SB850 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Whipple
DGS: Energy Efficient Buildings (language only)

Item 81 #1s

Item 81 #1s

Administration
General Services, Department of

Language
Page 78, line 43, strike "and constructed consistent".
Page 78, strike lines 44 to 46 and insert:
"constructed, verified, and operated to achieve energy savings that exceed the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 90.1-2004 (Energy standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings) by at least 15% for new construction and 10% for major renovation.  In addition, water systems design should result in water use savings at least 25% better than the Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 baseline standard."


Explanation
(This amendment eliminates the requirement that certain state building projects conform to the U.S. Green Building Council or the Green Globes building standards and replaces this requirement with the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard.)