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Facility Energy Efficiency
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Title | Legal Authority | Originating Legislation | Summary |
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Definitions (1) | 42 U.S.C. § 8259 | NECPA | Defines agency, construction, cogneration facilities, energy conservations measures, energy survey, Federal building, life cycle cost, renewable energy source, and secretary. |
Definitions (2) | 42 U.S.C. § 8259 | NECPA | Defines agency, facility energy supervisor, trained energy manager, task force and energy conservation measure. |
Definitions (3) | 42 USC § 8253(f)(1) | EA 2020 §1002 | Defines Commissioning, Energy manager, Facility, Life cycle cost-effective, Ongoing commissioning, Payback period, Recommissioning, and Retrocommissioning. |
Title | Legal Authority | Originating Legislation | Summary |
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Building Energy Intensity Reduction (1) | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(a) | EISA 2007 § 431; EPAct 2005 § 102(c) | Subject to certain exclusions, each Federal agency must reduce the energy consumption per gross square foot of its Federal buildings relative to a fiscal year (FY) 2003 baseline by 27% by 2014 and by 30% by FY 2015. |
Energy and Water Management Requirement for Federal Agencies | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(b) | EA 2020 §1002 | Agencies are required to install all life cycle cost-effective energy and water conservation measures in owned buildings to the maximum extent practicable, as soon as practicable after October 1, 2022. Agencies are then required to report non-compliance to Congress every two years, beginning January 1, 2022. |
Increasing Energy and Water Efficiency | E.O. 14057 Sec 206 | Under the President's Federal Sustainability Plan, Federal agencies will set ambitious, data-driven 2030 goals and annual targets for energy and water reductions based on leading performance benchmarks for building type categories and the composition of the agency's building portfolio. |
Title | Legal Authority | Originating Legislation | Summary |
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Benchmarking of Federal Facilities | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(8) | EISA 2007 § 432 | Agencies are required to enter energy use data for each metered covered facility into a building energy use benchmarking system. |
Commissioning | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(1)(A) | ||
Definition of Covered Facilities | 42 U.S.C. § 8253 (f)(2)(B) | EISA 2007 § 432; EA 2020 §1002 | Defines "covered facilities" to include central utility plants and distribution systems and other energy intensive operations that constitute at least 75% of facility energy or water use. (Disclaimer: This is not a general definition of covered facilities nor is it applicable outside of this specific statutory context.) |
Energy Management Training | 42 U.S.C. § 8262c(d) | EPAct 1992 § 157 | Each department and agency listed in subsection (a)(1) of section 8262c shall report to DOE on the status and implementation of the requirements of this section. |
Energy and Water Evaluations and Commissioning | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(3)(A) | EISA 2007 § 432; EA 2020 §1002 | Agency energy managers are required to complete an annual comprehensive energy and water evaluation for approximately 25% of agency covered facilities in a manner that ensures that an evaluation of such facility is completed at least once every four years. Exceptions for evaluations if complicated criteria are met. |
Follow-up on Implemented Measures | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(5) | EISA 2007 § 432 | For each measure implemented under 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(4), agencies are required to ensure that equipment is fully commissioned at acceptance to be operating at design specifications; a plan for appropriate operations, maintenance, and repair of the equipment is in place at acceptance and is followed; equipment and system performance is measured during its entire life to ensure proper operations, maintenance, and repair; and energy and water savings are measured and verified. |
Implementation of Identified Energy and Water Efficiency Measures | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(4) | EISA 2007 § 432; EA 2020 §1002 | Two years after the date of completion of each evaluation, each energy manager shall implement all life-cycle cost effective ECMs (individually or bundled) AND Each Federal agency shall use performance contracting to address at least 50 percent of the measures identified (Guidance to determine criteria: 50% of implementation cost, counting of measures problematic). |
Recommissioning and Retrocommissioning | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(3)(B) | EISA 2007 § 432 | As part of the evaluation under 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(3)(A), energy managers are required to identify and assess recommissioning measures (or if the facility has never been commissioned, retrocommissioning measures) for the facility. |
Web-Based Certification | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(7) | EISA 2007 § 432 | For each covered facility, an agency is required to use a Web-based tracking system to certify compliance with the requirements for energy and water evaluations under 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(3), implementation of identified energy and water measures under 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(4), and follow-up on implemented measures under 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(5). |
Title | Legal Authority | Originating Legislation | Summary |
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Metering of Energy and Water Use | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(e) | EISA 2007 § 434; EPAct 2005 § 103; EA 2020 §1002 | Agencies are required to install metering and advanced metering devices for energy and water in Federal buildings in accordance with U.S. Department of Energy metering guidelines. |