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| To enact section 153.013 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require a building or structure constructed using | 2 |
| state capital budget moneys to adhere to certain | 3 |
| energy efficiency and building standards and to | 4 |
| encourage the use of Ohio-produced products. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 153.013 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 153.013. (A) Any building or structure constructed using | 8 |
| any state capital budget moneys, including moneys from the | 9 |
| education facilities trust fund, shall meet both of the | 10 |
| following: | 11 |
| (1) Achieve at least one of the following building standards: | 12 |
| (a) Certification at the silver level or higher from the | 13 |
| leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) green | 14 |
| building rating system developed by the U.S. green building | 15 |
| council; | 16 |
| (b) Certification at the two green globes level or higher | 17 |
| from the green globes environmental assessment and rating system | 18 |
| owned and operated in the United States by the green building | 19 |
| initiative; | 20 |
| (c) A design standard determined by the director of | 21 |
| administrative services to be a nationally recognized green | 22 |
| building rating standard equivalent to the standards listed in | 23 |
| divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section. | 24 |
| (2) Achieve at least one of the following energy efficiency | 25 |
| standards: | 26 |
| (a) Exceed by at least thirty per cent the most current | 27 |
| energy efficiency standards developed by the American society of | 28 |
| heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning engineers (ASHRAE); | 29 |
| (b) Achieve a national energy performance rating of not less | 30 |
| than seventy-seven using the energy star rating system developed | 31 |
| by the United States environmental protection agency as validated | 32 |
| by a professional engineer. | 33 |
| (B) With respect to the award of any contract for | 34 |
| construction of a building or structure using any state capital | 35 |
| budget moneys, including moneys from the education facilities | 36 |
| trust fund, reasonable efforts shall be made to use Ohio products | 37 |
| and materials and to recoup the costs of implementing the | 38 |
| requirements of this section over a period of not more than | 39 |
| twenty years as measured by reduced energy costs. | 40 |
| (C) The following construction projects are exempt from the | 41 |
| requirements of this section: | 42 |
| (1) A building or structure that is less than five thousand | 43 |
| square feet; | 44 |
| (2) A building or structure that does not consume energy for | 45 |
| heating, ventilating, or air conditioning; | 46 |
| (3) A building or structure that has construction costs less | 47 |
| than five hundred thousand dollars. | 48 |
| (D) Except as otherwise provided by law, each state agency | 49 |
| overseeing the erection or construction of a building or | 50 |
| structure using any state capital budget moneys, including moneys | 51 |
| from the education facilities trust fund, shall oversee | 52 |
| compliance with this section. | 53 |
| (E) The director of administrative services may adopt rules | 54 |
| establishing the following: | 55 |
| (1) Waiver requirements and procedures pertaining to this | 56 |
| section; | 57 |
| (2) A process and criteria for recognizing green building | 58 |
| rating standards equivalent to the standards listed in divisions | 59 |
| (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, as required by division | 60 |
| (A)(1)(c) of this section. | 61 |