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To enact section 153.014 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 153.014 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 153.014. (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 following: | 10 |
(1) Achieve at least one of the following building standards: | 11 |
(a) Certification at the silver level or higher from the | 12 |
leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) green | 13 |
building rating system developed by the U.S. green building | 14 |
council; | 15 |
(b) Certification at the two green globes level or higher | 16 |
from the green globes environmental assessment and rating system | 17 |
owned and operated in the United States by the green building | 18 |
initiative; | 19 |
(c) A design standard determined by the director of | 20 |
administrative services to be a nationally recognized green | 21 |
building rating standard equivalent to the standards listed in | 22 |
divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section. | 23 |
(2) Achieve at least one of the following energy efficiency | 24 |
standards: | 25 |
(a) Exceed by at least thirty per cent the most current | 26 |
energy efficiency standards developed by the American society of | 27 |
heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning engineers (ASHRAE); | 28 |
(b) Achieve a national energy performance rating of not less | 29 |
than seventy-seven using the energy star rating system developed | 30 |
by the United States environmental protection agency as validated | 31 |
by a professional engineer. | 32 |
(B) With respect to the award of any contract for | 33 |
construction of a building or structure using any state capital | 34 |
budget moneys, including moneys from the education facilities | 35 |
trust fund, reasonable efforts shall be made to use Ohio products | 36 |
and materials and to recoup the costs of implementing the | 37 |
requirements of this section over a period of not more than twenty | 38 |
years as measured by reduced energy costs. | 39 |
(C) The following construction projects are exempt from the | 40 |
requirements of this section: | 41 |
(1) A building or structure that is less than five thousand | 42 |
square feet; | 43 |
(2) A building or structure that does not consume energy for | 44 |
heating, ventilating, or air conditioning; | 45 |
(3) A building or structure that has construction costs of | 46 |
less than five hundred thousand dollars. | 47 |
(D) The state agency, entity, or person overseeing the | 48 |
erection or construction of a building or structure using state | 49 |
capital moneys, including moneys from the education facilities | 50 |
trust fund, that total ten per cent or less of the total | 51 |
construction project costs may request a waiver from the | 52 |
requirements established in divisions (A) and (B) of this section. | 53 |
(E) Except as otherwise provided by law, each state agency, | 54 |
entity, or person overseeing the erection or construction of a | 55 |
building or structure using any state capital budget moneys, | 56 |
including moneys from the education facilities trust fund, shall | 57 |
oversee compliance with this section. | 58 |
(F) The director of administrative services may adopt rules | 59 |
establishing the following: | 60 |
(1) Waiver requirements and procedures pertaining to this | 61 |
section; | 62 |
(2) A process and criteria for recognizing green building | 63 |
rating standards equivalent to the standards listed in divisions | 64 |
(A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, as required by division | 65 |
(A)(1)(c) of this section. | 66 |