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S. C. R. No. 25 As IntroducedAs Introduced
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsor:
Senator Schaffer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To urge, for Ohio state agencies and other government
entities, the use of green building rating
systems, codes, or standards that are consistent
with state energy efficiency and environmental
performance objectives and policies and that meet
American National Standards Institute voluntary
consensus standard procedures.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The State of Ohio is dedicated both to economic
growth and to the objectives of achieving energy efficiency and
environmental performance in state agency and other government
buildings; and |
| WHEREAS, The selection of building materials and products for
new construction and renovation can significantly contribute to
achieving these objectives; and |
| WHEREAS, Many building materials and products that are
capable of contributing to the state's energy efficiency and
environmental performance objectives are manufactured or harvested
in Ohio, and their manufacture and harvest support Ohio jobs and
contribute to the state's economic growth; and |
| WHEREAS, Energy efficient buildings further contribute to
economic growth by reducing long-term operating and maintenance
costs of state agency and other government buildings; and |
| WHEREAS, To ensure long-term energy conservation and realize
cost savings, buildings must be designed and constructed to exceed
the highest energy standards; and |
| WHEREAS, Private sector green building rating systems, codes,
and other standards can be useful tools that, when implemented,
can result in buildings that exceed the energy standards for
energy efficiency and environmental performance; and |
| WHEREAS, The U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED v4
green building system fails to conform to recognized voluntary
standard development procedures, including but not limited to
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) procedures, and fails
to base environmental and health criteria on risk assessment
methodology; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, urge Ohio state agencies and other
government entities to use green building rating systems, codes,
or standards that are consistent with state energy efficiency and
environmental performance objectives and policies; and be it
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| RESOLVED, That the only systems, codes, and standards used in
state agency and other government buildings be those that have
been developed in an open and transparent way with the input of
Ohio building materials and products manufacturers and harvesters
to ensure that the use of green building rating systems, codes,
and other standards from the private sector are consistent with
Ohio objectives and policies; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the State of Ohio use private sector green
building rating systems, codes, and other standards to implement
state energy efficiency and environmental performance objectives
provided that they are voluntary consensus standards that are
properly grounded in science and include the use of environmental
and health criteria that are based on risk assessment methodology
generally accepted by applicable scientific disciplines; and be it
further |
| RESOLVED, That the use of green building rating systems,
codes, and other standards that have been developed pursuant to
ANSI procedures be presumptively deemed to be open, transparent,
and voluntary consensus standards suitable for Ohio government
use; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the LEED v4 green building rating system no
longer be used by Ohio's state agencies and government entities
until the USGBC conforms its system development to the ANSI
voluntary consensus standard procedures as confirmed by ANSI or
until the state, after an opportunity for public comment and
participation, incorporates the LEED v4 system by reference, in
whole or in part, into the administrative rules for state agency
or government entity building standards; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Office of Energy Services within the Ohio
Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC) immediately review,
while taking economic growth and long-term operating and
maintenance costs into account, the availability and suitability
of alternative private sector green building rating systems,
codes, and other standards that advance state energy efficiency
and environmental performance objectives; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the OFCC continue to incorporate energy
efficiency and sustainable design features into approved school
projects through the use of alternative green building rating
systems, codes, and standards other than LEED v4; and be it
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| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the USGBC. |
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