Bill Text: IN HB1063 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Energy efficient buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-16 - Committee report: amend do pass, adopted [HB1063 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1063-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 4-13; noncode.
Synopsis: Energy efficient buildings. Requires that certain
government buildings be built to achieve maximum energy efficiency
to the extent this can be accomplished on a cost effective basis,
considering construction and operating costs over the life cycle of the
building. Requires the department of administration to develop design
standards that require analysis of cost effectiveness, and provides that
energy efficiency may be demonstrated through design that achieves a
certain energy efficiency rating. Requires that certain government
buildings be designed, renovated, or reconstructed to achieve
maximum energy efficiency to the extent this can be accomplished on
a cost effective basis, considering construction and operating costs over
the life cycle of the building. Provides that the design, renovation, or
reconstruction may be based on certain energy efficiency rating
systems. Excepts political subdivisions and school corporations from
the renovation requirements. Requires in the determination of cost
effectiveness that value be afforded to the historic or aesthetic qualities
of the government building and to the availability of local materials.
Provides that Indiana hardwood lumber may be considered for use as
a local source material in any project in which the use of Indiana
hardwood lumber is practicable. Recognizes a 2006 timberland study.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
(SENATE SPONSORS _ GARD, TALLIAN, ERRINGTON, BREAUX)
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
January 19, 2010, reported _ Do Pass.
January 21, 2010, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
January 22, 2010, engrossed.
January 28, 2010, read third time, passed. Yeas 51, nays 47.
February 1, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Environmental Affairs.
February 16, 2010, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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Chapter 20. Government Building Design Standards for Energy Efficiency
Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to a design plan that is approved by the owner of a government building after June 30, 2010 for:
(1) the major renovation of the government building; or
(2) the construction of a new government building that satisfies both of the following requirements:
(A) The government building will consist of at least five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor space.
(B) The construction project will cost the owner of the government building at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(b) This chapter does not apply to a design plan for the major renovation or construction of a building that does not consume
energy for heating, ventilating, or air conditioning.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "government building" means a
building owned, occupied, and used by any of the following:
(1) A state agency (as defined in IC 4-13-1-1(b)).
(2) Any other authority, board, branch, commission,
committee, department, division, or instrumentality of the
executive branch of state government, including the following:
(A) A license branch operated or administered under
IC 9-16.
(B) The state police department created by IC 10-11-2-4.
(3) A state educational institution (as defined in
IC 21-7-13-32).
(4) A body corporate and politic created by statute.
(5) The judicial department of state government.
(6) The legislative department of state government.
(7) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).
(8) A school corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-17).
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "LEED rating system" refers to
the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design rating system.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "major renovation" refers to a
renovation of a government building in which:
(1) the building shell is used to contain new construction;
(2) the heating, air conditioning, ventilation, electrical, and
plumbing systems of the building are replaced; and
(3) at least seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet
are renovated.
Sec. 5. (a) A newly constructed government building must be
designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to achieve
maximum energy efficiency to the extent this can be accomplished
on a cost effective basis, considering construction and operating
costs over the life cycle of the building.
(b) The Indiana department of administration shall develop
design standards for all newly constructed government buildings
that require the analysis of the cost effectiveness of building with
the goal of achieving energy efficiency. For purposes of this
subsection, energy efficiency may be demonstrated through design
that achieves the level of energy efficiency determined under any
of the following:
(1) The silver rating under the LEED rating system.
(2) The Two Globes rating under the Green Building
Initiative's Green Globes rating system.
(3) The Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star rating system.
(4) An equivalent rating under a rating system that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute.
(c) This subsection does not apply to contracts for the reconstruction, repair, alteration, or retrofitting of a building or structure that is listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. A major renovation of a government building, other than a government building owned, occupied, and used by a political subdivision or a school corporation, must be designed, renovated, or reconstructed to achieve maximum energy efficiency to the extent this can be accomplished on a cost effective basis, considering construction and operating costs over the life cycle of the building. The design, renovation, or reconstruction may be based on any of the rating systems referred to in subsection (b).
Sec. 6. The:
(1) Indiana department of administration in determining cost effectiveness for purposes of section 5(b) of this chapter; and
(2) owner of a government building in determining cost effectiveness for purposes of section 5(c) of this chapter;
shall afford value to the historic or aesthetic qualities of the government building and to the availability of local materials.
Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "Indiana hardwood lumber" means hardwood lumber harvested from real property located in Indiana.
(b) The owner of a government building may consider Indiana hardwood lumber for use as a local source material in any project in which the use of Indiana hardwood lumber is practicable.
(1) conducted by the department of natural resources division of forestry; and
(2) entitled "The Sustainability of Indiana's Forest Resources";
indicates Indiana timberland acreage and volume has steadily increased since 1967.
