(1)The general
assembly authorizes and directs that state agencies and state institutions of higher
education shall employ design and construction methods for real property under
their jurisdiction, in such a manner as to further the policy declared in section 24-30-1304, insuring that life-cycle cost analyses and energy conservation practices
are employed in new or renovated real property.
(2)The life-cycle cost analysis must include but not be limited to such
elements as:
(a)The coordination, orientation, and positioning of the facility on its physical
site;
(b)The amount and type of fenestration employed in the facility;
(c)Thermal performance and efficiency characteristics of materials
incorporated into the facility design;
(d)The variable occupancy and operating cond
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(1) The general
assembly authorizes and directs that state agencies and state institutions of higher
education shall employ design and construction methods for real property under
their jurisdiction, in such a manner as to further the policy declared in section 24-30-1304, insuring that life-cycle cost analyses and energy conservation practices
are employed in new or renovated real property.
(2) The life-cycle cost analysis must include but not be limited to such
elements as:
(a) The coordination, orientation, and positioning of the facility on its physical
site;
(b) The amount and type of fenestration employed in the facility;
(c) Thermal performance and efficiency characteristics of materials
incorporated into the facility design;
(d) The variable occupancy and operating conditions of the facility, including
illumination levels; and
(e) Architectural features which affect energy consumption.
(f) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)
(3) The life-cycle cost analysis performed for real property with a facility of
twenty thousand or more gross square feet with significant energy demands must
provide but not be limited to the following information:
(a) The initial estimated cost of each energy-consuming system being
compared and evaluated;
(b) The estimated annual operating cost of all utility requirements, including
consideration of possible escalating costs of energy. The office may rely on any
national or locally appropriate fuel escalating methodology approved by the office
of the state architect in performing life-cycle cost analyses.
(c) The estimated annual cost of maintaining each energy-consuming
system;
(d) The average estimated replacement cost for each system expressed in
annual terms for the economic life of the facility;
(e) The use of biofuel to provide supplemental or exclusive heating, power, or
both for the facility. For a renovation of such a facility, the cost analysis regarding
the use of biofuel must consider any stranded utility costs; and
(f) An energy consumption analysis of such real property's heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning system, lighting system, and all other energy-consuming systems. The energy consumption analysis of the operation of energy-consuming systems in the real property should include but not be limited to:
(I) The comparison of two or more system alternatives;
(II) The simulation or engineering evaluation of each system over the entire
range of operation of the real property for a year's operating period; and
(III) The engineering evaluation of the energy consumption of component
equipment in each system considering the operation of such components at other
than full or rated outputs.
(4) The life-cycle cost analysis shall be certified by a licensed architect or
professional engineer, or by both architect and engineer, particularly qualified by
training and experience for the type of work involved.
(5) In order to protect the integrity of historic buildings, no provision of
section 24-30-1304 or this section should be interpreted to require such analysis
with respect to any real property eligible for, nominated to, or entered in the
national register of historic places, designated by statute, or included in an
established list of places compiled by the state historical society.
(6) Selection of the optimum system or combination of systems to be
incorporated into the design of real property must be based on the life-cycle cost
analysis over the economic life of the real property, unless a request for an
alternative system is made and approved by the office prior to beginning
construction.
(7) The principal representatives of all state agencies and state institutions
of higher education are responsible for implementing the provisions of this section
and the policy established in section 24-30-1304.
(8) The provisions of section 24-30-1304 and this section shall not apply to
municipalities or counties nor to any agency or department of any municipality or
county.
(9) Repealed.
(10) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Biofuel means nontoxic plant matter consisting of agricultural or
silvicultural crops or their byproducts, urban wood waste, mill residue, slash, or
brush.
(b) Energy consumption analysis means the evaluation of all energy-consuming systems and components by demand and type of energy, including the
internal energy load imposed on real property by its occupants, equipment, and
components and the external energy load imposed on the real property by climatic
conditions.