§ 33-356 — SCHOOL BUILDING DESIGN AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

(1) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Fundamental commissioning" means the use of a third party to review building design and building system specifications and to specify and monitor preoccupancy system testing to ensure functional integration of specified systems and functional operation of systems at the completion of a project.
(b) "Integrated design" means a process to develop consensus among the project team and owner as to the energy savings and building performance goals of the project and to identify design strategies to achieve those goals, including documentation strategies for design decisions to ensure accurate implementation of design through construction.
(2) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses to provide assistance to school districts to ensure school districts can access the technical and educational support needed to implement the processes of integrated design and fundamental commissioning. It shall further be the duty and responsibility of the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses to compile and cause to be made available to school districts a list of all third-party building commissioning agents in Idaho and contiguous states. The administrator shall ensure that all commissioning agents that appear on such list are certified by the building commissioning association or other similar certifying entity. The administrator shall ensure that such list is updated annually.
(3) The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules in accordance with the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, that provide the guidance, education and technical information necessary for school districts to implement the processes of integrated design and fundamental commissioning. The administrator is authorized to expand upon the terms defined in subsection (1) of this section, and to provide additional definitions as needed. In addition, the administrator shall promulgate rules governing annual optimization review and evaluation of germane building systems to ensure optimal performance of such systems and maximum energy savings and building performance. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, a definition for the minimum scope of work required for annual optimization.

Legislative History

[33-356, added 2009, ch. 169, sec. 2, p. 512; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 1, p. 65; am. 2024, ch. 237, sec. 32, p. 846.]