93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3134


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Patrick Welch
 
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    Creates the State Building Conservation Act. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to adopt and publish energy conservation standards for all construction of new State capital projects. Requires certain State agencies to reduce energy use in public buildings that they administer by 10% per square  foot on or before July 1, 2008 and by 15% on or before July 1, 2011. Requires all State agencies to procure energy efficient products certified by the federal government as Energy Star products or certified under the Federal Energy Management Program unless the products are shown not to be cost-effective on a life cycle cost basis.
















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    AN ACT concerning energy conservation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State 
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Building Energy Conservation Act.
 
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    Section 5. Energy conservation standards for public 
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buildings.
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    (a) The Department of Central Management Services, in 
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    consultation with persons responsible for building systems, 
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    shall adopt and publish energy conservation standards for the 
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    construction of all new State of Illinois capital projects, 
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    including buildings designed and constructed by community 
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    college districts and universities.  These standards shall be 
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    consistent with the recommended energy conservation standards 
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    of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air 
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    Conditioning Engineers and the international Energy 
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    Conservation Code.
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    (b) The standards shall be adopted to achieve energy 
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    conservation and shall allow for design flexibility.
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    (c) The following State agencies shall reduce energy use in 
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    public buildings that they administer by 10% per square foot of 
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    floor area on or before July 1, 2008 and by 15% per square foot 
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    of floor area on or before July 1, 2011, using July 1, 2001 
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    through June 30, 2002 as the baseline year:

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        (1) The Department of Central Management Services for 
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    its building systems.
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        (2) Each State university for its building systems.
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        (3) The Department of Transportation for its building 
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    systems.
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    (d) The Department of Central Management Services, in 
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    conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency and the 
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    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall provide 
 


 






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    technical assistance to the State agencies described in 
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    subsection (c).  On or before July 1 of each year, the 
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    Department of Central Management Services shall measure 
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    compliance with this Section, compile the results, and report 
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    to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
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    President of the Senate concerning the progress of attaining 
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    the goals prescribed in subsection (c).  The Department of 
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    Central Management Services shall include in its report an 
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    explanation of the reasons for any failure to achieve energy 
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    reductions in specific building systems as prescribed in 
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    subsection (c).

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    (e) All State agencies shall procure energy efficient 
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    products that are certified by the United States Department of 
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    Energy or the United States Environmental Protection Agency as 
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    Energy Star products or that are certified under the Federal 
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    Energy Management Program in all categories that are available 
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    unless the products are shown not to be cost-effective on a 
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    life cycle cost basis.