CHAPTER 347
SB 409 – FINAL VERSION
03/24/10 1107s
13May2010… 1518h
06/02/10 2152eba
2010 SESSION
08/04
SENATE BILL 409
AN ACT requiring buildings or structures constructed or renovated using state funding to adhere to certain energy efficiency and building standards.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Janeway, Dist 7; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Rep. Long, Hills 10; Rep. S. Harvey, Hills 21; Rep. Owen, Merr 4
COMMITTEE: Energy, Environment and Economic Development
This bill requires certain buildings or structures constructed or renovated using state funding to adhere to certain energy efficiency and building standards.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/24/10 1107s
13May2010… 1518h
06/02/10 2152eba
10-2800
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT requiring buildings or structures constructed or renovated using state funding to adhere to certain energy efficiency and building standards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
347:1 New Section; Building Requirements for State Funded Buildings. Amend RSA 155-A by inserting after section 12 the following new section:
155-A:13 Building Requirements for State Funded Buildings.
I. Any new construction, reconstruction, alteration, or maintenance in any state owned building, plant, fixture, or facility, meeting the definition of “project” in RSA 21-I:78, considered a major project under RSA 21-I:80, and constructed using any state funding, shall meet a high performance, energy efficient, sustainable design standard determined by the commissioners of the department of environmental services and the department of administrative services, in consultation with the division of historic resources and the community college system, that shows the building or structure can recoup the incremental costs of implementing the requirements of this section as measured by reduced energy costs over a 10-year period of time.
II. The following construction or renovation projects shall be exempt from the requirements of paragraphs I:
(a) A building or structure that is less than 25,000 square feet.
(b) A building or structure that does not consume energy for heating, ventilating, or air conditioning.
(c) A renovation or modification that is estimated to cost less than $1,000,000.
(d) Temporary structures.
(e) Public school facilities that are subject to RSA 198:15-c.
(f) The university system of New Hampshire.
(g) Projects employing new, innovative, or experimental energy efficient technology that may not recoup their incremental costs within 10 years, as may be determined by the commissioner of the department of administrative services to be in the best interest of the state.
347:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
Approved: July 20, 2010
Effective Date: July 1, 2011