Revision: Jan. 12, 2010, midnight
SB 409 – AS INTRODUCED
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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:
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 of a building or structure, or renovation or major modification of an existing building or structure, or system thereof, constructed using any state funding shall meet at least one of the following building standards:
(a) Certification at the silver level or higher from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council to include points achieved through materials and resources; or
(b) A design standard determined by the commissioner of the department of environmental services to be a nationally recognized green building rating standard equivalent to the standards listed in subparagraph (a).
II. With respect to the award of any contract for construction of a building or structure using any state funding, reasonable efforts shall be made to recoup the costs of implementing the requirements of this section as measured by reduced energy costs.
III. Except as otherwise provided by law, each state agency overseeing the erection or construction of a building or structure using any state funding, shall require the specifications to read that the owner will not issue final acceptance of the work until the contractor provides documentation that the project meets one of the building standards set forth in paragraph I.
IV. The following construction or renovation projects shall be exempt from the requirements of paragraphs I-III:
(a) A building or structure that is less than 5,000 square feet;
(b) A building or structure that does not consume energy for heating, ventilating, or air conditioning;
(c) Projects that are state funded at 5 percent or less or a renovation or modification that is estimated to cost less than $25,000; and
(d) Temporary structures.
(e) Projects whose reduced energy costs measured over 20 years does not recoup the costs of implementing the requirements of this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.