Sec. 16a-38i. Reduction of energy use in state buildings.
Sec. 16a-38i. Reduction of energy use in state buildings. (a) The energy performance standards established by the Commissioner of Public Works and the Secretary of
the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to section 16a-38 shall require that the
Commissioner of Public Works, in consultation with the secretary, establish a process
for calculating annually, from currently available data, the average energy use per square
foot in state buildings.
(b) In accordance with section 16a-37u, the secretary shall (1) implement a system
requiring all state agencies to use the process established by the Department of Public
Works to annually calculate energy use, (2) establish one or more thresholds of acceptability for energy use in state buildings, and (3) (A) reduce energy use, on a cost-effective
life-cycle basis and within available fiscal resources as determined by the secretary, in
those buildings under the care and control of the Department of Public Works which
do not meet such thresholds, and (B) assist other agencies in reducing energy use, on a
cost-effective life-cycle basis and within available fiscal resources as determined by the
secretary, in those buildings under their care and control which do not meet the applicable
thresholds.
(P.A. 90-219, S. 2; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 35, 65; P.A. 03-230, S. 3.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11 deleted mandated reductions in energy use in state buildings, inserted Subdiv.
designators, and added requirements that the Commissioner of Public Works, in consultation with Secretary of the Office
of Policy and Management, annually calculate energy use in state buildings, establish thresholds of acceptability for energy
use in state buildings and reduce or assist agencies in reducing energy use, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-230 divided
existing provisions into Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended Subsec. (a) to substitute "establish a process for calculating" for
"calculate", and amended Subsec. (b) to add "In accordance with section 16a-37u", require the secretary to implement a
system re annual calculation of energy use and make technical changes.