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56.775 Required high-performance building standards -- Use of energy-efficiency products.

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Page 1 of 1 56.775 Required high-performance building standards -- Use of energy-efficiency products. To improve energy efficiency throughout state government, the cabinet and universities <br>that manage their own capital construction projects under KRS 164A.580 shall: <br>(1) Beginning July 1, 2009, require that all construction or renovation of public buildings for which fifty percent (50%) or more of the total capital cost is paid by <br>the Commonwealth shall be designed and constructed, or renovated, to meet the <br>high-performance building standards established in KRS 56.777. This subsection <br>applies to all projects that have not entered the design phase prior to January 1, <br>2009; (2) Require that all building leases entered into by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies on and after July 1, 2018, shall meet the high-performance building <br>standards. From July 15, 2008 and prior to July 1, 2018, a building that meets the <br>high-performance building standards established in this section shall be given a <br>preference in the state leasing process over other buildings that do not meet the <br>high-performance building standards; and (3) Incorporate ENERGY STAR-qualified products in state agency procurements to the extent economically feasible using a life-cycle cost analysis. Effective: February 25, 2010 <br>History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 4, effective February 25, 2010. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2008. -- Created <br>2007 (2d Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 31, effective August 30, 2007. Legislative Research Commission Note (2/25/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 28, provides that the repeal and reenactment of this section in that Act &quot;shall apply <br>retroactively to July 15, 2008.&quot;