§ 6371. Definitions
For the purposes of this part—
(1)
The term “building” means any structure the construction of which was completed on or before May 1, 1989, which includes a heating or cooling system, or both.
(2)
The term “energy conservation measure” means an installation or modification of an installation in a building which is primarily intended to maintain or reduce energy consumption and reduce energy costs or allow the use of an alternative energy source, including, but not limited to—
(B)
storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated windows and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, and other window and door system modifications;
(D)
equipment required to operate variable steam, hydraulic, and ventilating systems adjusted by automatic energy control systems;
(E)
solar space heating or cooling systems, solar electric generating systems, or any combination thereof;
(G)
furnace or utility plant and distribution system modifications including—
(i)
replacement burners, furnaces, boilers, or any combination thereof, which substantially increases the energy efficiency of the heating system,
(ii)
devices for modifying flue openings which will increase the energy efficiency of the heating system,
(I)
replacement or modification of lighting fixtures which replacement or modification increases the energy efficiency of the lighting system without increasing the overall illumination of a facility (unless such increase in illumination is necessary to conform to any applicable State or local building code or, if no such code applies, the increase is considered appropriate by the Secretary);
(3)
The term “hospital” means a public or nonprofit institution which is—
(4)
The term “hospital facilities” means buildings housing a hospital and related facilities, including laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses’ home and training facilities and central service facilities operated in connection with a hospital, and also includes buildings housing education or training facilities for health professions personnel operated as an integral part of a hospital.
(6)
The term “school” means a public or nonprofit institution which—
(A)
provides, and is legally authorized to provide, elementary education or secondary education, or both, on a day or residential basis;
(B)
(i)
provides, and is legally authorized to provide a program of education beyond secondary education, on a day or residential basis;
(ii)
admits as students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such certificate;
(iv)
provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor’s degree or higher degree or provides not less than a two-year program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree at any institution which meets the requirements of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) and which provides such a program;
(7)
The term “local education agency” means a public board of education or other public authority or a nonprofit institution legally constituted within, or otherwise recognized by, a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform administrative services for, a group of schools within a State.
(8)
The term “school facilities” means buildings housing classrooms, laboratories, dormitories, administrative facilities, athletic facilities, or related facilities operated in connection with a school.
(9)
The term “State” means, in addition to the several States of the Union, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
(10)
The term “State energy agency” means the State agency responsible for developing State energy conservation plans pursuant to section
6322 of this title, or, if no such agency exists, a State agency designated by the Governor of such State to prepare and submit a State plan under section
6371c of this title.
(11)
The term “State school facilities agency” means an existing agency which is broadly representative of public institutions of higher education, nonprofit institutions of higher education, public elementary and secondary schools, nonprofit elementary and secondary schools, public vocational education institutions, nonprofit vocational education institutions, and the interests of handicapped persons, in a State or, if no such agency exists, an agency which is designated by the Governor of such State which conforms to the requirements of this paragraph.
(12)
The term “State hospital facilities agency” means an existing agency which is broadly representative of the public hospitals and the nonprofit hospitals, or, if no such agency exists, an agency designated by the Governor of such State which conforms to the requirements of this paragraph.
(13)
The term “energy audit” means a determination of the energy consumption characteristics of a building which—
(14)
The term “preliminary energy audit” means a determination of the energy consumption characteristics of a building, including the size, type, rate of energy consumption and major energy-using systems of such building.
(15)
The term “energy conservation project” means—
(16)
The term “energy conservation project costs” includes only costs incurred in the design, acquisition, construction, and installation of energy conservation measures and technical assistance costs.
(17)
The term “technical assistance” means assistance, under rules promulgated by the Secretary, to States, schools, and hospitals—
(18)
The term “technical assistance costs” means costs incurred for the use of existing personnel or the temporary employment of other qualified personnel (or both such types of personnel) necessary for providing technical assistance.
(19)
The term “energy conservation maintenance and operating procedure” means modification or modifications in the maintenance and operations of a building, and any installations therein, which are designed to reduce energy consumption in such building and which require no significant expenditure of funds.