§ 17061. Definitions
In this title: [1]
(2)
Advisory Committee
The term “Advisory Committee” means the Green Building Advisory Committee established under section
484.[1]
(3)
Commercial Director
The term “Commercial Director” means the individual appointed to the position established under section
17081 of this title.
(5)
Cost-effective lighting technology
(6)
Cost-effective technologies and practices
The term “cost-effective technologies and practices” means a technology or practice that—
(A)
will result in substantial operational cost savings by reducing electricity or fossil fuel consumption, water, or other utility costs, including use of geothermal heat pumps;
(B)
complies with the provisions of section
8259b of this title and Federal acquisition regulation 23–203; and
(C)
is at least as energy and water conserving as required under this title,[1] including sections
431 through
435, and title V,[1] including sections
511 through
525, which shall be applicable to the extent that they are more stringent or require greater energy or water savings than required by this section.
(8)
Federal facility
The term “Federal facility” means any building that is constructed, renovated, leased, or purchased in part or in whole for use by the Federal Government.
(9)
Operational cost savings
(A)
In general
The term “operational cost savings” means a reduction in end-use operational costs through the application of cost-effective technologies and practices or geothermal heat pumps, including a reduction in electricity consumption relative to consumption by the same customer or at the same facility in a given year, as defined in guidelines promulgated by the Administrator pursuant to section
7628
(b) of this title, that achieves cost savings sufficient to pay the incremental additional costs of using cost-effective technologies and practices including geothermal heat pumps by not later than the later of the date established under sections
431 through
434,[1] or—
(10)
Geothermal heat pump
The term “geothermal heat pump” means any heating or air conditioning technology that—
(11)
GSA facility
(A)
In general
The term “GSA facility” means any building, structure, or facility, in whole or in part (including the associated support systems of the building, structure, or facility) that—
(i)
is constructed (including facilities constructed for lease), renovated, or purchased, in whole or in part, by the Administrator for use by the Federal Government; or
(12)
High-performance building
The term “high-performance building” means a building that integrates and optimizes on a life cycle basis all major high performance attributes, including energy conservation, environment, safety, security, durability, accessibility, cost-benefit, productivity, sustainability, functionality, and operational considerations.
(13)
High-performance green building
The term “high-performance green building” means a high-performance building that, during its life-cycle, as compared with similar buildings (as measured by Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or Residential Energy Consumption Survey data from the Energy Information Agency)—
(B)
improves indoor environmental quality, including reducing indoor pollution, improving thermal comfort, and improving lighting and acoustic environments that affect occupant health and productivity;
(C)
reduces negative impacts on the environment throughout the life-cycle of the building, including air and water pollution and waste generation;
(D)
increases the use of environmentally preferable products, including biobased, recycled content, and nontoxic products with lower life-cycle impacts;
(G)
reduces the environmental and energy impacts of transportation through building location and site design that support a full range of transportation choices for users of the building; and
(14)
Life-cycle
The term “life-cycle”, with respect to a high-performance green building, means all stages of the useful life of the building (including components, equipment, systems, and controls of the building) beginning at conception of a high-performance green building project and continuing through site selection, design, construction, landscaping, commissioning, operation, maintenance, renovation, deconstruction or demolition, removal, and recycling of the high-performance green building.
(15)
Life-cycle assessment
The term “life-cycle assessment” means a comprehensive system approach for measuring the environmental performance of a product or service over the life of the product or service, beginning at raw materials acquisition and continuing through manufacturing, transportation, installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste management.
(16)
Life-cycle costing
The term “life-cycle costing”, with respect to a high-performance green building, means a technique of economic evaluation that—
(A)
sums, over a given study period, the costs of initial investment (less resale value), replacements, operations (including energy use), and maintenance and repair of an investment decision; and
(19)
Practices
The term “practices” means design, financing, permitting, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and other practices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy buildings or facilities.
(20)
Zero-net-energy commercial building
The term “zero-net-energy commercial building” means a commercial building that is designed, constructed, and operated to—
[1] See References in Text note below.
[2] So in original. Does not fit with cl. (ii) introductory provision.