42 U.S.C. § 8258b — Survey of energy saving potential
submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 95-619 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 498 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Energy must survey federal buildings for energy savings. The survey looks at a sample of buildings across the country. The results go to Congress and the agencies that own the buildings.
(a) In general — Working with the Interagency Energy Management Task Force, the Secretary* must run an energy survey* to (1) find the biggest cost-effective energy savings possible in a representative sample of federally owned or leased buildings across the country; (2) recommend cost-effective energy efficiency and renewable-energy improvements for those and similar federal buildings; and (3) find the obstacles that might stop an agency* from meeting the goals in section 8253 and other energy-management goals.
(b) Implementation — (1) Within 180 days of October 24, 1992, the Secretary had to send a plan for carrying out this survey to several Senate and House committees. (2) The Secretary must pick buildings for the survey so the sample represents the types and climates of buildings that use most of the energy consumed in federal buildings nationwide, including — where it makes sense — housing, storage, office, service, school, research and development, industrial, prison, and hospital buildings. (3) An improvement counts as cost-effective if, using the life cycle costing method from section 8254, the energy it saves is worth more than what it costs, over the building's remaining life or the lease's remaining term.
(c) Personnel — (1) The Secretary must use staff who are either (A) Department of Energy employees, or (B) chosen by the agencies that own the surveyed buildings. (2) These staff keep their normal pay and benefits while doing this work.
(d) Report — As soon as practical after finishing the project*, the Secretary must send a report of the findings to the same Senate and House committees and to the agencies that own the surveyed buildings. The report must analyze how likely each agency is to meet the energy-reduction goals in section 8253(a).
The Secretary* shall, in consultation with the Interagency Energy Management Task Force established under section 8257 of this title, carry out an energy survey* for the purposes of—
determining the maximum potential cost effective energy savings that may be achieved in a representative sample of buildings owned or leased by the Federal Government in different areas of the country;
making recommendations for cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in those buildings and in other similar Federal buildings; and
identifying barriers which may prevent an agency’s ability to comply with section 8253 of this title and other energy management goals.
The Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Government Operations, and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives, within 180 days after October 24, 1992, a plan for implementing this section.
The Secretary shall designate buildings to be surveyed in the project* so as to obtain a sample of the buildings of the types and in the climates that is representative of buildings owned or leased by Federal agencies in the United States that consume the major portion of the energy consumed in Federal buildings. Such sample shall include, where appropriate, the following types of Federal facility* space:
Housing.
Storage.
Office.
Services.
Schools.
Research and Development.
Industrial.
Prisons.
Hospitals.
For purposes of this section, an improvement shall be considered cost effective if the cost of the energy saved or displaced by the improvement exceeds the cost of the improvement over the remaining life of a Federal building* or the remaining term of a lease of a building leased by the Federal Government as determined by the life cycle costing methodology developed under section 8254 of this title.
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall utilize personnel who are—
employees of the Department of Energy; or
selected by the agencies utilizing the buildings which are being surveyed under this section.
Such personnel shall be detailed for the purpose of carrying out this section without any reduction of salary or benefits.
As soon as practicable after the completion of the project carried out under this section, the Secretary shall transmit a report of the findings and conclusions of the project to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Government Operations, and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives, and the agencies who own the buildings involved in such project. Such report shall include an analysis of the probability of each agency* achieving each of the energy reduction goals established under section 8253(a) of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 550, as added Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 152(h)(2), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2850; amended Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 102(h), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 608.)
- 1992Enacted · Pub. L. 95-619 · 106 Stat. 2850
- 2005Amended · Pub. L. 109-58 · 119 Stat. 608
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-619 on 1992-10-24.
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