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US S1206
US S1206A bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings.
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113th Congress
Bill Summary
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to revise exceptions to the requirement that federal agencies must lease space in buildings that have earned the Energy Star label. Requires a space leased by an agency in a building that has not earned the Energy Star label to be benchmarked under a nationally recognized, online, free benchmarking program, with public disclosure. Exempts from such requirement a space for which owners cannot access whole building utility consumption data. Requires an agency that is a tenant of a space that has not earned such label to provide to a building owner, or authorize the owner to obtain from the utility, the energy consumption information of the space for the benchmarking and disclosure requirements. Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to study and report on: (1) the impact of state and local performance benchmarking and disclosure policies, and any associated building efficiency policies, for commercial and multifamily buildings and the impact of programs and systems in which utilities provide aggregated information regarding whole building energy consumption and usage information to owners of multitenant commercial, residential, and mixed-use buildings; and (2) best practice policy approaches that have resulted in the greatest improvements in building energy efficiency. Requires the Secretary to modify and maintain existing databases or create and maintain a new database platform to store and make publicly available energy-related information on commercial and multifamily buildings. Authorizes the Secretary to make awards to utilities, utility regulators, and utility partners to develop and implement programs to provide aggregated whole building energy consumption information to multitenant building owners.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to encourage the benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings. Specifically, it revises exceptions for federal agencies leasing space in buildings that haven't earned the Energy Star label, requiring such spaces to be benchmarked using a free, online program with public disclosure, unless whole building utility data is inaccessible to owners due to privacy laws or tenant non-cooperation. Federal agencies leasing these spaces must provide their energy consumption data to the building owner or authorize the utility to share it for this purpose. The Secretary of Energy is also tasked with studying the impact of state and local energy benchmarking policies and utility programs that provide aggregated energy data to multi-tenant building owners, identifying best practices for improving building energy efficiency, and creating or maintaining a database to store and publicly share energy-related information on commercial and multifamily buildings. Additionally, the Secretary can award grants to utilities and their partners to develop programs for providing aggregated energy consumption data to owners of multi-tenant buildings.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-70. (on 06/25/2013)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
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| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1206/all-info |
| BillText | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s1206is/pdf/BILLS-113s1206is.pdf |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s1206is/pdf/BILLS-113s1206is.pdf.pdf |
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