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(A) These rules establish requirements, procedures and guidelines for energy consumption and life cycle cost analysis of new, renovated and leased state facilities. The primary purpose of these rules shall be to minimize energy consumption in state owned, assisted and leased facilities in a cost effective manner.
(B) These rules shall apply to each state agency planning to construct or renovate any state facility five thousand square feet or greater or leasing any facility twenty thousand square feet or greater.
(C) When a state agency requests release of capital improvement funds, they shall submit copies of a pertinent life cycle analysis to the controlling board.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/23/2004 and 02/23/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 123.011
Rule Amplifies: 123.011
Prior Effective Dates: 12-30-80
(A) “Facility” means a building or other structure that includes provision for a heating and/or cooling and/or service water heating system.
(B) “State assisted facility” means a facility constructed or renovated in whole or in part with state or federal funds or with funds guaranteed or provided by or through a state agency.
(C) “Life cycle cost” means the total energy related costs of owning, operating and maintaining the facility over the economic life of the facility.
(D) “Energy consumption analysis” means the evaluation of all energy consuming systems and components by demand and type of energy, including the internal energy load imposed on a facility by its occupants, equipment and components and the external energy load imposed on a facility by climatic conditions.
(E) “Energy performance index” means a number describing the energy requirements of a facility per square foot of floor space or per cubic foot of occupied volume as appropriate under defined internal and external ambient conditions over an entire seasonal cycle.
(F) “Passive alternative” means a design consideration that affects energy consumption but does not use energy in its operation.
(G) “Active alternative” means a design consideration including a system or component that uses energy in its operation.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/23/2004 and 02/23/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 123.011
Rule Amplifies: 123.011
Prior Effective Dates: 12-30-80
(A) Each state agency shall:
(1) Procure from the department of administrative services an evaluation of energy related life cycle costs prior to constructing or renovating any facility five thousand square feet or greater.
(2) Procure from the department of administrative services an evaluation of energy consumption prior to leasing any facility twenty thousand square feet or greater within a given boundary, for the term of the proposed lease.
(3) Submit copies of a pertinent life cycle cost analysis prepared in accordance with rule 123:4-1-04 of the Administrative Code, when requesting release of capital improvement funds.
(B) Life cycle cost analysis shall:
(1) Determine the reasonably expected fuel costs over the life of the building that are required to maintain illumination, power, temperature, humidity, ventilation, and all other energy consuming equipment in a facility and the reasonable costs of probable maintenance including labor, materials, and building operation. The life-cycle cost analysis shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) The coordination, orientation, and positioning of the facility on its physical site;
(b) The amount and type of glass employed in the facility and the directions of exposure;
(c) Thermal characteristics of materials, including the effect of insulation incorporated into facility design;
(d) Architectural features which affect energy consumption, including the effect of solar utilization of the properties of external surfaces;
(e) The variable occupancy and operating conditions of the facility and subportions of the facility, including illumination levels;
(f) An energy consumption analysis of the major equipment of the facility’s heating, ventilating, and cooling system, lighting system, hot water system, and all other energy consuming systems and equipment as appropriate.
(2) Be a primary consideration in selecting a building design for the purpose of minimizing energy consumption in state owned and assisted facilities in a cost effective manner.
(C) Energy consumption analysis shall:
(1) Include the comparison of two or more system alternatives, one of which may be a system using solar energy;
(2) Include the projection of the annual energy consumption of major energy consuming equipment and systems for a range of operation of the facility over the life of the facility;
(3) Include an evaluation of the energy consumption of component equipment in each system, considering the operation of such components at other than full or rated outputs;
(4) Evaluate the energy consuming systems and components of a proposed design and provide an estimate of the annual energy usage and associated costs resulting from the design, construction, location, orientation, environment and utilization of the facility;
(5) Estimate the energy performance index of the design for the purpose of evaluating the energy efficiency of the proposed facility relative to similar facilities;
(6) Be a primary consideration in selecting a facility to be leased by a state agency.
(D) The life cycle and energy consumption analysis shall:
(1) Be prepared by a qualified architect or engineer licensed by the state and selected or approved by the department of administrative services;
(2) Not supersede any other rules of the Administrative Code governing the design and construction of such facilities;
(3) Be performed in accordance with procedures set forth in rule 123:4-1-04 of the Administrative Code;
(4) Be considered an evaluation of the proposed design and an estimation of the energy consumption of the proposed facility, but shall in no way be considered as certification of the actual energy consumption of the proposed facility.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/23/2004 and 02/23/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 123.011
Rule Amplifies: 123.011
Prior Effective Dates: 12-30-80
(A) During the development of the preliminary building schematic, the designer shall:
(1) Develop at least three practical alternative design concepts, considering passive and/or active building components, for the purpose of minimizing future energy consumption.
(2) Estimate the annual energy consumption and associated energy costs of each alternative, analyze their impact on building life-cycle costs and incorporate into the final building design alternatives which are cost effective in accordance with paragraph (B) of rule 123:4-1-03 of the Administrative Code.
(3) Re-evaluate life-cycle cost as additional alternatives are considered during the continuing design development to assure their cost effective implementation.
(4) Supply all pertinent data summarizing the life-cycle analysis to the office of the state architect for review and evaluation.
(B) After the completion of the building’s design development an energy consumption analysis shall be performed for the purpose of estimating the expected energy consumption and associated cost of the proposed facility in accordance with paragraph (C) of rule 123:4-1-03 of the Administrative Code.
Supply all pertinent energy consumption data to the office of the state architect for review and evaluation. These data shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Expected annual energy usage and initial cost by energy type.
(2) Distribution of expected energy consumption by major building systems.
(3) Energy performance index of the proposed design.
(C) The energy consumption calculations shall be performed in accordance with established engineering practices and currently accepted methodology including computerized simulation techniques approved by the state architect.
(D) The following economic methodological assumptions shall be utilized in computing life-cycle costs:
(1) The study period shall consider the number of years during which the proposed facility is not expected to undergo major renovation or major changes in utilization.
(2) Future costs shall not include adjustments for general inflation but shall include incremental adjustments which are above or below the general inflation rate.
(3) The time value or alternative investment value of money shall be considered by discounting future cost to present value. The discount rate shall be in accordance with generally accepted practices.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/23/2004 and 02/23/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 123.011
Rule Amplifies: 123.011
Prior Effective Dates: 12-30-80
The procedures for leased facilities shall be in accordance with procedures designated in paragraphs (B) and (C) of rule 123:4-1-04 of the Administrative Code.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/23/2004 and 02/23/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 123.011
Rule Amplifies: 123.011
Prior Effective Dates: 12-30-80