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(A) “Facility” means a building or other structure, or part of a building or other structure, that includes provision for a heating , refrigeration, ventilation, cooling, lighting, hot water, or or other major energy consuming system, component, or equipment.
(B) “State funded” means funded in whole or in part through appropriation by the general assembly or through the use of any guarantee provided by this state.
(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, components, and equipment by demand and type of energy, including the internal energy load imposed on a facility by its occupants 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.
(H) “CBECS” means the commercial building energy consumption survey national average source energy use and performance comparisons conducted in 2003 and subsequently published by the United States department of energy’s energy information agency.
(I) “Clean energy” means an energy source such as waste heat recovery, solar energy, wind energy, biomass fuel energy, or geothermal energy.
(J) “Designated building operator” means a person or persons, certified by an approved training program and designated by a state agency, to be responsible for overseeing the energy-efficient maintenance and operational practices of one or more facilities managed by a state funded entity.
(K) “Building operator certification” means a nationally recognized professional development program, administered with oversight from a committee of advisors representing public and private sector employers of building operators. The building operator certification program is designed to provide training and certification on energy-efficient maintenance, operation, safety, and other best practices, including but not limited to indoor environmental quality and occupational safety and health administration regulations.
(L) “Energy audit tool” means the web-based energy consumption tracking software adopted by the department of administrative services, which is currently energy star portfolio manager developed jointly the U.S. department of energy and the U.S. environmental protection agency.
(M) “Energy target tool” means the web-based energy consumption design goal setting software adopted by the department of administrative services, which is currently energy star target finder developed jointly the U.S. department of energy and the U.S. environmental protection agency.
(N) “Baseline year” means the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007.
Effective: 02/16/2010
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/30/2009 and 02/16/2015
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 123.011(D)
Rule Amplifies: 123.011(D)
Prior Effective Dates: 12/30/1980