123:4-1-03 Requirements.

(A) All new construction, renovation, repairs, and replacements of buildings shall employ cost-effective, energy-efficient, green building practices to the maximum extent possible.

(B) Each state agency except institutions of higher education shall:

(1) Design and construct state funded facilities achieving the following minimum standards:

(a) New construction shall be designed so that the fossil-fuel, greenhouse gas emitting, energy consumption of the building is reduced, as compared to the regional average for that building type as defined in CBECS, by the percentage specified as follows:

(i) Fifty per cent for designs completed on and after the effective date of this rule;

(ii) Sixty-five per cent for designs completed on and after January 1, 2015

(iii) Eighty per cent for designs completed on and after January 1, 2020;

(iv) Ninety per cent for designs completed on and after January 1, 2025;and

(v) One-hundred per cent for designs completed on and after January 1, 2030.

(b) Renovation projects shall be designed so that the fossil-fuel, greenhouse gas emitting, energy consumption of the building is reduced, as compared to the regional average for that building type as defined in CBECS, by fifty percent.

(c) State agencies may apply for a waiver of compliance from the department of administrative services for the following reasons:

(i) The facility is less than five thousand square feet in area;

(ii) The facility does not consume energy for heating, ventilating, or air conditioning; or

(iii) The facility is not designed for human occupancy.

(2) 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.

(3) Procure from the department of administrative services an evaluation of an energy consumption analysis prior to leasing any facility twenty thousand square feet or greater within a given boundary, for the term of the proposed lease.

(4) 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.

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