2018 -- S 2779 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Morgan, and Paolino | |
Date Introduced: April 05, 2018 | |
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 37-24-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-24 entitled "The Green |
2 | Buildings Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 37-24-4. Green building standards. |
4 | (a) All major facility projects of public agencies shall be designed and constructed to at |
5 | least the LEED-, LEED for Neighborhood Development-, and SITES-, as provided herein, |
6 | certified or an equivalent high-performance, green-building standard. This provision applies to |
7 | major facility projects or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property that |
8 | have not entered the design phase prior to January 1, 2010, for LEED, and July 1, 2017, for |
9 | LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES through December 31, 2020, or for up to four |
10 | (4) projects, whichever comes first, unless otherwise continued or expanded by the general |
11 | assembly. |
12 | (b) All major facility projects of a public school district, where the project receives any |
13 | funding from the state, shall be designed and constructed to at least the LEED-, LEED for |
14 | Neighborhood Development-, and SITES-, as provided herein, certified standard, or the Northeast |
15 | Collaborative for High-Performance Schools Protocol, Version 1.1 or above. This provision |
16 | applies to major facility projects or other public improvements of any kind to any public real |
17 | property that have not entered the design phase prior to January 1, 2010, LEED for Neighborhood |
18 | Development, and SITES through December 31, 2020 or for up to four (4) projects, whichever |
19 | comes first, unless otherwise continued or expanded by the general assembly. |
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1 | (c) A major facility project does not have to meet the LEED-, LEED for Neighborhood |
2 | Development-, and SITES-certified standard or an equivalent high-performance, green-building |
3 | standard if: |
4 | (1) There is no appropriate LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES |
5 | standard or other high-performance, green-building standard for that type of building or |
6 | renovation project or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property. In such |
7 | case, the department will set lesser green-building standards that are appropriate to the project. |
8 | (2) There is no practical way to apply the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, |
9 | and SITES standard or other high-performance, green-building standard to a particular building |
10 | or renovation project or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property. In |
11 | such case, the department will set lesser green-building standards that are appropriate to the |
12 | project. |
13 | (d) The provisions related to LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES shall |
14 | continue through December 31, 2020, for up to four (4) projects selected by the department, |
15 | subject to evaluation and continuation by the general assembly thereafter. |
16 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS | |
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1 | This act would exempt school construction projects from green energy requirements. |
2 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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