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amendments were added to the bill that, in my judgment
and in the judgment of the Department make it unworkable.
New section 25D(A) requires the Department to
establish "Standards and procedures, including energy
conservation performance guidelines for evaluating the
efficiency of energy utilization for alternative energy
systems in the construction of State-owned buildings."
These standards and procedures must take effect by March
1, 1978.
New section 25C, also added by amendment, provides
that, after July 1, 1978, a State agency may not
construct a building without having secured from the
Department a proper evaluation of "life-cycle cost
estimates" computed by a qualified architect or engineer,
In addition, construction may proceed only upon
disclosing, for the building chosen, the life-cycle costs
determined in section 25D and the capitalization of the
initial construction costs.
The term, "life-cycle cost estimates", as used in §
25C, is defined in new section 25B, as
"the cost of initial construction and the cost of
operating and maintaining the building over the life
of the structure, including the cost of energy
conservation measures to reduce an energy system's
required capacity or fuel consumption and any other
costs incidental to owning the energy system.
further clarification of this term is provided in
§25D(B) and (C), which provide how these estimates are to
be calculated. The term, "energy system", as used in the
definition of "life-cycle cost estimates", is itself
defined in new section 25B(F).
Finally, a new section 25F was added by amendment.
This provides that, "the life cycle energy cost estimate
shall accompany any final plans and specifications which
are submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Article
14A, Section 10."
The first problem arises from this last amendment,
adding new section 25F. Presumably, the intended
reference is to Article 15A, § 10, since there is no
Article 14A in the Code. Section 10 of Article 15A
provides:
" At the time there is submitted to the
General Assembly any proposal for the
appropriation of funds for a permanent or
long-time construction project (generally
referred to as a capital expenditure), the
department, bureau, board, commission or
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