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HR 1867 114th Congress House Energy Building construction Congressional oversight Energy efficiency and conservation Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Public utilities and utility rates

To encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings.

Introduced: April 16, 2015 Introduced by: Castor, Kathy Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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Apr 17, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Apr 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 16, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require a federal agency leasing space in a building without an Energy Star label to include in its lease provisions requirements that the space's energy efficiency be measured against a nationally-recognized benchmark. The agency must also meet certain energy consumption disclosure requirements.

The Department of Energy (DOE) must study and report on: (1) the impact of state and local performance benchmarking and disclosure policies for commercial and multifamily buildings; (2) the impact of programs and systems in which utilities provide aggregated information regarding whole building energy consumption and usage information to owners of multitenant commercial, residential, and mixed-use buildings; and (3) the best practice policy approaches studied in those impact analyses that have resulted in the greatest improvements in building energy efficiency.

DOE must maintain a database for storing and making available public energy-related information on commercial and multifamily buildings.

What's happening now April 17, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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