| TO: | Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Government Organization |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB1879 by Van de Putte (Relating to certain practices to improve energy conservation in state buildings.), As Introduced |
The bill would re-enact or amend section 447.004(e) of the Government Code, relating to the construction or major renovation of state office buildings.
The bill would require the addition of necessary funding of life-cycle costing, whole building integrated design, commission, and post-occupancy building performance verification in the overall estimate of the cost of the project. The bill would also require the addition of energy-efficient architectural and engineering design evaluations to the certification of construction or renovation projects of state agencies. The above-mentioned requirements of the bill would result in some costs associated with the feasibility studies and evaluations, however those costs would not present any significant costs to the state.
| Source Agencies: | 303 Building and Procurement Commission, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 369 Council on Environmental Technology, 405 Department of Public Safety, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 601 Department of Transportation, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
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| LBB Staff: | JK, GO, MS, RG
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