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§ 17084. Separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures(a) DefinitionsIn this section:(1) High-performance energy efficiency measure

The term “high-performance energy efficiency measure” means a technology, product, or practice that will result in substantial operational cost savings by reducing energy consumption and utility costs.

\n\n\n(2) Separate spaces

The term “separate spaces” means areas within a commercial building that are leased or otherwise occupied by a tenant or other occupant for a period of time pursuant to the terms of a written agreement.

\n\n\n\n(b) Study(1) In generalNot later than 1 year after April 30, 2015, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, shall complete a study on the feasibility of—(A) significantly improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction, by owners and tenants, of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures; and\n\n(B) encouraging owners and tenants to implement high-performance energy efficiency measures in separate spaces.\n\n\n(2) ScopeThe study shall, at a minimum, include—(A) descriptions of—(i) high-performance energy efficiency measures that should be considered as part of the initial design and construction of separate spaces;\n\n(ii) processes that owners, tenants, architects, and engineers may replicate when designing and constructing separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures;\n\n(iii) policies and best practices to achieve reductions in energy intensities for lighting, plug loads, heating, cooling, cooking, laundry, and other systems to satisfy the needs of the commercial building tenant;\n\n(iv) return on investment and payback analyses of the incremental cost and projected energy savings of the proposed set of high-performance energy efficiency measures, including consideration of available incentives;\n\n(v) models and simulation methods that predict the quantity of energy used by separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures and that compare that predicted quantity to the quantity of energy used by separate spaces without high-performance energy efficiency measures but that otherwise comply with applicable building code requirements;\n\n(vi) measurement and verification platforms demonstrating actual energy use of high-performance energy efficiency measures installed in separate spaces, and whether such measures generate the savings intended in the initial design and construction of the separate spaces;\n\n(vii) best practices that encourage an integrated approach to designing and constructing separate spaces to perform at optimum energy efficiency in conjunction with the central systems of a commercial building; and\n\n(viii) any impact on employment resulting from the design and construction of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures; and\n\n\n(B) case studies reporting economic and energy savings returns in the design and construction of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures.\n\n\n(3) Public participation

Not later than 90 days after April 30, 2015, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comments regarding effective methods, measures, and practices for the design and construction of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures.

\n\n\n(4) Publication

The Secretary shall publish the study on the website of the Department of Energy.

\n\n\n\n(Pub. L. 110–140, title IV, § 424, as added Pub. L. 114–11, title I, § 103(a), Apr. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 183.)\n
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