(a) Minimum criteria.--The high-performance building
standards applicable to this act shall meet the following
minimum criteria:
(1) At a minimum, include performance-based categories
or credits that will foster achievement of the purposes set
forth under section 2(2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (9) and
(10).
(2) Require documentation, verifiable calculations or
the equivalent procedure to substantiate and support any
claim made relating to paragraph (1).
(3) Employ third-party, postconstruction review and
verification for achievement of certification by an
organization that has a track record of certified green
buildings in the United States and uses a consensus-based
rating system.
(b) Level of performance.--The performance required under
the adopted high-performance building standards shall be at or
above the level beyond the minimum level required by the
selected standards.
(c) Achieve Energy Star ratings.--
(1) In addition to meeting the performance requirements
of the adopted high-performance building standards, all major
facility projects are required to be designed to earn Energy
Star certification to achieve an Environmental Protection
Agency Energy Star rating of 75 or above.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only to major facility
projects which commence after the effective date of this act
and involve building types for which the Environmental
Protection Agency provides Energy Star ratings.
(d) Cost recovery.--The difference between any additional
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