"Renovation project." A building project involving the
modification or adaptive reuse of an existing facility that is
owned or leased by a Commonwealth agency.
Section 4. Standards.
(a) Minimum criteria.--The high-performance building
standards shall meet the following minimum criteria:
(1) Include performance-based categories or credits that
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 an
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 high-performance building standards shall be at or above the
minimum level required by the selected standards.
(c) Achieve Energy Star ratings.--
(1) In addition to meeting the performance requirements
of the high-performance building standards, all major
facility projects shall 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.
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