470.2  Policy — analysis required.
  The general assembly declares that energy management is of primary importance in the design of publicly owned facilities. Commencing January 1, 1980, a public agency responsible for the construction or renovation of a facility shall, in a design begun after that date, include as a design criterion the requirement that a life cycle cost analysis be conducted for the facility. The objectives of the life cycle cost analysis are to optimize energy efficiency at an acceptable life cycle cost. The life cycle cost analysis shall meet the requirements of section 470.3.
[C81, §470.2]