House Amendment 2127


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 601, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 57, by inserting after line 35 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  ENERGY=EFFICIENT STUDY.  The office of
     1  6 energy independence, if enacted by the Eighty=second
     1  7 General Assembly, 2007 Session, shall in cooperation
     1  8 with the department of public safety and the
     1  9 department of natural resources and in consultation
     1 10 with industry stakeholders conduct a study of green
     1 11 building and energy=efficient standards.  The study
     1 12 shall be completed by January 1, 2008, and shall
     1 13 include the following:
     1 14    1.  Definition of green building standards,
     1 15 including building design, construction, maintenance
     1 16 techniques, building materials, and equipment
     1 17 promoting energy efficiency, energy conservation,
     1 18 utilization of renewable energy, and technology which
     1 19 can be applied to the construction and maintenance of
     1 20 new structures or rehabilitation of existing
     1 21 structures.
     1 22    2.  Development of performance objectives for green
     1 23 buildings.
     1 24    3.  Development of green building energy=efficient
     1 25 design standards and the scope of their application,
     1 26 and integration of energy=efficient design standards
     1 27 into the state building code adopted pursuant to
     1 28 chapter 103A and local building regulations.
     1 29    4.  Development of training materials for building
     1 30 code officials in energy=efficient design standards.>
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     1 34 REICHERT of Muscatine
     1 35 SF 601.224 82
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