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.> 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 REICHERT of Muscatine 1 35 SF 601.224 82 1 36 mg/es/10019 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-