PUBLIC LAW 100-615—NOV. 5, 1988
102 STAT. 3189
the case of leased buildings, the life cycle costs shall be calculated over the effective remaining term of the lease; "(8) the term 'renewable energy sources' includes, but is not limited to, sources such as agriculture and urban waste, goethermal energy, solar energy, and wind energy; and "(9) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Energy.". (b) CoNFORAONG AMENDMENT.—Section 381(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6361(c)) is amended to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary shall include in the report required under section 548(b) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act the steps taken under subsections (a) and (b) of this section.". (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Part 3 of title V of the table of contents of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act is amended to read as follows: "PART 3—FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT
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541. Findings. 542. Purpose. 543. Energy management goals. 544. Establishment and use of life cycle cost methods and procedures. 545. Budget treatment for energy conservation measures. 546. Incentives for agencies. 547. Interagency Energy Management Task Force. 548. Reports. 549. Definitions.".
SEC. 3. SURVEY OF ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL.
Public buildings
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall, using funds 42u?c'8253 appropriated to carry out this section, carry out an e n e i ^ survey, note. as defined in section 549(5) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, for the purposes of— (1) determining the maximum potential cost effective energy savings that may be achieved in a representative sample of buildings owned or leased by the Federal Government in different areas of the country; and (2) making recommendations for cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in those buUdings and in other similar Federal buildings. 0)) IMPLEMENTATION.—(1) The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress, within 180 days after the date on which funds are appropriated to carry out this section, a plan for implementing this section. (2) The Secretary shall designate buildings to be surveyed in the project so as to obtain a sample of buildings of the types and in the climates that is representative of the buildings owned or leased by Federal agencies in the United States that consume the major portion of the energy consumed in Federal buildings. (3) For purposes of this section, an improvement shall be considered cost effective if the cost of the energy saved or displaced by the improvement exceeds the cost of the improvement over the remaining life of a Federal building or the remaining term of a lease of a bmlding leased by the Federal Government as determined by the life cycle costing methodology developed under section 544 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act. (c) PERSONNEL.—(1) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall utilize personnel who are— (A) employees of the Department of Energy; or
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