102 STAT. 3186
Public buildings and grounds.
PUBLIC LAW 100-615—NOV. 5, 1988
square foot of its Federal buildings in use during the fiscal year 1985. "(2) An agency may exclude from the requirements of paragraph (1) any building, and the associated energy consumption and gross square footage, in which energy intensive activities are carried out. Each agency shall identify and list in each report made under section 548(a) the buildings designated by it for such exclusion. "(b) IMPLEMENTATION STEPS.—TO achieve the goal established in subsection (a), each agency shall— "(1) prepare or update, within 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988, a plan describing how the agency intends to meet such goal, including how it will implement this part, designate personnel primarily responsible for achieving such goal, and identify high priority projects; "(2) perform energy surveys of its Federal buildings to the extent necessary; "(3) using such surveys, apply energy conservation measures in a manner which will attain the goal established in subsection (a) in the most cost-effective manner practicable; and "(4) ensure that the operation and maintenance procedures applied under this section are continued. "SEC. 544. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF LIFE CYCLE COST METHODS AND PROCEDURES. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LiFE CYCLE COST METHODS AND PROCEDURES.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, and the Administrator of the General Services Administration, shall— "(1) establish practical and effective present value methods for estimating and comparing life cycle costs for Federal buildings, using the sum of ail capital and operating expenses associated with the energy system of the building involved over the expected life of such system or during a period of 25 years, whichever is shorter, and using average fuel costs and a discount rate determined by the Secretary; and "(2) develop and prescribe the procedures to be followed in applying and implementing the methods so established. "(b) U S E OF LIFE C^CLE COST METHODS AND PROCEDURES.—(1)
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design of new Federal buildings, and the application of energy conservation measures to existing Federal buildings, shall be made using life cycle cost methods and procedures established under subsection (a). "(2) In leasing buildings for its own use or that of another agency, each agency shall give appropriate preference to buildings which minimize life cycle costs. "(c) USE IN NON-FEDERAL STRUCTURES.—The Secretary shall make available information to the public on the use of life cycle cost methods in the construction of buildings, structures, and facilities in all segments of the economy. "SEC. 545. BUDGET TREATMENT FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES. "Each agency, in support of the President's annual budget request to the Congress, shall specifically set forth and identify funds requested for energy conservation measures.
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