PUBLIC LAW 110–140—DEC. 19, 2007
121 STAT. 1597
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(ii) ballasts; (iii) luminaires; (iv) lighting controls; (v) daylighting; and (vi) early use of other highly cost-effective lighting technologies. (6) COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES.—The term ‘‘cost-effective technologies and practices’’ means a technology or practice that— (A) will result in substantial operational cost savings by reducing electricity or fossil fuel consumption, water, or other utility costs, including use of geothermal heat pumps; (B) complies with the provisions of section 553 of Public Law 95–619 (42 U.S.C. 8259b) and Federal acquisition regulation 23–203; and (C) is at least as energy and water conserving as required under this title, including sections 431 through 435, and title V, including sections 511 through 525, which shall be applicable to the extent that they are more stringent or require greater energy or water savings than required by this section. (7) FEDERAL DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Federal Director’’ means the individual appointed to the position established under section 436(a). (8) FEDERAL FACILITY.—The term ‘‘Federal facility’’ means any building that is constructed, renovated, leased, or purchased in part or in whole for use by the Federal Government. (9) OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘operational cost savings’’ means a reduction in end-use operational costs through the application of cost-effective technologies and practices or geothermal heat pumps, including a reduction in electricity consumption relative to consumption by the same customer or at the same facility in a given year, as defined in guidelines promulgated by the Administrator pursuant to section 329(b) of the Clean Air Act, that achieves cost savings sufficient to pay the incremental additional costs of using cost-effective technologies and practices including geothermal heat pumps by not later than the later of the date established under sections 431 through 434, or— (i) for cost-effective technologies and practices, the date that is 5 years after the date of installation; and (ii) for geothermal heat pumps, as soon as practical after the date of installation of the applicable geothermal heat pump. (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘operational cost savings’’ includes savings achieved at a facility as a result of— (i) the installation or use of cost-effective technologies and practices; or (ii) the planting of vegetation that shades the facility and reduces the heating, cooling, or lighting needs of the facility. (C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘operational cost savings’’ does not include savings from measures that would likely
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