HF 1644

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to energy; requiring an energy efficiency 
  1.3             impact statement and energy efficiency standards for 
  1.4             capital improvement projects and public buildings; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 16B.335, by 
  1.6             adding a subdivision; 216C.20, subdivision 1; and 
  1.7             471.345, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for 
  1.8             new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  [16A.644] [ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIRED.] 
  1.11     (a) Beginning January 1, 2002, to be eligible for funding 
  1.12  from the bond proceeds fund, a project must meet the 
  1.13  requirements in paragraphs (b) to (f).  
  1.14     (b) An energy efficiency impact statement must be prepared 
  1.15  and paid for by the project proposer and submitted to the 
  1.16  commissioner.  An energy efficiency impact statement must 
  1.17  consider all energy-conserving features available, including, 
  1.18  but not limited to, passive solar design, active solar heating 
  1.19  and cooling, insulation, solar electric, geothermal wells, heat 
  1.20  pumps, natural lighting, large-gauge wiring and plumbing, on-off 
  1.21  lighting sensors, temperature monitors and regulators, and other 
  1.22  techniques and technologies defined by the commissioner of 
  1.23  commerce. 
  1.24     (c) Each project must implement energy-conserving 
  1.25  technologies that can demonstrate a payback over an eight-year 
  1.26  period, discounted at a rate one percent above the state's cost 
  1.27  of borrowing at the time of the appropriation.  A payback 
  2.1   calculation must exclude any increased cost associated with the 
  2.2   recycled content provision of section 16B.121.  
  2.3      (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c), internal air 
  2.4   quality must not be compromised and design planning must 
  2.5   evaluate strategies to improve internal air quality by 
  2.6   specifying materials and coatings with low toxicity.  The cost 
  2.7   of heat and air exchange technologies must be included in the 
  2.8   energy efficiency impact statement. 
  2.9      (e) All new construction must be designed in a manner that 
  2.10  could incorporate photovoltaic cells at a future date. 
  2.11     (f) All buildings that will be expanded by 25 percent or 
  2.12  more in internal floor space are subject to this section. 
  2.13     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16B.335, is 
  2.14  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.15     Subd. 3a.  [ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED.] A 
  2.16  recipient to whom an appropriation is made for a project subject 
  2.17  to review under subdivision 1 or notice under subdivision 2 must 
  2.18  prepare an energy efficiency impact statement and submit it to 
  2.19  the commissioner before proceeding with design activities.  An 
  2.20  energy efficiency impact statement must consider all 
  2.21  energy-conserving features available, including, but not limited 
  2.22  to, passive solar design, active solar heating and cooling, 
  2.23  insulation, solar electric, geothermal wells, heat pumps, 
  2.24  natural lighting, large-gauge wiring and plumbing, on-off 
  2.25  lighting sensors, temperature monitors and regulators, and other 
  2.26  techniques and technologies defined by the commissioner of 
  2.27  commerce.  The cost of heat and air exchange technologies must 
  2.28  be included in the energy efficiency impact statement. 
  2.29     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective January 1, 2002.
  2.30     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 216C.20, 
  2.31  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.32     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICABILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY.] (a) The 
  2.33  rules concerning heat loss, illumination, and climate control 
  2.34  standards adopted pursuant to section 16B.61, subdivision 1, 
  2.35  shall include standards for all existing buildings heated by 
  2.36  oil, coal, gas, or electric units which are owned by the state, 
  3.1   the university of Minnesota, any city, any county, or any school 
  3.2   district.  Compliance with standards adopted pursuant to this 
  3.3   section shall not be mandatory for buildings owned by any city, 
  3.4   county or school district, except as otherwise provided by this 
  3.5   section. 
  3.6      (b) The rules adopted under section 16B.61, subdivision 1, 
  3.7   must also include the standards described in paragraphs (c) to 
  3.8   (e) for all new buildings and major renovations to buildings 
  3.9   owned by: 
  3.10     (1) the state, effective January 1, 2002; 
  3.11     (2) counties, home rule charter and statutory cities, the 
  3.12  University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota state colleges and 
  3.13  universities, effective July 1, 2006; and 
  3.14     (3) school districts and other special taxing districts, 
  3.15  effective July 1, 2011.  
  3.16     (c) The standards must include requirements for 
  3.17  energy-conserving technologies that can demonstrate a payback 
  3.18  over an eight-year period, discounted at a rate one percent 
  3.19  above the state's cost of borrowing at the time of the 
  3.20  appropriation.  A payback calculation must exclude any increased 
  3.21  cost associated with the recycled content provision of section 
  3.22  16B.121.  
  3.23     (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), internal air quality 
  3.24  must not be compromised and standards for design planning must 
  3.25  evaluate strategies to improve internal air quality by 
  3.26  specifying materials and coatings with low toxicity. 
  3.27     (e) All new construction must be designed in a manner that 
  3.28  could include photovoltaic cells at a future date. 
  3.29     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 471.345, is 
  3.30  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.31     Subd. 13a.  [ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPACT STATEMENT 
  3.32  REQUIRED.] Before entering into a contract for a new building or 
  3.33  for the expansion of an existing building by 25 percent or more 
  3.34  in internal floor space, a municipality must prepare an energy 
  3.35  efficiency impact statement.  An energy efficiency impact 
  3.36  statement must consider all energy-conserving features 
  4.1   available, including, but not limited to, passive solar design, 
  4.2   active solar heating and cooling, insulation, solar electric, 
  4.3   geothermal wells, heat pumps, natural lighting, large-gauge 
  4.4   wiring and plumbing, on-off lighting sensors, temperature 
  4.5   monitors and regulators, and other techniques and technologies 
  4.6   defined by the commissioner of commerce.  The cost of heat and 
  4.7   air exchange technologies must be included in the energy 
  4.8   efficiency impact statement. 
  4.9      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective January 1, 2002.