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56.777 High-Performance Buildings Advisory Committee -- Membership -Duties -- Administrative regulations -- Resource utilization.
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A High-Performance Buildings Advisory Committee is hereby created and shall
be administratively staffed by the cabinet.
The committee shall consist of fifteen (15) members and shall include:
(a) A representative of the cabinet designated by the secretary;
(b) A representative of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet designated by
the secretary;
(c) A representative of the Department of Education designated by the
commissioner;
(d) A representative of the Council on Postsecondary Education designated
by the president;
(e) A representative of the Department for Energy Development and
Independence designated by the commissioner; and
(f) A representative appointed by the Governor from each of the following:
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The design and construction industry involved in public works
contracting;
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The Kentucky Chapter of the U. S. Green Building Council;
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The University of Kentucky College of Design;
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The Kentucky Forest Industries Association;
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The Kentucky Society of the American Institute of Architects;
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The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and
Air-Conditioning Engineers; and
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The Home Builders Association of Kentucky;
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The Associated General Contractors of Kentucky;
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The West Kentucky Construction Association; and
10. The Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute.
The representative of the cabinet shall serve as the chairperson of the
committee. All appointments shall be for a term of two (2) years. Committee
members shall serve until their successors are appointed and shall be eligible
for reappointment.
The committee shall meet at least monthly or as convened by the chairperson.
The members of the committee shall receive reimbursement for the cost of
travel to and from the meetings and any costs necessarily incurred in carrying
out their duties.
The committee shall:
(a) Consult with architects, engineers, builders, energy and conservation
organizations, and other interested stakeholders, and make
recommendations to the cabinet regarding:
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Standards
and
benchmarks
developed
under
existing
high-performance building programs, including the ENERGY STAR
rating system, Green Globes rating system, and Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building rating
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system; and
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Standards and guidelines developed and adopted by the U.S.
Green Building Council, the American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, and the Illuminating
Engineering Society of North America partnership concerning the
design of sustainable buildings to balance environmental
responsibility, resource efficiency, occupant comfort and well-being,
and community sensitivity;
(b) Assist the cabinet in the review of state building projects to ensure that
building performance and efficiency are maximized to the extent
economically feasible using a life-cycle cost analysis;
(c) Assist the cabinet in developing a process of documentation of the
attainment of high-performance building standards; and
(d) Assist the cabinet in conducting an ongoing professional development
program for state and local building designers, construction companies,
school districts, building managers, and the general public on
high-performance building design, construction, maintenance, and
operation.
Prior to the implementation of KRS 56.770 to 56.784, the cabinet shall
promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A necessary
to implement this section. The cabinet shall consider the recommendations
made by the High-Performance Buildings Advisory Committee pursuant to
subsection (6) of this section and shall establish the criteria for the
high-performance building standards and the benchmarks by which the
high-performance building standards will be measured. At a minimum, the
cabinet shall:
(a) Include the standards for site selection and management, water
efficiency, energy conservation, waste reduction, material and resource
use, and indoor air quality; and
(b) Require that each high-performance building be designed, constructed, or
renovated so that it is capable of being rated as an ENERGY STAR
building in accordance with the criteria and rating system adopted by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency and in effect at the time
the building is designed or, in the case of leased buildings, at the time the
lease is entered into on or after July 1, 2018.
In developing the criteria for the high-performance building standards, the
cabinet shall consider and encourage the use of:
(a) Locally grown lumber from forest lands implementing sustainable
practices established by the American Tree Farm Systems Sustainable
Forest Initiative or the Kentucky Forest Stewardship Program established
under KRS 149.330 to 149.355;
(b) Building materials manufactured with recycled content within the
Commonwealth; and
(c) Renewable energy sources.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 5, effective February
25, 2010; and amended ch. 24, sec. 54, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 7, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created 2008 Ky. Acts
ch. 139, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). This section was amended
by 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24 and repealed and reenacted by 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5.
Notwithstanding KRS 446.260, these Acts do not appear to be in conflict and
have been codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (2/25/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5,
sec. 28, provides that the repeal and reenactment of this section in that Act
"shall apply retroactively to July 15, 2008."
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