2010 Tennessee Code
Title 4 - State Government
Chapter 15 - State Building Commission
4-15-104 - Rules and regulations for construction.
4-15-104. Rules and regulations for construction.
(a) The commission is authorized to prescribe standards and promulgate rules and regulations for the construction of state buildings, and the procedure to be followed with respect thereto.
(b) (1) The commission is encouraged to promulgate rules and regulations that require design, construction, and certification of state buildings with at least a rating of two (2) Green Globes or an equivalent rating under a comparable standard. The department of finance and administration shall monitor and document ongoing savings that result from the operation of state buildings that are designed, constructed, and certified as achieving two (2) Green Globes or an equivalent rating under a comparable standard.
(2) (A) Green Globes standard means the green building assessment tool established in the United States for commercial buildings by the Green Building Initiative; and
(B) Rating of two (2) Green Globes means that a building has achieved the requisite number of points prescribed by the Green Globes standard for this rating.
[Acts 1955, ch. 304, § 4; T.C.A., § 4-1504; Acts 2008, ch. 905, § 1.]
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