34-451

34-451. Energy conservation standards for
public buildings

A. The department of commerce in consultation with persons responsible for building
systems shall adopt and publish energy conservation standards for construction of all new
capital projects as defined in section 41-790, including buildings designed and
constructed by school districts, community college districts and universities. These
standards shall be consistent with the recommended energy conservation standards of the
American society of heating, refrigerating and air conditioning engineers and the
international energy conservation code.

B. The standards shall be adopted to achieve energy conservation and shall allow
for design flexibility.

C. The following state agencies shall reduce energy use in public buildings that
they administer by ten per cent per square foot of floor area on or before July 1, 2008
and by fifteen per cent per square foot of floor area on or before July 1, 2011, using
July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002 as the baseline year:

1. The department of administration for its building systems.

2. The Arizona board of regents for its building systems.

3. The department of transportation for its building systems.

D. The state energy office shall provide technical assistance to the state agencies
prescribed in subsection C of this section. On or before July 1 of each year, the state
energy office shall measure compliance with subsection C of this section, compile the
results of that monitoring and report to the speaker of the house of representatives and
the president of the senate as to the progress of attaining the goals prescribed in
subsection C of this section. The state energy office shall include in its report an
explanation of the reasons for any failure to achieve energy reductions in specific
building systems as prescribed in subsection C of this section.

E. All state agencies shall procure energy efficient products that are certified by
the United States department of energy or the United States environmental protection
agency as energy star or that are certified under the federal energy management program
in all categories that are available unless the products are shown not to be
cost-effective on a life cycle cost basis.