Full Text of SB1706 98th General Assembly
SB1706 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB1706 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Green Buildings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Green Building Standards.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Green Buildings Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 15 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 3130/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Green Buildings Standards.
| 8 | | (a) All new State-funded building construction and major | 9 | | renovations of existing State-owned facilities are required to | 10 | | seek LEED, Green Globes, or equivalent certification. | 11 | | (b) All construction and major renovation projects, | 12 | | regardless of size, must achieve the the highest level of | 13 | | certification practical within the project budget. | 14 | | (1) New buildings and major renovations of less than | 15 | | 10,000 square feet must meet the highest standard of the | 16 | | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's rating | 17 | | system for new commercial construction and major | 18 | | renovation projects, as established by the United States | 19 | | Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, | 20 | | including, but not limited to, the Green Building | 21 | | Initiative's Green Globes USA design program. USGBC LEED, | 22 | | GBI Green Globes, or the equivalent certification is not | 23 | | required. |
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| 1 | | (2) New buildings and major renovations of 10,000 | 2 | | square feet or more must achieve the silver building rating | 3 | | of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's | 4 | | rating system for new commercial construction and major | 5 | | renovation projects, as established by the United States | 6 | | Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, | 7 | | including, but not limited to, a two-globe rating in the | 8 | | Green Globes USA design program. USGBC LEED, GBI Green | 9 | | Globes, or the equivalent certification is required. | 10 | | (c) Exemptions to these standards are buildings that are | 11 | | not "comfort" conditioned as determined by the Board. However, | 12 | | the project design team must document and incorporate all | 13 | | appropriate sustainable building methods, strategies, and | 14 | | technologies in the final design. | 15 | | (d) State agencies and the project design team may apply to | 16 | | the Board for a waiver from these standards. | 17 | | (e) Waivers shall be granted by the Board or an appropriate | 18 | | agency when the applicant can demonstrate and document:
| 19 | | (1) An unreasonable financial burden, taking into | 20 | | account the operating and construction costs over the life | 21 | | of the building and the total cost of ownership of the | 22 | | building. | 23 | | (2) An unreasonable impediment to construction. | 24 | | (3) The standards would impair the principal function | 25 | | of the building. | 26 | | (4) The standards would compromise the historic nature |
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| 1 | | of the structure. | 2 | | Documentation on the submittal must include at a minimum: | 3 | | (1) Life cycle cost analysis. | 4 | | (2) Energy modeling. | 5 | | The design team must provide the documentation for the new | 6 | | project to confirm that LEED, Green Globes, or the equivalent | 7 | | construction standards have been followed. | 8 | | (f) In addition to any required LEED, Green Globes, or the | 9 | | equivalent criteria, the Board shall require that all projects | 10 | | referenced in subsection (a) implement at least one LEED | 11 | | alternative transportation criterion for public transportation | 12 | | or bicycle access. | 13 | | (g) The green building standards contained in this Act | 14 | | shall be analyzed and evaluated by the Board 5 years after the | 15 | | effective date of this Act or upon the completion of 10 Board | 16 | | green projects, whichever comes first.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-73, eff. 7-24-09.)
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