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| Public Act 100-0729 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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(20 ILCS 3105/10.09-5 rep.)
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Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by | ||||
repealing Section 10.09-5. | ||||
Section 10. The Energy
Efficient Building Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 20 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 3125/20)
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Sec. 20. Applicability.
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(a) The Board shall review and adopt the Code within one | ||||
year after its publication. The Code shall take effect within 6 | ||||
months after it is adopted by the Board, except that, beginning | ||||
January 1, 2012, the Code adopted in 2012 shall take effect on | ||||
January 1, 2013. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the | ||||
Code and shall apply
to (i) any new building or structure in | ||||
this State for which a building permit
application is received | ||||
by a municipality or county and (ii) beginning on the effective | ||||
date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each | ||||
State facility specified in Section 4.01 of the Capital | ||||
Development Board Act , except as otherwise provided by this | ||||
Act.
In the case of any addition, alteration, renovation, or | ||||
repair to an existing commercial structure, the Code adopted | ||
under this Act applies only to the portions of that structure | ||
that are being added, altered, renovated, or repaired. The | ||
changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 97th | ||
General Assembly shall in no way invalidate or otherwise affect | ||
contracts entered into on or before the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
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(b) The following buildings shall be exempt from
the Code:
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(1) Buildings otherwise exempt from the provisions of a | ||
locally adopted
building code and buildings that do not | ||
contain a conditioned space.
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(2) Buildings that do not use either electricity or | ||
fossil fuel for
comfort
conditioning. For purposes of | ||
determining whether this exemption applies, a
building | ||
will be presumed to be heated by electricity, even in the | ||
absence of
equipment used for electric comfort heating, | ||
whenever the building is provided
with electrical service | ||
in excess of 100 amps, unless the code enforcement
official | ||
determines that this electrical service is necessary for | ||
purposes
other than providing electric comfort heating.
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(3) Historic buildings. This exemption shall apply to | ||
those buildings
that
are listed on the National Register of | ||
Historic Places or the Illinois
Register of Historic | ||
Places, and to those buildings that have been designated
as | ||
historically significant by a local governing body that is | ||
authorized to
make such designations.
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(4) (Blank). | ||
(5) Other buildings specified as exempt by the | ||
International Energy Conservation Code.
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(c) Additions, alterations, renovations, or repairs to an | ||
existing building, building system, or portion thereof shall | ||
conform to the provisions of the Code as they relate to new | ||
construction without requiring the unaltered portion of the | ||
existing building or building system to comply with the Code. | ||
The following need not comply with the Code, provided that the | ||
energy use of the building is not increased: (i) storm windows | ||
installed over existing fenestration, (ii) glass-only | ||
replacements in an existing sash and frame, (iii) existing | ||
ceiling, wall, or floor cavities exposed during construction, | ||
provided that these cavities are filled with insulation, and | ||
(iv) construction where the existing roof, wall, or floor is | ||
not exposed. | ||
(d) A unit of local government that does not regulate | ||
energy efficient building standards is not required to adopt, | ||
enforce, or administer the Code; however, any energy efficient | ||
building standards adopted by a unit of local government must | ||
comply with this Act. If a unit of local government does not | ||
regulate energy efficient building standards, any | ||
construction, renovation, or addition to buildings or | ||
structures is subject to the provisions contained in this Act. | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-778, eff. 8-28-09; 97-1033, eff. 8-17-12.) | ||
Section 15. The Green Buildings Act is amended by changing | ||
Sections 10 and 15 as follows: | ||
(20 ILCS 3130/10)
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Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||
"Board" means the Capital Development Board. | ||
"Comfort conditioned building" means a normally occupied | ||
building that is heated or cooled. | ||
"USGBC" means the United States Green Building Council. | ||
"LEED" means the USGBC Leadership in Energy and | ||
Environmental Design green building rating standard. | ||
"GBI" means The Green Building Initiative. | ||
"Green Globes" means the GBI green building construction | ||
model. | ||
"Major renovation" means a project with a construction | ||
budget that equals 40% or more of the building's current | ||
replacement cost.
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(Source: P.A. 96-73, eff. 7-24-09.) | ||
(20 ILCS 3130/15)
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Sec. 15. Green Buildings Standards.
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(a) All new State-funded building construction and major | ||
renovations of existing State-owned facilities must be | ||
designed to achieve, at a minimum, the silver certification of | ||
the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's rating | ||
system, as established by the United States Green Building | ||
Council, or an equivalent standard, including, but not limited | ||
to, a two-globe rating in the Green Globes USA design program. | ||
New buildings and major renovations of 10,000 contiguous square | ||
feet or more must obtain a USGBC LEED, GBI Green Globes, or | ||
equivalent certification are required to seek LEED, Green | ||
Globes, or equivalent certification. | ||
(b) (Blank). All construction and major renovation | ||
projects, regardless of size, must achieve the highest level of | ||
certification practical within the project budget. | ||
(1) New buildings and major renovations of less than | ||
10,000 square feet must meet the highest standard of the | ||
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's rating | ||
system for new commercial construction and major | ||
renovation projects, as established by the United States | ||
Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, | ||
including, but not limited to, the Green Building | ||
Initiative's Green Globes USA design program. USGBC LEED, | ||
GBI Green Globes, or the equivalent certification is not | ||
required. | ||
(2) New buildings and major renovations of 10,000 | ||
square feet or more must achieve the silver building rating | ||
of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's | ||
rating system for new commercial construction and major | ||
renovation projects, as established by the United States | ||
Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, | ||
including, but not limited to, a two-globe rating in the | ||
Green Globes USA design program. USGBC LEED, GBI Green | ||
Globes, or the equivalent certification is required. | ||
(c) Exemptions to these standards are buildings that are | ||
not "comfort" conditioned buildings, as determined by the | ||
Board. However, the project design team must document and | ||
incorporate all appropriate sustainable building methods, | ||
strategies, and technologies in the final design. | ||
(d) State agencies and the project design team may apply to | ||
the Board for a waiver from these standards. | ||
(e) Waivers shall be granted by the Board or an appropriate | ||
agency when the applicant can demonstrate and document any of | ||
the following:
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(1) An unreasonable financial burden, taking into | ||
account the operating and construction costs over the life | ||
of the building and the total cost of ownership of the | ||
building. | ||
(2) An unreasonable impediment to construction. | ||
(3) The standards would impair the principal function | ||
of the building. | ||
(4) The standards would compromise the historic nature | ||
of the structure. | ||
Documentation on the submittal must include at a minimum: | ||
(1) Life cycle cost analysis. | ||
(2) Energy modeling. | ||
The design team must provide the documentation for the new | ||
project to confirm that LEED, Green Globes, or the equivalent | ||
construction standards have been followed. | ||
(f) (Blank). In addition to any required LEED, Green | ||
Globes, or the equivalent criteria, the Board shall require | ||
that all projects referenced in subsection (a) implement at | ||
least one LEED alternative transportation criterion for public | ||
transportation or bicycle access. | ||
(g) (Blank). The green building standards contained in this | ||
Act shall be analyzed and evaluated by the Board 5 years after | ||
the effective date of this Act or upon the completion of 10 | ||
Board green projects, whichever comes first.
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(Source: P.A. 96-73, eff. 7-24-09.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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