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The Committee on Communications and Public Utilities (Bennett)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete line(s) 1199-1245

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and insert:

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     Section 16.  Subsection (1) of section 255.254, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     255.254  No facility constructed or leased without life-

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cycle costs.--

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     (1) A No state agency may not shall lease, construct, or

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have constructed, within limits prescribed herein, a facility

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without having secured from the department an a proper evaluation

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of life-cycle costs based on sustainable building ratings, as

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computed by an architect or engineer. Furthermore, construction

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shall proceed only upon disclosing to the department, for the

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facility chosen, the life-cycle costs as determined in s.

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255.255, its sustainable building rating goal, and the

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capitalization of the initial construction costs of the building.

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The life-cycle costs and the sustainable building rating goal

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shall be a primary considerations consideration in the selection

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of a building design. Such analysis shall be required only for

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construction of buildings with an area of 5,000 square feet or

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greater. For leased buildings 5,000 square feet areas of 20,000

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square feet or greater within a given building boundary, an

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energy performance a life-cycle analysis consisting of a

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projection of the annual energy consumption costs in dollars per

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square foot of major energy-consuming equipment and systems based

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on actual expenses, from the last 3 years, and projected forward

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for the term of the proposed lease shall be performed. The, and a

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lease shall only be made only where there is a showing that the

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energy life-cycle costs incurred by the state are minimal

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compared to available like facilities. Any building leased by the

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state from a private-sector entity shall include, as a part of

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the lease, provisions for monthly energy-use data to be collected

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and submitted monthly to the department by the owner of the

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building.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 85-89

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and insert:

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conservation for buildings; amending s. 255.254, F.S.;

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prohibiting a state agency from leasing or constructing a

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facility without having secured from the Department of

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Management Services an evaluation of life-cycle costs for

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the building; requiring certain leased buildings to have

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an energy performance analysis conducted; requiring the

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owner of any building leased by the state from the private

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sector to submit provisions for monthly energy use data;

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to the department; amending s. 255.255,

3/26/2008  5:08:00 PM     579-05871-08