B 24-0785 — Greener Government Buildings Amendment Act of 2022

ENGROSSEDENROLLED ORIGINAL AAN BILLACT 3______________ 24-785 5 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7 ____________________ 9 To amend the Green Building Act of 2006 to require that construction of new or substantially improved buildings that the District government owns or finances in significant part adhere to net zero energy standards and not incorporate fossil fuel consumption;

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(D) Maintain net zero energy compliance.”.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL (c) Paragraph (6) is amended by striking the phrase “shall fulfill or exceed” and inserting the phrase “shall maintain net zero energy compliance and fulfill or exceed” in its place.

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (2) Paragraph (5)(F) is amended by striking the phrase “;

(3) Paragraph (6) is amended by striking the period and inerstinginserting the phrase “;

"(C)“(C) Overseeing the environmental programs office established by section 501 of the Healthy Schools Act of 2010, effective July 27, 2010 (D.C.

and ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(D) Providing direct guidance and support to other agency divisions and District agencies on adhering with legislative and regulatory energy and sustainability mandates and achieving other energy and sustainability goals.”.

Official Code § 10–551.06) is amended to read as follows:

(1)“Priority Strikeconsideration for the phraseDistrict “givengovernment’s tofacility buildingsneeds fulfillingshall orbe exceeding”given and insert the phrase “given to buildings maintaining net zero energy compliance and to buildings fulfilling or exceeding”exceeding inthe itsLEED-NC place.2.2 standard or the LEED-CS 2.0 standard at the silver level.”.

(2)ENROLLED StrikeORIGINAL the(c) phraseA “Fornew purposessection of1022a thisis subsection,added theto terms”read and insert the phrase “For the purposes of this section, the term “net zero energy compliance” shall have the same meaning as providedfollows: in section 3(a)(7) of the Green Buildings Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C.

“Sec.

1022a.

Definitions.

For the purposes of this section, the term:

(1) “Department” means the Department of General Services.

(2) "LEED-CS" and "LEED-NC" shall have the same meanings as provided in section 2(28) and (30), respectively, of the Green Building Act of2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C.

Official CodeCode§ §6-1451.01(28) 6–1451.02(a)(7)), and the(30)). terms” in its place.

(c)(3) A“Net newzero sectionenergy 1027acompliance” isshall addedhave tothe readsame meaning as follows:provided in section 3(a)(7) of the Green Buildings Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C.

Law 16-234;

D.C.

Official Code § 6–1451.02(a)(7)).

(d) A new section 1027a is added to read as follows:

“(a) At least biennially, the Department of General Services (“Department”) shall host free training sessions for relevant Department employees, representatives of certified business enterprises in the industry, and interested outside parties on thethe: following topics:

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(3) Types of renewable energy generation systems used in District government buildings;

ENGROSSEDENROLLED ORIGINAL (b) The Chief Financial Officer shall certify the date of the inclusion of the fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan, and provide notice to the Budget Director of the Council of the certification.

______________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 4