KRS 56.775: Required high -performance building standards -- Use of energy -efficiency

products.

To improve energy efficiency throughout state government, the cabinet and universities

that manage their own capital construction projects under KRS 164A.580 shall:

(1) Beginning July 1, 2009, require that all construction or renovation of public

buildings for which fifty percent (50%) or more of the total capital cost is paid by

the Commonwealth shall be designed and constructed, or renovated, to meet the

high-performance building standards established in KRS 56.777. This subsection

applies to all projects that have not entered the design phase prior to January 1,

2009;

(2) Require that all building leases entered into by the Commonwealth or any of its

agencies on and aft er July 1, 2018, shall meet the high -performance building

standards. From July 15, 2008 and prior to July 1, 2018, a building that meets the

high-performance building standards established in this section shall be given a

preference in the state leasing pr ocess over other buildings that do not meet the

high-performance building standards; and

(3) Incorporate ENERGY STAR-qualified products in state agency procurements to the

extent economically feasible using a life-cycle cost analysis.