{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-4-808","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 4–808","heading":"","body":"(a) To determine life-cycle costs, the Department, in cooperation with the Maryland Energy Administration, shall establish standards that require at least:\n(1) an evaluation of:\n(i) the amount and type of glass used in the building and the directions of exposure;\n(ii) the effect of insulation incorporated into the design of the building;\n(iii) the effect of the use of active and passive solar energy systems;\n(iv) if wind or solar energy is used, the orientation and integration of the building with respect to its site; and\n(v) the variable occupancy and operating conditions of the building and its parts;\n(2) an energy consumption analysis of each major piece of equipment in any of the following systems serving the building:\n(i) the cooling system;\n(ii) the heating system;\n(iii) the hot water system;\n(iv) the lighting system;\n(v) the ventilation system; and\n(vi) any other major energy-using system; and\n(3) a comparison of possible alternative energy systems:\n(i) that would use the most plentiful and available energy resources in combinations that would result in maximum energy efficiency, both in the building and at the source; and\n(ii) with respect to the projected annual energy consumption of the major energy-using equipment of each system over the life of the building.\n(b) To evaluate life-cycle costs, the Department shall:\n(1) adopt and uniformly apply a definition of the “life of the building”; and\n(2) provide defending criteria for the definition adopted.","path":["Article - State Finance and Procurement"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gsf\u0026section=4-808","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:00:48Z","sha256":"db1aa74c29e05b333ef82dda2ab1d61b672999e6e2148bf5f7ee89c6aa7dbc28","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-4-807","next":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-4-809"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}