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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 amendments)

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     Delete lines 1258-1336

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and insert:

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     Section 18.  Section 255.257, Florida Statutes, is amended

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to read:

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     255.257  Energy management; buildings occupied by state

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agencies.--

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     (1)  ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND COST DATA.--Each state agency

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shall collect data on energy consumption and cost. The data

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gathered shall be on state-owned facilities and metered state-

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leased facilities of 5,000 net square feet or more. These data

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will be used in the computation of the effectiveness of the state

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energy management plan and the effectiveness of the energy

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management program of each of the state agencies. Collected data

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shall be reported annually to the department in a format

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prescribed by the department.

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     (2)  ENERGY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS.--Each state agency, the

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Florida Public Service Commission, the Department of Military

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Affairs, and the judicial branch shall appoint a coordinator

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whose responsibility shall be to advise the head of the state

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agency on matters relating to energy consumption in facilities

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under the control of that head or in space occupied by the

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various units comprising that state agency, in vehicles operated

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by that state agency, and in other energy-consuming activities of

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the state agency. The coordinator shall implement the energy

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management program agreed upon by the state agency concerned and

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assist the department in the development of the State Energy

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Management Plan.

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     (3)  CONTENTS OF THE STATE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN.--The

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Department of Management Services shall may develop a state

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energy management plan consisting of, but not limited to, the

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following elements:

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     (a)  Data-gathering requirements;

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     (b)  Building energy audit procedures;

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     (c)  Uniform data analysis procedures;

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     (d)  Employee energy education program measures;

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     (e)  Energy consumption reduction techniques;

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     (f) Training program for state agency energy management

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coordinators; and

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     (g)  Guidelines for building managers.

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The plan shall include a description of actions to be taken by

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all state agencies to reduce consumption of electricity and

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nonrenewable energy sources used for space heating and cooling,

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ventilation, lighting, water heating, and transportation.

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     (4) All state agencies shall adopt the United States Green

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Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

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(LEED) rating system, the Green Building Initiative's Green

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Globes rating system, or the Florida Green Building Coalition

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standards.

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     (5) A state agency may not enter into new leasing

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agreements for office space that does not meet Energy Star

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building standards unless the appropriate state government entity

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executive determines that no other viable or cost-effective

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alternative exists.

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     (6) All state agencies shall develop energy-conservation

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measures and guidelines for new and existing office space where

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state agencies occupy more than 5,000 square feet. These

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conservation measures shall focus on programs that may reduce

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energy consumption and, when established, will provide a net

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reduction in occupancy costs.

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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 lines 92-100

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and insert:

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amending s. 255.257, F.S.; requiring that energy

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consumption and cost be reported to the department

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annually in a format prescribed by the department;

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providing duties of energy-management coordinators;

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requiring that the department of Management Services

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develop a state energy-management plan; requiring that

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state agencies adopt certain rating systems; prohibiting

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state agencies from entering into leasing agreements for

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office space not meeting certain building standards;

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providing an exception; requiring that state agencies

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develop energy-conservation measures and guidelines for

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new and existing office space in which state agencies

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occupy greater than a specified amount of square footage;

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providing requirements for such measures; creating s.

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286.275, F.S.; requiring

3/26/2008  5:56:00 PM     579-05868A-08