United States. Congress

“ Establishment— The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, shall establish an Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency Finance to provide advice and recommendations to the Department on energy efficiency finance and investment issues, options, ideas, and trends, and to assist the energy community in identifying practical ways of lowering costs and increasing investments in energy efficiency technologies. ”

“ FEDERAL FACILITIES— With respect to the existing or proposed Federal facility at which a demonstration project under this section is conducted, the Federal facility shall— (A) be an appropriate model for a project relating to— (i) the effectiveness of high-performance technologies; (ii) analysis of materials, components, systems, and emergency operations in the building, and the impact of those materials, components, and systems, including the impact on the health of building occupants; (iii) life-cycle costing and life-cycle assessment of building materials and systems ”

“ In General— The Federal Director and the Commercial Director shall establish guidelines to implement a demonstration project to contribute to the research goals of the Office of Commercial High-Performance Green Buildings and the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings. ”