Bill Text: TX SB454 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to improving state energy conservation, including through the use of thermostat settings and building efficiency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB454 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB454-Introduced.html
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| By: Ellis | S.B. No. 454 | |
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| relating to improving state energy conservation, including through | ||
| the use of thermostat settings and building efficiency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 447, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sections 447.014 and 447.015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 447.014. STATE ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND EXPENDITURES | ||
| DATABASE. The State Energy Conservation Office shall develop and | ||
| maintain a database of state agency energy consumption and | ||
| expenditures. The database must be designed to allow any agency to | ||
| determine the agency's energy consumption and expenditures in each | ||
| building occupied by the agency. The database may include the | ||
| square footage occupied by a state agency in a building. | ||
| Sec. 447.015. INTEGRATED BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. (a) | ||
| The State Energy Conservation Office, in consultation with the | ||
| Texas Facilities Commission and the Department of Information | ||
| Resources, shall develop a plan to incorporate integrated building | ||
| management systems that use existing or planned investments in | ||
| information technology infrastructure in each new state building or | ||
| major renovation of a state building, including a new building or | ||
| major renovation of a building of an institution of higher | ||
| education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, to | ||
| maximize efficiency of all building systems and reduce ongoing | ||
| maintenance costs. | ||
| (b) The plan developed under Subsection (a) must require an | ||
| integrated building management system to be capable of integrating | ||
| into a distributed and networked enterprise system to allow | ||
| real-time monitoring and management from an Internet device of | ||
| building systems, including energy performance, system | ||
| maintenance, physical security, systems to monitor operating | ||
| costs, and environmental performance. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2165.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2165.010. THERMOSTAT SETTINGS IN STATE BUILDINGS. (a) | ||
| A state agency or institution of higher education in charge and | ||
| control of a state building shall adjust thermostat settings within | ||
| industry standards for energy conservation, as determined by the | ||
| United States Department of Energy, to achieve occupant comfort and | ||
| to correspond to: | ||
| (1) seasonal temperature changes; and | ||
| (2) building occupancy schedules. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to a building containing | ||
| temperature sensitive operations, including computer and | ||
| laboratory facilities and buildings in which populations live or | ||
| are served on a 24-hour basis. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 388.005(e), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (e) A political subdivision, institution of higher | ||
| education, or state agency annually shall report to the State | ||
| Energy Conservation Office, on forms provided by that office, | ||
| regarding the entity's efforts and progress under this section. | ||
| The report must include the entity's seasonal specific thermostat | ||
| settings and thermostat settings for nonpeak or off hours. The | ||
| State Energy Conservation Office shall provide assistance and | ||
| information to the entity to help the entity meet the goals set | ||
| under this section. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
