US HB1867 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings. This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require a federal agency leasing space in a building without an Energy Star label to include in its lease provisions requirements that the space's energy efficiency be measured against a nationally-recognized benchmark. The agency must also meet certain energy consumption disclosure requirements. The Department of Energy (DOE) must study and report on: (1) the impact of state and local performance benchmarking and disclosure policies for commercial and multifamily buildings; (2) the impact of programs and systems in which utilities provide aggregated information regarding whole building energy consumption and usage information to owners of multitenant commercial, residential, and mixed-use buildings; and (3) the best practice policy approaches studied in those impact analyses that have resulted in the greatest improvements in building energy efficiency. DOE must maintain a database for storing and making available public energy-related information on commercial and multifamily buildings.

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Title

To encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings.

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-04-17HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2015-04-16HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-04-16HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB873 (Related) 2015-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
HB1802 (Related) 2015-04-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
SB1 (Related) 2015-03-04 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
SB128 (Related) 2015-01-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB535 (Related) 2015-04-30 - Became Public Law No: 114-11. (TXT | PDF)
SB720 (Related) 2015-09-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 210.
SB1052 (Related) 2015-04-30 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
HB2177 (Related) 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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