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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 152
BY REPRESENTATIVE ORTEGO
COMMERCE: Requests the office of facility planning and control, municipalities, parishes,
and state universities and colleges to utilize the LEED rating system in the
renovation and construction of buildings
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the office of facility planning and control of the Division of2
Administration, municipalities, parishes, and state universities and colleges to utilize3
the LEED rating system in the construction and renovation of buildings.4
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature desires to grow the twenty-first century5
economy by encouraging the expansion of healthy, resilient, high-performing building6
design and practice; and7
WHEREAS, public policy that promotes healthy, resilient, high-performing building8
design and practices complements existing policies relating to development and9
environmental stewardship; and10
WHEREAS, the U.S. Green Building Council has, in a national collaborative11
process, created and supports the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)12
green building rating systems and maintains certification processes for new and existing13
buildings that together identify and verify a range of responsible design, construction, and14
maintenance practices that can improve human and environmental health in buildings and15
their surroundings while saving energy, water, and money; and16
WHEREAS, a building that has been designed, renovated, built, operated, and17
certified as compliant with LEED is recognized to provide, on average, a wide array of18
benefits compared to typical building rating systems including but not limited to: reduced19
energy consumption and costs; reduced water consumption and costs; improved occupant20 HLS 14RS-3364 ORIGINAL
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comfort, health and associated costs; reduced carbon footprint and other building-related1
environmental impacts; improved building value; reduced operating costs; significant return2
on investment, especially when applying life cycle cost methodology; and 3
WHEREAS, in a 2012 study published by the Harvard Business School, researchers4
found that local government commitments to green buildings produce a near doubling effect5
of private investment, supply, and market uptake of green building in jurisdictions that adopt6
green building rating systems, particularly those that adopt the Leadership in Energy and7
Environmental Design created by the U.S. Green Building Council; and 8
WHEREAS, numerous local governments in the United States, states, and federal9
agencies or departments have embraced public policy initiatives that promote benchmarking10
buildings with LEED, the world's preeminent green building system.11
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby12
urge and request the office of facility planning and control of the division of administration13
and state colleges and universities to utilize the LEED rating system created by the U.S.14
Green Building Council in the renovation and construction of buildings.15
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge16
and request that municipalities and parishes utilize the LEED rating system created by the17
U.S. Green Building Council in the renovation and construction of municipal or parish18
buildings.19
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be sent to the20
commissioner of the division of administration, the director of the office of facility planning21
and control of the division of administration, the president of each state university system,22
the president of each state university or college, the president of the Louisiana Municipal23
Association Board of Directors, the president of the executive board of the Police Jury24
Association of Louisiana, and the executive director of the Louisiana Chapter of the U.S.25
Green Building Council.26 HLS 14RS-3364 ORIGINAL
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Ortego HCR No. 152
Urges and requests that the office of facility planning and control of the division of
administration, municipalities, parishes, and state universities and colleges utilize the LEED
rating system in the construction and renovation of buildings.