82R487 EAH-D
By: Ellis S.B. No. 454
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.