ESSB 5485 -
By Committee on Capital Budget
ADOPTED AS AMENDED 04/07/2011
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 (1)(a) The University of Washington, led by
the college of built environments, and Washington State University, led
by the college of engineering and architecture, shall conduct a review
of other states' existing building codes, international standards,
peer-reviewed research, and models and tools of life-cycle assessment,
embodied energy, and embodied carbon in building materials.
(b) This review must identify:
(i) If the standards and models are developed according to a
recognized consensus-based process;
(ii) If the standards and models could be implemented as part of
building standards or building codes; and
(iii) The scope of life-cycle impacts that the standards and models
address.
(2)(a) By September 1, 2012, the University of Washington and
Washington State University shall submit a report to the legislature
consistent with RCW 43.01.036. In addition to providing the data
required in subsection (1) of this section, the report must include
recommendations to the legislature for methodologies to:
(i) Determine if a standard, model, or tool using life-cycle
assessment can be sufficiently developed to be incorporated into the
state building code;
(ii) Develop a comprehensive guideline using common and consistent
metrics for the embodied energy and carbon in building materials; and
(iii) Incorporate into every project the ongoing monitoring,
verification, and reporting of a building's actual performance over its
life cycle.
(b) When developing its recommendations under this section, the
University of Washington and Washington State University shall seek
input from organizations representing design and construction
professionals, academics, building materials industries, and life-cycle
assessment experts.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "life-cycle assessment" means
manufacturing, construction, operation, and disposal of products used
in the construction of buildings.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 (1)(a) By December 1, 2012, the department
of general administration shall make recommendations to the
legislature, consistent with RCW 43.01.036, for streamlining current
statutory requirements for life-cycle cost analysis, energy
conservation in design, and high performance of public buildings.
(b) The department of general administration shall make
recommendations on what statutory revisions, if any, are needed to the
state's energy life-cycle cost analysis to account for comprehensive
life-cycle impacts of carbon emissions.
(2) In making its recommendations to the legislature under
subsection (1) of this section, the department of general
administration shall use the report prepared by the University of
Washington and Washington State University under section 1 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 If specific funding for the purposes of this
act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by
June 30, 2011, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and
void."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Removes the intent section;
Specifies that the University of Washington's (UW) college of built
environments and Washington State University's (WSU) college of
engineering and architecture are responsible for the review and
recommendations to the legislature;
Modifies the requirements of the review conducted by the UW and WSU
by changing what must be reviewed and the types of recommendations the
UW and WSU must make to the legislature;
Removes the requirement that the study be conducted in conjunction
with a nonprofit consortium and in consultation with the state building
code council;
Defines "life-cycle assessment";
Specifies that the report submitted by the department of general
administration (GA) must be submitted to the legislature by December 1,
2012, and requires the GA to consider the report submitted by the UW
and WSU; and
Adds a null and void clause.