Passed by the Senate April 18, 2011 YEAS 47   BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 7, 2011 YEAS 91   FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5485 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
Approved May 12, 2011, 2:30 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 13, 2011 Secretary of State State of Washington |
State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/16/11.
AN ACT Relating to maximizing the use of our state's natural resources; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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 accounting 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, carbon, and life-cycle accounting of
building materials; and
(iii) Incorporate into every project the ongoing monitoring,
verification, and reporting of a high performance public building's
actual performance over its life cycle.
(b) The report must include a list of any journal articles, study
summaries, and other scientific information reviewed by the University
of Washington and Washington State University in the development of the
report and the information relied upon by the University of Washington
and Washington State University in finalizing the report required under
(a) of this subsection.
(c) 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 from cradle to grave.
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.