5485-S.E AMH ENVI H2333.3

ESSB 5485  - H COMM AMD
     By Committee on Environment

NOT CONSIDERED 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, 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 if the standards and models:
     (i) Are developed according to a recognized consensus-based process;
     (ii) 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 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; and
     (ii) Develop a comprehensive guideline using common and consistent metrics for the embodied energy and carbon in building materials.
     (b) When developing its recommendations under this section, the University of Washington 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 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 is responsible for the review and recommendations to the legislature;
     Modifies the requirements of the review conducted by the UW by changing what must be reviewed and the types of recommendations the UW must make to the legislature;
     Removes the requirements that the UW conduct the review 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
     Adds a null and void clause.

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