Sec. 16a-38h. Buildings leased to state. Energy requirements.

(a) On and after July 1, 1984, the Department of Administrative Services may not execute a new lease for use by the state of any building having ten thousand or more gross square feet and which is not occupied or possessed by the state at the time of execution of the lease unless (1) the owner or agent of the owner of the building (A) has had an energy audit conducted for the building, (B) has implemented the operational and maintenance improvements recommended by the energy audit, and (C) agrees in the lease to maintain such improvements, (2) energy consumption data are obtained for the two years preceding execution of the lease or the life of the building, whichever is shorter, (3) the building has a certificate of occupancy and no uncorrected violations of the State Building Code adopted under section 29-252 and the applicable municipal housing code, and (4) an efficiency test for the building's boiler has been conducted.

(b) In selecting buildings to lease for state use, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall give preference to buildings which meet any applicable energy performance standards, including buildings which use solar heating and cooling equipment or other renewable energy sources and which otherwise minimize life-cycle costs.

(P.A. 83-58; P.A. 87-496, S. 79, 110; P.A. 03-230, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 44; P.A. 16-173, S. 15.)

History: P.A. 87-496 substituted “public works” for “administrative services” department; P.A. 03-230 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added provisions formerly found in Sec. 16a-38a as Subsec. (b) re leasing of energy efficient buildings; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” and “Department of Public Works” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-173 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “any applicable” and deleting “established in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 16a-38”, effective July 1, 2016.