SB87 Alabama 2010 Session

This bill would provide for the Energy Independence and Sustainable Construction Act of Alabama to promote effective energy and environmental standards for the construction and rehabilitation of state-owned buildings in Alabama

The bill would provide certain defined terms for state-funded construction of energy efficient buildings and major facility projects

Relating to the construction and renovation of state buildings and major facility projects; to provide for the Alabama Energy Independence and Sustainable Construction Act; to adopt high efficiency standards for state buildings and facilities; to state purposes, objectives, and procedures for achieving higher efficiency in building codes; to provide for administration and long-term data analysis by the Alabama Building Commission to assess the effectiveness of using higher efficiency standards; and to provide for the certification of state buildings and facilities using certain standards of the U.S. Green Building Council, and providing for periodic reporting by the commission to the Legislature.