3.0.0 6271 2019-11-15T21:22:02Z 2019-11-15T21:22:02Z House H HR 2008-06-12 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-06-12T14:02:25Z 2008-06-12 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000792 Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] ANTHONY WEINER D NY D. 9 N Energy Building construction Building materials Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Energy efficiency Environmental Protection Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Housing and Community Development Indoor air pollution Labeling Mass rapid transit Pollution control Real estate development Standards Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Water conservation Energy 00 2008-06-12 Introduced in House 2008-10-01T20:29:13Z Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) expand the Energy Star program to include the certification of buildings as green buildings; and (2) study and make recommendations concerning the streamlining of the certification process, development of an online certification program, and design of a program allowing certification by those without green building expertise.

Defines "green building" as a building constructed taking into account sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, indoor environmental quality, life-cycle concerns of building materials (including emissions and environmental impact), and transit and density-oriented development.

Requires a report to Congress setting forth the design of the expanded program.

]]> To provide for a green building certification program as part of the Energy Star program. Display Title To provide for a green building certification program as part of the Energy Star program. Official Title as Introduced To provide for a green building certification program as part of the Energy Star program. Introduced in House 2008-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6271ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6271ih.xml 2008-06-12 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.