3.0.0 1191 2023-01-11T13:24:39Z 2023-01-11T13:24:39Z Senate S S 2013-06-19 113 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg01 Energy Subcommittee Hearings by 2013-06-25T22:04:30Z Referred to 2013-06-19T19:40:55Z Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 113 2126 HR 2014-03-06 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 113 2074 S 2014-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 113 2971 S 2014-12-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2013-06-25 sseg01 Energy Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-70. Committee 2013-06-19 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2013-06-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2013-06-19 True Energy Building construction Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental technology Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Industrial facilities Lighting, heating, cooling Real estate business Energy 00 2013-06-19 Introduced in Senate 2013-07-22T21:55:06Z Better Buildings Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Department of Energy's (DOE) Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to study the feasibility of: (1) significantly improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures, and (2) encouraging owners and tenants to implement such measures in separate spaces. Requires the Secretary to publish such study on DOE's website.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Energy to develop a voluntary Tenant Star program within the Energy Star program to recognize tenants in commercial buildings that voluntarily achieve high levels of energy efficiency in separate spaces. Requires DOE's Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to collect data on categories of building occupancy that consume significant quantities of energy and on other aspects of the property, building operation, or building occupancy determined to be relevant to lowering energy consumption. Prohibits the impact on climate change from being a factor in determining energy efficiency of commercial building tenants.

]]> Better Buildings Act of 2013 Display Title Better Buildings Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate better alignment, cooperation, and best practices between commercial real estate landlords and tenants regarding energy efficiency in buildings, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Better Buildings Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1191is/xml/BILLS-113s1191is.xml 2013-06-25 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-70. 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.