Full Text of SB3031 100th General Assembly
SB3031eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | (20 ILCS 3105/10.09-5 rep.)
| 5 | | Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by | 6 | | repealing Section 10.09-5. | 7 | | Section 10. The Energy
Efficient Building Act is amended by | 8 | | changing Section 20 as follows: | 9 | | (20 ILCS 3125/20)
| 10 | | Sec. 20. Applicability.
| 11 | | (a) The Board shall review and adopt the Code within one | 12 | | year after its publication. The Code shall take effect within 6 | 13 | | months after it is adopted by the Board, except that, beginning | 14 | | January 1, 2012, the Code adopted in 2012 shall take effect on | 15 | | January 1, 2013 . Except as otherwise provided in this Act , the | 16 | | Code and shall apply
to (i) any new building or structure in | 17 | | this State for which a building permit
application is received | 18 | | by a municipality or county and (ii) beginning on the effective | 19 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each | 20 | | State facility specified in Section 4.01 of the Capital | 21 | | Development Board Act , except as otherwise provided by this | 22 | | Act .
In the case of any addition, alteration, renovation, or |
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| 1 | | repair to an existing commercial structure, the Code adopted | 2 | | under this Act applies only to the portions of that structure | 3 | | that are being added, altered, renovated, or repaired. The | 4 | | changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 97th | 5 | | General Assembly shall in no way invalidate or otherwise affect | 6 | | contracts entered into on or before the effective date of this | 7 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
| 8 | | (b) The following buildings shall be exempt from
the Code:
| 9 | | (1) Buildings otherwise exempt from the provisions of a | 10 | | locally adopted
building code and buildings that do not | 11 | | contain a conditioned space.
| 12 | | (2) Buildings that do not use either electricity or | 13 | | fossil fuel for
comfort
conditioning. For purposes of | 14 | | determining whether this exemption applies, a
building | 15 | | will be presumed to be heated by electricity, even in the | 16 | | absence of
equipment used for electric comfort heating, | 17 | | whenever the building is provided
with electrical service | 18 | | in excess of 100 amps, unless the code enforcement
official | 19 | | determines that this electrical service is necessary for | 20 | | purposes
other than providing electric comfort heating.
| 21 | | (3) Historic buildings. This exemption shall apply to | 22 | | those buildings
that
are listed on the National Register of | 23 | | Historic Places or the Illinois
Register of Historic | 24 | | Places, and to those buildings that have been designated
as | 25 | | historically significant by a local governing body that is | 26 | | authorized to
make such designations.
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| 1 | | (4) (Blank). | 2 | | (5) Other buildings specified as exempt by the | 3 | | International Energy Conservation Code.
| 4 | | (c) Additions, alterations, renovations, or repairs to an | 5 | | existing building, building system, or portion thereof shall | 6 | | conform to the provisions of the Code as they relate to new | 7 | | construction without requiring the unaltered portion of the | 8 | | existing building or building system to comply with the Code. | 9 | | The following need not comply with the Code, provided that the | 10 | | energy use of the building is not increased: (i) storm windows | 11 | | installed over existing fenestration, (ii) glass-only | 12 | | replacements in an existing sash and frame, (iii) existing | 13 | | ceiling, wall, or floor cavities exposed during construction, | 14 | | provided that these cavities are filled with insulation, and | 15 | | (iv) construction where the existing roof, wall, or floor is | 16 | | not exposed. | 17 | | (d) A unit of local government that does not regulate | 18 | | energy efficient building standards is not required to adopt, | 19 | | enforce, or administer the Code; however, any energy efficient | 20 | | building standards adopted by a unit of local government must | 21 | | comply with this Act. If a unit of local government does not | 22 | | regulate energy efficient building standards, any | 23 | | construction, renovation, or addition to buildings or | 24 | | structures is subject to the provisions contained in this Act. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 96-778, eff. 8-28-09; 97-1033, eff. 8-17-12.) |
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| 1 | | Section 15. The Green Buildings Act is amended by changing | 2 | | Sections 10 and 15 as follows: | 3 | | (20 ILCS 3130/10)
| 4 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 5 | | "Board" means the Capital Development Board. | 6 | | "Comfort conditioned building" means a normally occupied | 7 | | building that is heated or cooled. | 8 | | "USGBC" means the United States Green Building Council. | 9 | | "LEED" means the USGBC Leadership in Energy and | 10 | | Environmental Design green building rating standard. | 11 | | "GBI" means The Green Building Initiative. | 12 | | "Green Globes" means the GBI green building construction | 13 | | model. | 14 | | "Major renovation" means a project with a construction | 15 | | budget that equals 40% or more of the building's current | 16 | | replacement cost.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-73, eff. 7-24-09.) | 18 | | (20 ILCS 3130/15)
| 19 | | Sec. 15. Green Buildings Standards.
| 20 | | (a) All new State-funded building construction and major | 21 | | renovations of existing State-owned facilities must be | 22 | | designed to achieve, at a minimum, the silver certification of | 23 | | the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's rating | 24 | | system, as established by the United States Green Building |
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| 1 | | Council, or an equivalent standard, including, but not limited | 2 | | to, a two-globe rating in the Green Globes USA design program. | 3 | | New buildings and major renovations of 10,000 contiguous square | 4 | | feet or more must obtain a USGBC LEED, GBI Green Globes, or | 5 | | equivalent certification are required to seek LEED, Green | 6 | | Globes, or equivalent certification . | 7 | | (b) (Blank). All construction and major renovation | 8 | | projects, regardless of size, must achieve the highest level of | 9 | | certification practical within the project budget. | 10 | | (1) New buildings and major renovations of less than | 11 | | 10,000 square feet must meet the highest standard of the | 12 | | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's rating | 13 | | system for new commercial construction and major | 14 | | renovation projects, as established by the United States | 15 | | Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, | 16 | | including, but not limited to, the Green Building | 17 | | Initiative's Green Globes USA design program. USGBC LEED, | 18 | | GBI Green Globes, or the equivalent certification is not | 19 | | required. | 20 | | (2) New buildings and major renovations of 10,000 | 21 | | square feet or more must achieve the silver building rating | 22 | | of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's | 23 | | rating system for new commercial construction and major | 24 | | renovation projects, as established by the United States | 25 | | Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, | 26 | | including, but not limited to, a two-globe rating in the |
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| 1 | | Green Globes USA design program. USGBC LEED, GBI Green | 2 | | Globes, or the equivalent certification is required. | 3 | | (c) Exemptions to these standards are buildings that are | 4 | | not " comfort " conditioned buildings, as determined by the | 5 | | Board. However, the project design team must document and | 6 | | incorporate all appropriate sustainable building methods, | 7 | | strategies, and technologies in the final design. | 8 | | (d) State agencies and the project design team may apply to | 9 | | the Board for a waiver from these standards. | 10 | | (e) Waivers shall be granted by the Board or an appropriate | 11 | | agency when the applicant can demonstrate and document any of | 12 | | the following :
| 13 | | (1) An unreasonable financial burden, taking into | 14 | | account the operating and construction costs over the life | 15 | | of the building and the total cost of ownership of the | 16 | | building. | 17 | | (2) An unreasonable impediment to construction. | 18 | | (3) The standards would impair the principal function | 19 | | of the building. | 20 | | (4) The standards would compromise the historic nature | 21 | | of the structure. | 22 | | Documentation on the submittal must include at a minimum: | 23 | | (1) Life cycle cost analysis. | 24 | | (2) Energy modeling. | 25 | | The design team must provide the documentation for the new | 26 | | project to confirm that LEED, Green Globes, or the equivalent |
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| 1 | | construction standards have been followed. | 2 | | (f) (Blank). In addition to any required LEED, Green | 3 | | Globes, or the equivalent criteria, the Board shall require | 4 | | that all projects referenced in subsection (a) implement at | 5 | | least one LEED alternative transportation criterion for public | 6 | | transportation or bicycle access. | 7 | | (g) (Blank). The green building standards contained in this | 8 | | Act shall be analyzed and evaluated by the Board 5 years after | 9 | | the effective date of this Act or upon the completion of 10 | 10 | | Board green projects, whichever comes first.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 96-73, eff. 7-24-09.)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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