Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/1671

 121 STAT. 1650

PUBLIC LAW 110–140—DEC. 19, 2007

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to engage and educate undergraduate and graduate students; (iii) to effectively implement a high-performance green building education program for students and occupants; (iv) to demonstrate the effectiveness of various high-performance technologies, including their impacts on energy use and operational costs, in each of the 4 climatic regions of the United States described in subsection (c)(2)(B); and (v) to explore quantifiable and nonquantifiable beneficial impacts on public health and employee and student performance; (3) demonstration projects to evaluate replicable approaches of achieving high performance in actual building operation in various types of commercial buildings in various climates; and (4) deployment activities to disseminate information on and encourage widespread adoption of technologies, practices, and policies to achieve zero-net-energy commercial buildings or low energy use and effective monitoring of energy use in commercial buildings. (c) CRITERIA.— (1) FEDERAL FACILITIES.—With respect to the existing or proposed Federal facility at which a demonstration project under this section is conducted, the Federal facility shall— (A) be an appropriate model for a project relating to— (i) the effectiveness of high-performance technologies; (ii) analysis of materials, components, systems, and emergency operations in the building, and the impact of those materials, components, and systems, including the impact on the health of building occupants; (iii) life-cycle costing and life-cycle assessment of building materials and systems; and (iv) location and design that promote access to the Federal facility through walking, biking, and mass transit; and (B) possess sufficient technological and organizational adaptability. (2) UNIVERSITIES.—With respect to the 4 universities at which a demonstration project under this section is conducted— (A) the universities should be selected, after careful review of all applications received containing the required information, as determined by the Commercial Director, based on— (i) successful and established public-private research and development partnerships; (ii) demonstrated capabilities to construct or renovate buildings that meet high indoor environmental quality standards; (iii) organizational flexibility; (iv) technological adaptability; (v) the demonstrated capacity of at least 1 university to replicate lessons learned among nearby or sister universities, preferably by participation in groups or consortia that promote sustainability;

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