# Subdivision 16. Clean Renewable Energy Technology in Public Buildings

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Subdivision 16. Clean Renewable Energy Technology in Public Buildings

### Sec. 10A-158.03. Definitions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 10A-158.03 (2026)

(a) In this Subdivision, the following words have the meaning indicated.

  (1) Clean renewable energy technology means technology or a system that employs geothermal heating and cooling, solar hot water, wind, solar electricity generation, or solar thermal generation. Clean renewable energy technology shall also include passive solar energy generation that reduces energy use from other sources by at least twenty percent (20%).

  (2) Cost effective means where the cost of installing clean renewable energy technology on a new or major renovation of a public building is not projected to exceed the projected cost savings of the installation within the first fifteen (15) years after the commencement of the installation.

  (3) Major renovation means when the square footage of the building being renovated is fifty percent (50%) or greater of the building's gross floor area.

  (4) Projected total cost means the estimated cost required to construct or renovate a building, including building systems, interior finishes, site infrastructure, connections to existing utilities, landscaping, and sidewalks and parking lots built for the immediate use of the building.

  (5) Public building means a permanent building which will be owned, partially owned or controlled by a County agency and which is either used by the public or enclosed by walls and roof to allow County employees to use or occupy the building on a regular basis for a significant part of their work. Public building shall also include County libraries.

### Sec. 10A-158.04. Clean renewable energy technology; requirement

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 10A-158.04 (2026)

(a) A contract for the construction of a public building or for the major renovation of a public building shall require the use of clean renewable energy technology. The building shall have installed a minimum of one kilowatt of clean renewable energy technology for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area subject to Subsection (b) below. Ground mounted clean renewable energy technology on or directly adjacent to the building lot may be used to meet this requirement.

(b) The Purchasing Agent shall limit the size of the clean renewable energy technology installation if the upfront cost of the installation is projected to exceed two percent (2%) of the projected total cost of the new building or renovation unless the expenditures have been transferred to the project under Section 10A-158.05(b), in which case the expenditures upfront cost shall be limited to four percent (4%) of the projected total cost.

### Sec. 10A-158.05. Project feasibility assessment

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 10A-158.05 (2026)

(a) The Purchasing Agent or his designee shall perform a feasibility assessment to determine whether the new construction project or the major renovation project of a public building can be retrofitted to include clean renewable energy technology primarily based on whether the project is cost effective as defined in this Subsection. Other factors may include, but not be limited to: the cost to the County, safety and security concerns, the cost savings from the installation, clean energy job creation, clean renewable energy technology capacity of the building, the environmental benefits, technological feasibility, and zoning regulations.

(b) If the Purchasing Agent determines that installing clean renewable energy technology on a new or major renovation public building project is not feasible, the Purchasing Agent shall transfer expenditures from the project equivalent to two percent (2%) of the projected total cost for use in another applicable project, unless no applicable projects exist in the Capital Improvement Program pursuant to Subtitle 2, Division 42. Fund transfers between projects under this Section shall be approved by resolution of the County Council and the funds transferred between projects shall remain in the appropriated tier of the new or major renovation public building project.

### Sec. 10A-158.06. Alternative financing

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 10A-158.06 (2026)

(a) Alternative financing arrangements to allow leveraging of federal, state, utility and other incentives, including but not limited to grants, lease-purchase agreements, power purchase agreements or energy savings performance contracts, qualify to meet the clean renewable energy technology requirement under this Subdivision.

(b) The purchase of Renewable Energy Credits ("RECs") does not constitute compliance with the requirements of this Subdivision.