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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-325" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Aid for School Construction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A county board, during the design development phase for the construction or major renovation of a public school building, shall complete an evaluation of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The cost and efficiency, based on a 50–year period, of using available alternative energy systems, including geothermal, solar, wind, and energy storage compared to a traditional energy system;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An energy consumption and systems replacement, based on a 50–year period, of each major piece of equipment in any of the following systems serving the public school building:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The cooling system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The heating system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The hot water system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The lighting system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The ventilation system; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Any other major system that uses energy; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The impact of innovative building design and materials on energy consumption, including white roofs and green roofs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the county board determines that no alternative energy systems are appropriate for a construction or major renovation project, the county board shall submit a report to the Interagency Commission that explains why the alternative energy systems were not appropriate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or before February 28 each year, as provided in § 5–319 of this subtitle, the Interagency Commission shall submit a report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the number of public school construction and major renovation projects in each jurisdiction that used solar technologies or alternative energy systems in the immediately preceding calendar year.</text>
  </level>
</section>
