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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="4-801" title_number="4" title_name="Department of General Services" subtitle_number="8">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Building” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>any new structure with an area of at least 5,000 square feet;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any change to an existing structure that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>will add at least 10% gross floor space to the structure and has an estimated construction cost of more than $25,000; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>constitutes a major renovation; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any structure with an area of at least 5,000 square feet that is leased or owned by the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Energy-consumption analysis” means an evaluation, by type and amount of energy used, of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each piece of equipment that serves a building, including any piece of equipment that is used:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to cool the building;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to heat the building; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>to heat water used in the building;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each piece of equipment on the building site that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>used to generate electricity for the building; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>powered, in whole or in part, by coal, electricity, natural gas, oil, sun, or wind; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>each conservation measure included in the building that decreases the energy requirements of the building.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Energy performance index” means a number that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>describes the energy requirements of a building measured at the building boundaries under defined internal and external ambient conditions over an entire seasonal cycle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is stated either:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>per square foot of floor space in the building; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>per cubic foot of occupied volume of the building.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Life of the building” has the meaning established by the Department under § 4-808 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Life-cycle costs” means the sum of the following costs of a building:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the cost of initial construction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the cost of all energy conservation measures;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the cost of operation and maintenance, including labor and materials, for the life of the building;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the cost, over the life of the building, of the fuel used by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the equipment that controls or provides the humidity, lighting, power, temperature, and ventilation of the building; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>other energy-using equipment in the building; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the other costs incident to owning the building.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Primary procurement unit” has the meaning provided in § 11-101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
