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Department of Defense Energy HandbookSpiral 2: 3/28/2011Alternative and Renewable Energy Options for DoD Facilities and Bases• A product that meets the functional requirements of the procuring agency is reasonablyunavailable.4.2.1.5 Energy Efficiency Standards for New Federal BuildingsThe EPAct of 2005 sets forth higher energy efficiency standards for new federal buildings. Previously, thedesign of federal buildings had to meet American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air ConditioningEngineers (ASHRAE) and International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) standards. Section 109requires that new federal building designs must be able to meet energy consumption levels that are 30percent less than ASHRAE and/or IECC standards. In addition, the EPAct of 2005 requires thatsustainable design principles are applied to the “siting, design, and construction of all new andreplacement buildings.”Agencies may receive exemption from the 30 percent requirement, if the building design achieved a ratethat was 30 percent lower than ASHRAE/IECC standards before the EPAct of 2005 was written.Agencies may also be exempt if achieving the 30 percent level is not life-cycle cost-effective.4.2.1.6 Requirement for Renewable EnergyThe EPAct of 2005 added a requirement to the federal government that mandates the use of renewableenergy sources. Section 203 of the EPAct of 2005 establishes a minimum requirement for the amount ofelectric energy consumed by the federal government that must be produced by renewable means (seeTable 3).Table 3.Renewable energy requirements for the federal government. iiFiscal YearPercent Consumed2007 - 2009 ≥ 32010 - 2012 ≥ 52013+ ≥ 7.5Renewable energy sources, as specified in Section 203, are “electric energy generated from solar, wind,biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solidwaste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of newcapacity at an existing hydroelectric project”. ii To further encourage the use of renewable energy, thecredit toward goals outlined in Table 3 are doubled if any of the following occur:• The energy is produced and used on-site (i.e., at a federal facility).• The energy is produced on federal lands and consumed at a federal facility.• The renewable energy is produced on Native American land as defined in Title XXVI of the1992 EPA.In addition, the EPAct of 2005 supported the goal of the 1997 Federal Government’s Million Solar Roofs(MSR) Initiative that set out to achieve the installation of solar energy systems in 20,000 federal buildingsby 2010. The intent was to further help federal agencies meet the goals set forth in Section 203. TheMSR Initiative was concluded in 2006. 44.2.2 National Defense Authorization ActThe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2007 became Public Law 109-364 on October17, 2006. This legislation is particularly relevant to defense energy since it set a higher standard foriiEPAct 2005, Section 203, 119 Statute 65211