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2030-Inspired Legislation
US Senate Bill S. 1059 (pdf) Introduced March 2007 On March 29th, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) introduced S. 1059, the “Zero Emissions Building Act of 2007.” The bill closely tracks the The 2030 Challenge and requires that all new and renovated buildings owned or leased by the federal government reduce fossil-fuel energy usage by 50 percent as compared to a 2003 baseline. In 2010, the requirement would increase to a 60-percent reduction and increase by 10 percent every five years until carbon neutrality is reached in 2030, per The 2030 Challenge. |  |
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US Congress H.R. 2947 (pdf) Introduced June 2007 This legislation answers Architecture 2030's call by establishing an energy performance standard for all new and renovated federal and federally-funded buildings. New federal buildings and federal buildings undergoing major renovations, would need to meet the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver standard (or equivalent approved by EPA) and achieve at least a 60% fossil-fuel energy consumption reduction compared to the regional average for that building type. The bill also calls for declining fossil-fuel consumption in the amount of 70 percent by 2011, 80 percent by 2015, 90 percent by 2020, and 100 percent (or carbon neutral) by 2025. Federally-funded buildings, built or renovated with 10 percent or more of federal funds, would need to achieve an immediate 50% fossil-fuel consumption reduction, increasing to carbon neutral in 2030. | 
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