2 (2) that energy conservation practices adopted for the design, construction, and utilization of these facilities will have a beneficial effect on the Nation's overall supply of energy, and the procurement of solar heating and cooling units for use in Federal buildings in connection with demonstrations of solar energy applications on such buildings under this Act should help to create a market for such units generally; (3) that the cost of energy consumed by these facilities over the life of the facilities must be considered in any analysis of their energy use, in addition to the initial cost of constructing the facilities; (4) that the cost of energy is significant and facility designs must be based on total life cycle cost, including (A) the initial construction cost, and (B) the cost, over the economic life of the facility, of the energy consumed and of the operation and maintenance of the facility as it affects energy consumption; and (5) that the total costs and benefits accruing to the Nation from the use of solar energy systems and con servation technology can be assessed in terms of a total national value beyond the direct economic tradeoffs of the life cycle cost analysis, with the determination of this value including (but not being limited to) such con 3 1 energy sources, the preservation of material resources, 2 the reduction of pollutants, the export market potential, 3 4 and the reduction of imports of oil (taking into account both economic and national security values). 5 (b) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the 6 United States to insure that energy conservation and solar energy technology utilization be employed in the design and 8 construction of every facility to which sections 4 and 5 are 9 specifically applicable and, to the maximum extent feasible, 10 in the design and construction of all other Federal and fed11 crally assisted facilities. 12 233 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. (a) For purposes of this Act (1) the term "solar energy" means direct and indirect solar radiance and intermediate solar energy forms, as further defined in Public Law 93-409 and Public Law 93-473; (2) the term "Federal agency" means an executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United 20 States Code), and also includes a military department 21 (as defined in section 102 of such title) and the United States Postal Service; (3) the term "new building" means any building (other than a privately owned residential structure) – (A) which (i) is constructed or acquired by 4 or on behalf of the United States on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, or (ii) is leased by or on behalf of the United States on or after such date, after construction or alteration in accordance with Federal plans and specifications, under a long term contract pursuant to the terms of which sub stantially all of the premises are to be used by or on behalf of the United States, (B) the development of plans and specifications for which is initiated on or after the date of the en actment of this Act, and (C) the net cost of which to the United States (for construction or acquisition or for total charges under the lease) exceeds or will exceed $10,000; (4) the term "existing building" means any building (other than a privately owned residential structure) (A) which (i) is owned by the United States on the date of the enactment of this Act or is leased by or on behalf of the United States on such date under a long-term contract pursuant to the terms of which substantially all of the premises are used by or on behalf of the United States, or (ii) is constructed or acquired by the United States, or 5 such date but pursuant to plans and specifications the development of which was initiated before such date, and (B) the fair market value of which on the date of the enactment of this Act (or, in the case of a building described in subparagraph (A)(ii), the net cost of which to the United States determined as of the date on which ownership or possession by the United States begins) exceeds $10,000; (5) the term "energy use analysis" with respect to any building means the evaluation of the building's heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems, lighting system, and all other major energy-consuming systems and components, by demand and type of energy, including the internal energy loan imposed on the building by its occupants, equipment, and components and the external energy load imposed on the building by climatic conditions. Such analysis shall include (but not be limited to) (A) a detailed analysis of the life cycle energy costs of the building; (B) a separate analysis of the total energy requirements of the building taking into considera tion (i) the interior and exterior design of the 62-963 0-76-3 6 building, including the insulation, fenestration, site orientation, and shape, that will make the most efficient use of sunlight and other natural phenomena, (ii) the heating, cooling, ventilating, plumbing, electrical, and lighting systems of the building, (iii) the construction materials used with respect to the building, including the extent to which such materials reduce the energy requirements of the building and the amount of energy required to produce and transport such materials, (iv) the site of the building and the accessibility of the building (particularly by public transportation) to persons using its facilities, (v) a comparison of two or more energy system alternatives, (vi) new techniques for energy supply, generation, and transmission, including on-site total energy systems, (vii) the projection of the operating costs of each system over the entire range of opera |