EXCERPT FROM THE ENERGY SECURITY ACT [Public Law 96–294; 94 Stat. 611; 762, 42 U.S.C. 8286] SUBTITLE H-COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ENERGY CONSERVATION FACTORS AND Data CONSENSUS ON FACTORS AND DATA FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS SEC. 595. The Secretary of Energy shall assure that within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and the head of any other agency responsible for developing energy conservation standards for new or existing residential, commercial, or agricultural buildings shall reach a consensus regarding factors and data used to develop such standards. This consensus shall apply to, but not be limited to (1) fuel price projections; (2) discount rates; (3) inflation rates; (4) climatic conditions and zones; and (5) the cost and energy saving characteristics of construction materials. USE OF FACTORS AND DATA SEC. 596. Factors and data consented to pursuant to section 595 may be revised and agreed to by a consensus of the heads of the various Federal agencies involved. Such factors and data shall be used by all Federal agencies in establishing and revising various energy conservation standards used by such agencies, except that other factors and data may be used with respect to the standards applicable to any program if (1) the other factors and data are approved by the Secretary of Energy solely on the basis that such other factors and data are critical to meet the unique needs of the program concerned; (2) using the consented to factors and data would cause a violation of an express provision of law; or (3) statutory requirements or responsibilities require a modification of the consented to factors and data. REPORT SEC. 597. The President shall report to the Congress on January 1, 1981, and annually thereafter, with respect to (1) the activities which have been carried out under this subtitle; and (2) other efforts which are being carried out to coordinate the various Federal energy conservation programs. Approved June 30, 1980. I te DFSCEment of solar : encouraging direct con lat between the manter C Bear Systems and the archi 30 evaluation © to perormance and reliability of solar commercia arrhication of solar heating and combined BUT THELE AU cool technologies can be expedited by er toneras demonstration under practical conditions Is therefor deciaret to be the policy of the United States and the purweek of the act u provide for the demonstration with. aar beror of the practical use of solar heating techn and 11 DTOVICE 1or the development and demonstration with five-year period of the practical use of combined heating and cooling technology. DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. For purposes of this Act (1) the term "solar heating", with respect to any building, means the use of solar energy to meet such portion of the total heating needs of such building (including hot water), or such portion of the needs of such building for hot water (where its remaining heating needs are met by other methods), as may be required under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development utilizing the services of the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, and in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) the terms "solar heating and cooling" and "combined solar heating and cooling", with respect to any building, means the use of solar energy to provide both such portion of the total heating needs of such building (including hot water) and such portion of the total cooling needs of such building, or such portion of the needs of such building for hot water (where its remaining heating needs are met by other methods) and such portion of the total cooling needs of a building, as may be required under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development utilizing the services of the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, and in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and such term includes cooling by means of nocturnal heat radiation, by evaporation, or by other methods of meeting peakload energy requirements at nonpeakload times; (3) the term "residential dwelling" includes previously occupied and new single family and multifamily dwellings, mobile homes, and publicly assisted housing owned by a private sponsor or a State or local housing authority not covered by section 17; (4) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (5) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and (6) the term "Director" means the Director of the National Science Foundation. CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES IN SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING TECHNOLOGIES BY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION SEC. 4. Section 203 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2473) is amended by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c), and by inserting immediately after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) The Administration shall initiate, support, and carry out such research, development, demonstrations, and other related ac tivities in solar heating and cooling technologies (to the extent that funds are appropriated therefor) as are provided for in sections 5, 6, and 9 of the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974." DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS TO BE USED IN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SEC. 5. (a) The Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly initiate and carry out a program, as provided in this section, for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems (including collectors, controls, and thermal storage) for use in residential dwellings. (b)(1) Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, utilizing the services of the Director of the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Administrator and the Director, shall determine, prescribe, and publish (A) interim, performance criteria for solar heating components and systems to be used in residential dwellings, and (B) interim performance criteria (relating to suitability for solar heating) for such dwellings themselves, taking into account in each instance climatic variations existing between different geographic areas. (2) As soon as possible after the publication of the performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Bureau of Standards and the Administrator, will select on the basis of open competition a number of designs for various types of residental dwellings suitable for and adapted to the installation of solar heating of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1)(A). (c) The Administrator, in accordance with the applicable provisions of title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 and under program guidelines established jointly by the Administrator and the Secretary, shall, after consultation with the Secretary (1) enter into such contracts and grants as may be necessary or appropriate for the development (for commercial production and residential use) of solar systems meeting the performance criteria prescribed under subsection (b)(1)(A) (including any further planning and design which may be required to conform with the specifications set forth in such criteria); and (2) enter into contracts with a number of persons or firms for the procurement of solar heating components and systems meeting such performance criteria (including adequate numbers of spare and replacement parts for such systems). (d) The Secretary shall (1) arrange for the installation of solar heating systems procured by the Administrator under subsection (c)(2) in a substantial number of residential dwellings and (2) provide for the satisfactory operation of such installations during the demonstration period. Title to and ownership of any dwellings constructed hereunder and of solar heating systems installed hereunder may be conveyed to purchasers or owners of such dwellings under terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary, including |