SECTIONS 81620-81624 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 81620-81624

81620. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Statewide Energy Management Program.

81621. The definitions set forth in this section govern the
construction of this article:
(a) "Commission" means the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission.
(b) "Energy independence" means the utilization of existing and
developing technologies to meet energy needs onsite, including, but
not necessarily limited to, the utilization of solar, fuel cells, and
other renewable and clean onsite energy sources, the optimization of
the use of daylighting, the use of passive solar orientation, and
the use of construction techniques that minimize energy loss, such as
appropriate insulation and lighting fixtures.
(c) "Energy management plans" means the plans that community
colleges develop with guidance from the Statewide Energy Management
Program to implement energy efficiency projects such as sustainable
green buildings, renovations, and wind or solar farms that will move
the community colleges toward energy independence.
(d) "Program" means the Statewide Energy Management Program,
established under this article, which is a state program modeled
after the Federal Energy Management Program.
(e) "Renewable or other distributed energy systems" means
alternative efficient sources of energy such as daylighting,
photovoltaic panels (rooftops or solar farms), passive solar heating,
fuel cells, and steam. Diesel-fueled electric generating systems are
not included in this definition.
(f) "Sustainable green building" means a building that has been
designed to reduce both direct and indirect environmental
consequences associated with construction, occupancy, operation,
maintenance, and eventual decommissioning, and whose design is
evaluated for cost, quality of life, future flexibility, ease of
maintenance, energy and resource efficiency, and overall
environmental impact, with an emphasis on life-cycle cost analysis.

81622. (a) (1) In Executive Order D-16-00, issued August 2, 2000,
Governor Davis directed state agencies to design and construct
buildings that incorporate energy efficiency, resource conservation,
and renewable technologies. In his State of the State Address
delivered on January 8, 2001, Governor Davis expressed his support
for the goal of moving the California Community Colleges toward
energy independence.
(2) The Federal Energy Management Program, upon which the State
Energy Management Program is modeled, has resulted in approximately
four dollars ($4) in savings for every one dollar ($1) spent. The
federal investment of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) in energy
efficiency has resulted in savings of six billion three hundred
million dollars ($6,300,000,000) on energy bills.
(b) In consultation with the commission, the Board of Governors of
the California Community Colleges shall further develop and refine
certain guidelines for a Statewide Energy Management Program that
have been established under an ongoing joint effort of the commission
and DeAnza College. This statewide effort shall allow community
college districts to achieve energy independence through the
development of energy management plans, the construction of
sustainable green buildings, the use of renewable or other
distributed energy systems, and the expansion of statewide energy
education programs and services.
(c) By 2010, the program shall, at a minimum, facilitate the
completion of 20 district energy management plans, 15 renewable or
other distributed energy systems, and three sustainable green
buildings on community college campuses statewide.
(d) In consultation with the commission, the board of governors
shall accomplish all of the following:
(1) Review and comment on academic, occupational, and vocational
education materials developed by the commission, the Electric Power
Research Institute, public utilities, and the community colleges to
improve energy education programs and services.
(2) Review and recommend actions regarding successful energy
education programs and services that can be identified for
replication, personnel exchanges, or implementation of successful
practices.
(3) Review and recommend actions regarding program resources for
use by the community colleges or state agencies in improving energy
education programs and services.
(4) Review exemplary programs and facilities, and recommend
activities for adoption, replication, or policy advice.
(5) Review, comment, and recommend actions regarding services that
will effect energy conservation.
(6) Review and comment on funding requests received to improve or
enhance energy education.
(7) Review and comment on occupational and vocational training
programs and services to meet current employment standards in energy
occupations.

81623. The board of governors shall encourage the construction of
community college sustainable green buildings that implement energy
efficiency, sustainable building concepts, and solar electric, fuel
cell, and other technologies. On the effective date of this article,
the board of governors shall immediately seek a prototype sustainable
green community college instructional building that can be a model
for all new construction and retrofit projects statewide.

81624. The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall
establish an advisory committee for the Statewide Energy Management
Program, and determine the membership of that committee. The advisory
committee, with technical assistance from the commission, shall make
recommendations to the chancellor regarding overall program
development, resource development and deployment, and strategies for
implementation and coordination of the program. A leadership role on
this committee shall initially be provided by the staff of the
commission and DeAnza College who have been involved since 1992 in a
joint effort to promote training, energy efficiency, and energy
independence in the California Community Colleges. This leadership
role shall rotate to other community colleges as they complete their
own district energy management plans.