Iowa Code 470.2 – Policy — analysis required
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 470.2
- Addition: means new construction equal to or greater than twenty thousand square feet of usable floor space that is heated or cooled by a mechanical or electrical system and is joined to an existing facility. See Iowa Code 470.1
- Facility: means a building having twenty thousand square feet or more of usable floor space that is heated or cooled by a mechanical or electrical system. See Iowa Code 470.1
- Life cycle cost analysis: means an analytical technique that considers certain costs of owning, using, and operating a facility over its economic life including but not limited to the following:a. See Iowa Code 470.1
- Public agency: means a state agency, political subdivision of the state, school district, area education agency, or community college. See Iowa Code 470.1
- Renovation: means a project where alterations, that are not additions, to an existing facility exceed fifty percent of the value of a facility and will affect an energy system. See Iowa Code 470.1
The general assembly declares that energy management is of primary importance in the design of publicly owned facilities. On or after May 26, 2016, a public agency responsible for the construction or renovation of a facility or the construction of an addition shall, in a design begun after that date, include as a design criterion the requirement that a life cycle cost analysis be conducted for the facility. The objectives of the life cycle cost analysis are to optimize energy efficiency at an acceptable life cycle cost. The life cycle cost analysis shall meet the requirements of section 470.3.