Section 27. The director may, with the approval of the commissioner, initiate capital budget requests for building projects to be performed at one or more using agencies and controlled and supervised by the office of facilities management. Such projects may include, but not be limited to: (a) projects designed to alleviate, through a single undertaking or a series of undertakings, problems of a common nature encountered in buildings of more than 1 using agency; (b) projects to correct problems which require immediate attention, where the using agency has failed to include the project in its capital budget requests for the year, or has given such a request low priority; and (c) such other projects as the director may, with the approval of the commissioner, designate, including energy conservation projects, handicapped access projects, and fire, health and safety projects.