South Carolina Code 48-52-850. Certification using Green Globes Rating System; inspection and monitoring of environmental benefits
(B) All major facility projects that were first certified as receiving two globes using the Green Globes Rating System must be inspected by a third-party commissioning agent in the fifth, tenth, and fifteenth year following certification. The third-party commissioning agent shall determine whether the building is operating at the standard to which it was originally designed and certified. The third-party commissioning agent shall report its findings to the State Engineer. The report must include, but is not limited to, the building’s savings on energy and water, the level of its indoor air quality, the existing system’s function and performance, problems with the system, and whether the system’s performance meets the facility’s requirements. If the State Engineer determines that the building is not operating within the spirit of this article, the State Engineer may take appropriate measures to bring the building into compliance.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-52-850
- Board: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority's governing board. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
- GBI: means the Green Building Initiative. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
- Globes: means the level of a building's sustainability and energy efficiency performance as determined by GBI's Green Globes Rating System. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
- Green Globes Rating System: means the environmental building rating system established by the Green Building Initiative. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
- Major facility project: means :
(i) a state-funded new construction building project in which the building to be constructed is larger than ten thousand gross square feet;
(ii) a state-funded renovation project in which the project involves more than fifty percent of the replacement value of the facility or a change in occupancy; or
(iii) a state-funded commercial interior tenant fit-out project that is larger than seven thousand five hundred square feet of leasable area. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810 - Third-party commissioning agent: means a person accredited by the USGBC or GBI, with expertise in building system performance, who will analyze, evaluate, and confirm the proper function and performance of a high performance building, its systems, equipment, and indoor air quality, and who did not participate in the original certification of the major facility project or renovation project. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
(C) The board shall develop and implement a process to monitor and evaluate the energy and environmental benefits associated with each major facility project designed, constructed, or renovated pursuant to this article. The monitoring and evaluation of each major facility project shall commence one year after certification of the major facility project and shall continue for nineteen years thereafter. All data concerning energy and environmental benefits collected pursuant to this section must be made available to the Department of Administration to be compiled and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to § 48-52-860.