§ 2-1602. Building energy performance standards
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironmentEffective: June 1, 2022 to December 31, 2029
Effective: June 1, 2022 to December 31, 2029
MD Code, Environment, § 2-1602
§ 2-1602. Building energy performance standards
<Section effective until January 1, 2030. See, also, section 2-1602 effective January 1, 2030.>
(a) The Department shall develop building energy performance standards for covered buildings that achieve:
(b) To facilitate the development of building energy performance standards under this section, the Department shall require the owners of covered buildings to measure and report direct emissions data to the Department annually beginning in 2025.
(c)(1) On or before June 1, 2023, the Department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
(d) Electric companies and gas companies shall provide energy data, including whole-building and aggregate data, to the owners of covered buildings for benchmarking purposes.
(e) In calculating the statewide standards developed by the Department under this section, an owner of a covered building may not consider greenhouse gas emissions or energy use by a commercial tenant of the covered building that:
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Added by Acts 2022, c. 38, § 5, eff. June 1, 2022.
MD Code, Environment, § 2-1602, MD ENVIR § 2-1602
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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