Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part C · Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs
§ 16235. Renewable energy in public buildings
Statutory text
Demonstration and technology transfer program
The Secretary shall establish a program for the demonstration of innovative technologies for solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings owned or operated by a State or local government, and for the dissemination of information resulting from such demonstration to interested parties.
Limit on Federal funding
Notwithstanding section 16352 of this title, the Secretary shall provide under this section no more than 40 percent of the incremental costs of the solar or other renewable energy source project funded.
Requirements
As part of the application for awards under this section, the Secretary shall require all applicants—
to demonstrate a continuing commitment to the use of solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings they own or operate; and
to state how they expect any award to further their transition to the significant use of renewable energy.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109–58 title IX § 935 · 119 Stat. 594
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 16235
(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 935, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 873.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 935, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 873.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 935. RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. (a) Demonstration and Technology Transfer Program.— The Secretary shall establish a program for the demonstration of innovative technologies for solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings owned or operated by a State or local government, and for the dissemination of information resulting from such demonstration to interested parties. (b) Limit on Federal Funding.— Notwithstanding section 988, the Secretary shall provide under this section no more than 40 percent of the incremental costs of the solar or other renewable energy source project funded. (c) Requirements.— As part of the application for awards under this section, the Secretary shall require all applicants—- (1) to demonstrate a continuing commitment to the use of solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings they own or operate; and (2) to state how they expect any award to further their transition to the significant use of renewable energy.
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