(a) Adoption of Department-wide, Open Protocol, Energy Monitoring and Utility Control System Specification.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall adopt an open protocol energy monitoring and utility control system specification for use throughout the Department of Defense in connection with a military construction project, military family housing activity, or other activity under this chapter for the purpose of monitoring and controlling, with respect to the project or activity, the items specified in paragraph (2) with the goal of establishing installation-wide energy monitoring and utility control systems.
(2) The energy monitoring and utility control system specification required by paragraph (1) shall cover the following:(A) Utilities and energy usage, including electricity, gas, steam, and water usage.
(B) Indoor environments, including temperature and humidity levels.
(C) Heating, ventilation, and cooling components.
(D) Central plant equipment.
(E) Renewable energy generation systems.
(F) Lighting systems.
(G) Power distribution networks.
(b) Exclusion.—(1) The energy monitoring and utility control system specification required by subsection (a) is not required to apply to projects carried out under the authority provided in subchapter IV of chapter 169 of this title.
(2) The Secretary concerned may waive the application of the energy monitoring and utility control system specification required by subsection (a) with respect to a specific military construction project, military family housing activity, or other activity under this chapter if the Secretary determines that the application of the specification to the project or activity is not life cycle cost-effective. The Secretary concerned shall notify the congressional defense committees of any waiver granted under this paragraph.
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Subtitle A— General Military Law
PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER 169— MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER III— ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
§ 2851. Supervision of military construction projects
§ 2851a. Supervision of military housing by Chief Housing Officer
§ 2852. Military construction projects: waiver of certain restrictions
§ 2853. Authorized cost and scope of work variations
§ 2854. Restoration or replacement of damaged or destroyed facilities
§ 2854a. Conveyance of damaged or deteriorated military family housing; use of proceeds
§ 2856. Military unaccompanied housing: local comparability of floor areas
§ 2857. Window fall prevention devices in military family housing units
§ 2858. Limitation on the use of funds for expediting a construction project
§ 2860. Availability of appropriations
§ 2861. Military construction projects in connection with industrial facility investment program
§ 2862. Turn-key selection procedures
§ 2863. Payment of contractor claims
§ 2864. Master plans for major military installations
§ 2865. Work in Process Curve charts and outlay tables for military construction projects
§ 2866. Water conservation at military installations
§ 2868. Utility services: furnishing for certain buildings