§2867 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§2867 Energy Monitoring and Utility Control System Specification for Military Construction and Military Family Housing Activities

Title 10 › Subtitle 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 › § 2867

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must create an open standard for energy monitoring and utility control systems to use across the Department of Defense for military construction, military family housing, and other covered activities. The goal is to let installations track and control utilities and energy (like electricity, gas, steam, water), indoor conditions (temperature, humidity), HVAC and central plant gear, renewable energy, lighting, and power distribution. The rule does not have to apply to projects done under the authority in subchapter IV of chapter 169 of this title. A Secretary can also waive the rule for a specific project if using it would not be cost-effective over the project’s life. Any waiver must be reported to the congressional defense committees.

Title 10, §2867

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(a)(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)(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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2867 was renumbered section 2916 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Suspension of Resident Energy Conservation Program and Related Programs for Privatized Military Housing Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXX, § 3063, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1947, as amended by Pub. L. 116–283, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2811(j), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4326, provided that: “(a) Suspension Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall suspend the initiative of the Department of Defense known as the Resident Energy Conservation Program and instruct the Secretary of each military department to suspend any program carried out by such Secretary that measures the energy usage for individual units of privatized military housing on installations of the Department of Defense. “(b) Term of Suspension.—Subject to subsection (c), the suspension required by subsection (a) shall remain in effect for an installation of the Department of Defense until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] that 100 percent of the privatized military housing covered by a program suspended under subsection (a) on the installation is individually metered to each respective unit of privatized military housing and the meter accurately measures the energy usage of the unit. “(c) Termination.—If the Secretary of Defense is unable to make the certification required by subsection (b) for an installation of the Department of Defense before the end of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2019], each program suspended pursuant to subsection (a) at that installation shall terminate at the end of such period.” [For definition of “privatized military housing” as used in section 3063 of Pub. L. 116–92, set out above, see section 3001(a) of Pub. L. 116–92, set out as a note under section 2821 of this title.] Deadline for Adoption Pub. L. 111–84, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2841(a)(3), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2680, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall adopt the open protocol energy monitoring and utility control system specification required by section 2867 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 2009].”