§17122 Research and Development

Summary

The Federal Director and the Commercial Director must work with the Advisory Committee to review research on high-performance green buildings and coordinate related activities. They must create and recommend a research plan that finds information needs about how buildings affect health, productivity, safety, security, and accessibility. That plan covers things like emissions from materials; daylight; ventilation; heating, cooling, and controls; moisture and mold; cleaning, maintenance, and pest control; noise; access to public transit; and other occupant issues. They must promote tools to measure a building’s life-cycle performance and do life-cycle assessments, test new technologies, help with budget and life-cycle costing under section 17092(d) of this title, study benefits for security and disaster needs, and support other research the Directors choose. The Federal Director, with the EPA Administrator and the Advisory Committee, must create and run a full indoor air quality program for all Federal facilities to keep workers and occupants safe during new construction and renovation and in existing buildings.