(12)(7) means a person ‘Thirdparty commissioning agent’ accredited by the USGBC or GBI, with expertise in building system performance, who will analyze, evaluate, and confirm the proper function and performance of a high performance building, its systems, equipment, and indoor air quality, and who did not participate in the original certification of the major facility project or renovation project. (13) means the United States Green Building Council. ‘USGBC’ Section 4852820. The purpose of this section is to promote effective energy and environmental standards for construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of buildings in this State, improving the capacity to design, build, and operate state’s state’s highperformance buildings and creating new jobs and contributing to economic growth and increasing the energy state’s state’s independence. To accomplish the objectives of this article, the State shall adopt policies and procedures that: (1) optimize the energy performance of buildings throughout this State; (2) increase the demand for environmentally preferable building materials, finishes, and furnishings, and other products made in or incorporating materials produced in South Carolina; (3) improve environmental quality in this State by decreasing the discharge of pollutants from state buildings and their manufacture; (4) create public awareness of new technologies that can improve the health and productivity of building occupants by meeting advanced criteria for indoor air quality; (5) improve working conditions and reduce buildingrelated health problems; (6) reduce the dependence on imported sources of state’s energy through buildings that conserve energy and utilize local and renewable energy sources; (7) protect and restore this natural resources by avoiding state’s development of inappropriate building sites; (8) reduce the burden on municipal water supply and treatment by reducing potable water consumption; (9) reduce waste generation and manage waste through recycling and diversion from landfill disposal; (10) establish life cycle cost analysis as the appropriate and most efficient analysis to determine a building project’s optimal performance level;
(12)(7) ‘Thirdparty commissioning agent’ means a person accredited by the USGBC or GBI, with expertise in building system performance, who will analyze, evaluate, and confirm the proper function and performance of a high performance building, its systems, equipment, and indoor air quality, and who did not participate in the original certification of the major facility project or renovation project. (13) ‘USGBC’ means the United States Green Building Council. Section 4852820. The purpose of this section is to promote effective energy and environmental standards for construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of buildings in this State, improving the state’s state’s capacity to design, build, and operate highperformance buildings and creating new jobs and contributing to economic growth and increasing the state’s state’s energy independence. To accomplish the objectives of this article, the State shall adopt policies and procedures that: (1) optimize the energy performance of buildings throughout this State; (2) increase the demand for environmentally preferable building materials, finishes, and furnishings, and other products made in or incorporating materials produced in South Carolina; (3) improve environmental quality in this State by decreasing the discharge of pollutants from state buildings and their manufacture; (4) create public awareness of new technologies that can improve the health and productivity of building occupants by meeting advanced criteria for indoor air quality; (5) improve working conditions and reduce buildingrelated health problems; (6) reduce the state’s dependence on imported sources of energy through buildings that conserve energy and utilize local and renewable energy sources; (7) protect and restore this state’s natural resources by avoiding development of inappropriate building sites; (8) reduce the burden on municipal water supply and treatment by reducing potable water consumption; (9) reduce waste generation and manage waste through recycling and diversion from landfill disposal; (10) establish life cycle cost analysis as the appropriate and most efficient analysis to determine a building project’s optimal performance level;