(4) means the Green Building Initiative. ‘GBI’ (5) means the level of a and ‘Globes’ building’s sustainability energy efficiency performance as determined by Green GBI’s Globes Rating System. (6) Globes Rating means the environmental ‘Green System’ building rating system established by the Green Building Initiative. (7) means a building designed to ‘Highperformance building’ achieve integrated systems design and construction so as to significantly increase energy and water efficiency and reduce or eliminate the negative impact of the built environment. (8) means the U.S. Green Building ‘LEED’ Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Rating System. (9) Silver means the Silver standard as set ‘LEED standard’ forth by LEED Green Building Rating System. USGBC’s (10)(a)(5)(a) facility means: ‘Major project’ (i) a statefunded new construction building project in which the building to be constructed is larger than ten thousand gross square feet; (ii) a statefunded renovation project in which the project involves more than fifty percent of the replacement value of the facility or a change in occupancy; or (iii) a statefunded commercial interior tenant fitout project that is larger than seven thousand five hundred square feet of leasable area. (b) facility does not mean: ‘Major project’ (i) a building, regardless of size, that does not have conditioned space as defined by Standard 90.1 of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and AirConditioning Engineers; (ii) a public kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, secondary school, junior high school, or high school, all as defined in Section 591150; (iii) a correctional facility constructed for the Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health, or Department of Juvenile Justice; (iv) a building project funded by the State Ports Authority, the Coordinating Council for Economic Development, or the State Infrastructure Bank; or (v) a building project funded by the Department of Health and Environmental Control in which the primary purpose of the building project is for the storage of archived documents. (11)(6) means a building project involving ‘Renovation project’ the modification or adaptive reuse of an existing facility.
(4) ‘GBI’ means the Green Building Initiative. (5) ‘Globes’ means the level of a building’s sustainability and energy efficiency performance as determined by GBI’s Green Globes Rating System. (6) ‘Green Globes Rating System’ means the environmental building rating system established by the Green Building Initiative. (7) ‘Highperformance building’ means a building designed to achieve integrated systems design and construction so as to significantly increase energy and water efficiency and reduce or eliminate the negative impact of the built environment. (8) ‘LEED’ means the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Rating System. (9) ‘LEED Silver standard’ means the Silver standard as set forth by USGBC’s LEED Green Building Rating System. (10)(a)(5)(a) ‘Major facility project’ means: (i) a statefunded new construction building project in which the building to be constructed is larger than ten thousand gross square feet; (ii) a statefunded renovation project in which the project involves more than fifty percent of the replacement value of the facility or a change in occupancy; or (iii) a statefunded commercial interior tenant fitout project that is larger than seven thousand five hundred square feet of leasable area. (b) ‘Major facility project’ does not mean: (i) a building, regardless of size, that does not have conditioned space as defined by Standard 90.1 of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and AirConditioning Engineers; (ii) a public kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, secondary school, junior high school, or high school, all as defined in Section 591150; (iii) a correctional facility constructed for the Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health, or Department of Juvenile Justice; (iv) a building project funded by the State Ports Authority, the Coordinating Council for Economic Development, or the State Infrastructure Bank; or (v) a building project funded by the Department of Health and Environmental Control in which the primary purpose of the building project is for the storage of archived documents. (11)(6) ‘Renovation project’ means a building project involving the modification or adaptive reuse of an existing facility.
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