SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, No. 2152

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

212th LEGISLATURE

ADOPTED OCTOBER 23, 2006

Sponsored by:

Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

Senator MARTHA W. BARK

District 8 (Burlington)

Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER "KIP" BATEMAN

District 16 (Morris and Somerset)

Assemblyman JOSEPH VAS

District 19 (Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator B.Smith, Assemblywoman Greenstein, Assemblymen Gusciora and Albano

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes DCA Commissioner to prepare and make available to the public a green building manual.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Substitute as adopted by the Senate Economic Growth Committee.

An Act concerning green buildings and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.  The Commissioner of Community Affairs is authorized to prepare, in consultation with other State agencies, and make available to the public, a green building manual for the purpose of ensuring that standards are available for those owners and builders who participate in any program that encourages or requires the construction of green buildings.  The manual shall include federal guidelines and regulations for energy efficiency in building construction.  The manual shall cover residential as well as commercial buildings.  For the purposes of this act, “green building” means those building construction practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment and their occupants and may consider, but need not be limited to five broad areas: sustainable site planning; safeguarding water and water efficiency; energy efficiency and renewable energy; conservation of materials and resources; and indoor environmental quality.

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.