Sustainability/Green Building

SB 1032: Thermal Efficiency Standards - Sposnored by Benacquisto
Thermal Efficiency Standards; Requiring that the Department of Environmental Protection and the applicable water management district grant a general permit for the construction, alteration, and maintenance of certain surface water management systems; authorizing the construction of certain surface water management systems to proceed without further action by the department or the water management district; providing definitions for the terms “ballasted roof,” “hardscape,” “heat island effect,” “low-sloped roof,” “solar reflectance” or “reflectance,” and “steeped-sloped roof”; providing standards for a thermal-efficient roof, etc.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

HB 987: Thermal Efficiency Standards - Spsonosred by Abruzzo; Rooney
Thermal Efficiency Standards; Requires DEP & water management districts to grant general permits for construction, alteration, & maintenance of certain surface water management systems; authorizes construction of certain surface water management systems to proceed without further action by department or water management district; provides standards for thermal-efficient roofs & requirements for minimum solar reflectance; defines thermal-efficient hardscapes & provides default reflectance values for certain paving materials.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

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Sustainability/Green Building