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. The definitions set forth in this section govern the
construction of this article:
(a) "Commission" means the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission.
(b) "Energy independence" means the utilization of existing and
developing technologies to meet energy needs onsite, including, but
not necessarily limited to, the utilization of solar, fuel cells, and
other renewable and clean onsite energy sources, the optimization of
the use of daylighting, the use of passive solar orientation, and
the use of construction techniques that minimize energy loss, such as
appropriate insulation and lighting fixtures.
(c) "Energy management plans" means the plans that community
colleges develop with guidance from the Statewide Energy Management
Program to implement energy efficiency projects such as sustainable
green buildings, renovations, and wind or solar farms that will move
the community colleges toward energy independence.
(d) "Program" means the Statewide Energy Management Program,
established under this article, which is a state program modeled
after the Federal Energy Management Program.
(e) "Renewable or other distributed energy systems" means
alternative efficient sources of energy such as daylighting,
photovoltaic panels (rooftops or solar farms), passive solar heating,
fuel cells, and steam. Diesel-fueled electric generating systems are
not included in this definition.
(f) "Sustainable green building" means a building that has been
designed to reduce both direct and indirect environmental
consequences associated with construction, occupancy, operation,
maintenance, and eventual decommissioning, and whose design is
evaluated for cost, quality of life, future flexibility, ease of
maintenance, energy and resource efficiency, and overall
environmental impact, with an emphasis on life-cycle cost analysis.