Summary: This section states the purpose and scope of the Bureau's rules establishing procedures for compliance with energy efficiency standards for the planning and design of public improvements.
5 M.R.S.A. §1764-A authorizes the Bureau to adopt rules addressing methods to improve the energy efficiency and environmental impacts of certain buildings starting in the planning and design phases and requiring documentation that those energy- and environmentally-conscious standards will be effective. The purpose of this Chapter is to implement the Bureau's rulemaking authority by establishing procedures for documenting analysis of buildings consistent with § 1764-A.
18- 554 C.M.R. ch. 60, § 1
September 18, 2004 - filing 2004-398
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 30-A M.R.S.A. §§5221 , 5229