Section 220-RICR-70-00-1.2 - DefinitionsA. Except for the definition § 1.2(4)(a) of this Part, the following definitions are set forth in the Act in R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-24-3: 1. "Department" means the Department of Administration.2. "LEED certified standard" means the current version of the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard referred to as LEED certified.3. "Equivalent standard" means a high-performance green building standard other than LEED, which provides a rating system or measurement tool, that, when used, leads to outcomes, similar or equivalent to, LEED, outcomes, in terms of green building performance; current accepted equivalent standards include green globes, Northeast collaborative high-performance schools protocol; or other equivalent high-performance green building standard accepted by the department;4. "Construction" means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing forty percent (40%) or more of any public structures or buildings, or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property; a. "Forty percent (40%) or more of any public structures or buildings" shall mean the LESSER OF the following values: (1) The Gross Square Footage (GSF) of the structure, OR(2) The currently listed insurance value of the structure, OR(3) The currently held insured value of the structure, OR(4) The currently listed tax value of the structure, OR(5) The currently listed market value of the structure5. "Public facility" means any public institution, public facility, public equipment, or any physical asset owned, leased or controlled in whole or in part by this state or any agency or political subdivision thereof;6. "Major facility project" means: a. A building construction project larger than five thousand (5,000) gross square feet of occupied or conditioned space; orb. A building renovation project is larger than ten thousand (10,000) gross square feet of occupied or conditioned space.7. "Public agency" means every state office, board, commission, committee, bureau, department or public institution of higher education.B. In addition to the above definitions, the following term is defined as follows:1. "Design phase" means any phase of design work beginning with the legal entity's execution of an agreement for professional services, such as engineering or architecture, or the legal entity's self-performance of said professional services that occurs PRIOR TO the entities' execution of a construction contract or agreement.220 R.I. Code R. 220-RICR-70-00-1.2