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S. Rept. 116-151 1 (2019-10-24)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxacvn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Op Calendar No. 272 116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT 1st Session J SENATE 116-151 SMART BUILDING ACCELERATION ACT OF 2019 OCTOBER 24, 2019.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2335] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 2335) to accelerate smart building development, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 2335 is to accelerate smart building develop- ment. BACKGROUND AND NEED The building sector uses more than 40 percent of the energy of the nation, but it has been challenging to reduce energy use in this sector for two reasons. First, buildings are designed to stand for decades, and individual owners have little incentive to make en- ergy efficiency improvements that yield benefits beyond their pe- riod of ownership. Second, builders and building owners often pass on the energy costs to the buyer or tenants, so owners have little incentive to make energy efficiency improvements to reduce energy costs. However, emerging energy monitoring and control technologies are enabling a transition of the building sector to smart buildings that have dramatically reduced energy use and improved quality of service to occupants. S. 2335 seeks to accelerate the transition to smart buildings by supporting research and by documenting the costs and benefits of emerging technologies in private-sector and Federal government buildings. By expanding the use of smart tech- 99-010