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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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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-
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