S. Res. 548 (Introduced in Senate) — Expressing the sense of the Senate that high performance buildings improve the quality of life for millions of individuals, produce a more resilient and sustainable world for current and future generations, reduce operating costs, and improve the productivity, comfort, and health of occupants, and designating the week of June 11 through June 15, 2018, as “High Performance Building Week”.

That the Senate—

(1)

designates the week of June 11 through June 15, 2018, as “High Performance Building Week”; and

(2)

supports efforts to—

(A)

improve the performance of existing and future buildings through—

(i)

the adoption of best practices and voluntary consensus standards relating to commercial and residential buildings; and

(ii)

participation by interested parties in—

(I)

government programs, including those at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department of Energy;

(II)

public-private partnerships; and

(III)

private initiatives;

(B)

create awareness of the beneficial impacts that high performance buildings have on communities, including reductions in operating costs, improvements in the health and productivity of occupants of high performance buildings, and enhancements in community resiliency;

(C)

encourage interested parties to engage in dialogues on innovative policies and programs relating to the build environment that address needs relating to resiliency, workforce development, and energy and water efficiency;

(D)

support investment in research and programs that incentivize investments in high performance commercial and residential buildings, as investment in high performance buildings is in the overall interests of the United States; and

(E)

invest in training and education for, and celebrate the work of, engineers, architects, builders, code officials, tradespeople, design professionals, laborers, and others in the construction industry who work to advance high performance buildings.

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