Aims

• Legislative advocacy project– Effort to pass federal legislation

• United States government– Mainly Congress

• Support from a Congressperson• Targeted at E&E Subcommittee of Energy and

Commerce Committee of the House

Global Steps

• Propose legislation to Congressperson• Congressional legal team refines and edits it• The bill is then at the mercy of the

Committees• Our focus then shifts to approval form

Committee with minor publicity on the general Congress

Global Details

• Multi-faceted legislation• Voluntary eco-labeling• Energy efficiency verification• A calculated benchmark becomes minimum

requirement

Advocacy Logistics

• Sub-federal level testing– State governments utilizing LEED certification

programs• Support– Potential Congressional Sponsors– Stakeholders– Other sponsors

Support during legislation process

• Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Earl Blumenauer and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

• Expert Witnesses– Energy and Environment Building Alliance– High Performance Building Council– Alliance to Save Energy– Building Science Corporation