PUBLIC LAW 100-615—NOV. 5, 1988 102 STAT. 3189

the case of leased buildings, the life cycle costs shall be cal-
culated over the effective remaining term of the lease;

"(8) the term 'renewable energy sources' includes, but is not
limited to, sources such as agriculture and urban waste,
goethermal energy, solar energy, and wind energy; and

"(9) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Energy.".

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 381(c) of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6361(c)) is amended to read as
follows:

"(c) The Secretary shall include in the report required under
section 548(b) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act the
steps taken under subsections'(a) and (b) of this section.".

(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Part 3 of title V of the table of
contents of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act is amended
to read as follows:

"PAKT 3—FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT

"Sec. 541. Findings.

"Sec. 542. Purpose.

"Sec. 543. Energy management goals.

"Sec. 544. Establishment and use of life cycle cost methods and procedures.

"Sec. 545. Budget treatment for energy conservation measures.

"Sec. 546. Incentives for agencies.

"Sec. 547. Interagency Energy Management Task Force.

"Sec. 548. Reports.

"Sec. 549. Definitions.".

SEC. 3. SURVEY OF ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL. Public buildings

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall, using funds 42
appropriated to carry out this section, carry out an energy survey, note.
as defined in section 549(5) of the National Energy Conservation
Policy Act, for the purposes of—

(1) determining the maximum potential cost effective energy
savings that may be achieved in a representative sample of
buildings owned or leased by the Federal Government in dif-
ferent areas of the country; and

(2) making recommendations for cost effective energy effi-
ciency and renewable energy improvements in those buildings
and in other similar Federal buildings.

(b) lMPLEMEOTATTON.~~(l) The Secretary shall transmit to the
Congress, within 180 days after the date on which funds are appro-
priated to carry out this section, a plan for implementing this
section.

(2) The Secretary shall designate buildings to be surveyed in the
project so as to obtain a sample of buildings of the types and in the
climates that is representative of the buildings owned or leased by
Federal agencies in the United States that consume the major
portion of the energy consumed in Federal buildings.

(3) For purposes of this section, an improvement shall be consid-
ered cost effective if the cost of the energy saved or displaced by the
improvement exceeds the cost of the improvement over the remain-
ing life of a Federal building or the remaining term of a lease of a
building leased by the Federal Government as determined by the
life cycle costing methodology developed under section 544 of the
National Energy Conservation Policy Act.

(c) PERSONNEL.—(1) In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall utilize personnel who are—

(A) employees of the Department of Energy; or