(2) "State facilities," when used in this chapter, shall mean all State-owned or leased buildings, structures, appurtenances, and grounds.

(3) "State fleet," as used in this chapter, shall mean passenger vehicles and light duty trucks for use by State employees in the conduct of official duties, excluding law enforcement vehicles assigned to sworn law enforcement officers, and shall be procured by the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services.

(1) To ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that State government can meet its energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a manner that is adequate, reliable, secure, and sustainable; that assures affordability and encourages the State's economic vitality, the efficient use of energy resources, and cost-effective demand side management; and that is environmentally sound.

(2) To identify and evaluate, on an ongoing basis, resources that will meet State government energy service, infrastructure, purchasing and supply, and fleet needs in accordance with the principles of least cost integrated planning; including efficiency, conservation and load management alternatives, purchasing preferences, wise use of renewable resources and environmentally sound infrastructure development, energy supply, purchasing practices, and fleet management.

(1) To conserve resources, save energy, and reduce pollution. The Plan shall devise strategies to identify to the greatest extent feasible all opportunities for conservation of resources through environmentally and economically sound infrastructure development, purchasing, and fleet management, and investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency available to the State which are cost effective on a life-cycle cost basis.

(2) To consider State policies and operations that affect energy use.

(3) To devise a strategy to implement or acquire all prudent opportunities and investments in as prompt and efficient a manner as possible.

(4) To include appropriate provisions for monitoring resource and energy use and evaluating the impact of measures undertaken.

(5) To identify education, management, and other relevant policy changes that are a part of the implementation strategy.

(6) To devise a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Plan shall include steps to encourage more efficient trip planning, to reduce the average fuel consumption of the State fleet, to encourage alternatives to solo-commuting State employees for commuting and job-related travel, and to incorporate conventional hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles into the State fleet if cost-effective on a life-cycle basis.

(7) To provide, where feasible, for the installation of renewable energy systems including solar energy systems, which shall include equipment or building design features, or both, designed to attain the optimal mix of minimizing solar gain in the summer and maximizing solar gain during the winter, as part of the new construction or major renovation of any State building. The cost of implementation and installation will be identified as part of the budget process presented to the General Assembly.

(1) The Department of Buildings and General Services shall develop a State strategy to reduce overall energy consumption in existing and proposed State buildings based on energy consumption levels specified in the energy conservation standard referred to in this subsection. The Plan shall identify, in buildings at variance with the energy standards referred to in this subsection, the cost to bring the building into compliance, and energy cost savings for the remaining useful life of the building.

(2) Each State agency and department, designated by the Secretary of Administration, which constructs or manages State buildings shall, by June 30, 2005, assure that new construction or major renovation of such structures incorporates those practical energy efficiency measures and energy consuming systems that result in the lowest life-cycle cost. New construction of State buildings shall be highly efficient and shall employ optimal siting and design, given the uses to which the buildings are to be put, with respect to solar gain and temperature control. State buildings shall be shaded and ventilated and their air circulation managed, to the extent practical, instead of being cooled by air conditioning.

(3) In capital requests to the General Assembly, the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall include, when appropriate, work plans, budgets, and proposed financing mechanisms to accomplish these reductions in energy use.