Iowa Code § 470.2 - Policy — analysis required

The general assembly declares that energy management is of primary importance in the design of publicly owned facilities. On or after May 26, 2016, a public agency responsible for the construction or renovation of a facility or the construction of an addition shall, in a design begun after that date, include as a design criterion the requirement that a life cycle cost analysis be conducted for the facility. The objectives of the life cycle cost analysis are to optimize energy efficiency at an acceptable life cycle cost. The life cycle cost analysis shall meet the requirements of section 470.3. [C81, §470.2] 2016 Acts, ch 1109, §3, 9