Ohio Revised Code Title XXXIII. Education Libraries § 3345.69

(1) “State institution of higher education” has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.

(2) “Board of trustees of a state institution of higher education” has the same meaning as in section 3345.61 of the Revised Code.

(1) Include a goal to reduce on- and off-campus building energy consumption by at least twenty per cent by 2014, using calendar year 2004 as the benchmark year, while recognizing the diverse nature and different energy demands and uses of such buildings and measures already taken to increase building energy efficiency and conservation;

(2) Prescribe minimum energy efficiency and conservation standards for any new, on- or off-campus capital improvement project with a construction cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more, which standards shall be based on general building type and cost-effectiveness;

(3) Prescribe minimum energy efficiency and conservation standards for the leasing of an off-campus space of at least twenty-thousand square feet;

(4) Incorporate best practices into energy efficiency and conservation standards and plans;

(5) Provide that each board develop its own fifteen-year plan for phasing in energy efficiency and conservation projects;

(6) Provide that project impact assessments include the fiscal effects of energy efficiency and conservation recommendations and plans;

(7) Establish mechanisms for each board to report periodically to the committee on its progress relative to the guidelines.