Reduction of energy use in state buildings

(a) The energy performance standards established by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall require that the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, establish a process for calculating annually, from currently available data, the average energy use per square foot in state buildings. (b) In accordance with section 16a-37u, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall (1) implement a system requiring all state agencies to use the process established by the Department of Administrative Services to annually calculate energy use, (2) establish one or more thresholds of acceptability for energy use in state buildings, and (3) (A) reduce energy use, on a cost-effective life-cycle basis and within available fiscal resources as determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in those buildings under the care and control of the Department of Administrative Services which do not meet such thresholds, and (B) assist other agencies in reducing energy use, on a cost-effective life-cycle basis and within available fiscal resources as determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in those buildings under their care and control which do not meet the applicable thresholds.