37-24-3. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Construction” means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or

demolishing forty percent (40%) or more of any public structures, public buildings, public real

property or other public improvements of any kind to any public structures, public buildings or

public real property.

(2) “Department” means the department of administration the office of the state building

code commissioner .

(3) “Equivalent standard” means a high-performance green building standard, other than

LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES, that provides an independent, third-

party verification and certification of a rating system or measurement tool, that, when used, leads

to outcomes equivalent to, LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES outcomes,

in terms of green building, green infrastructure, and green site performance; current accepted

equivalent standards include green globes, Northeast collaborative high-performance schools

protocol; or other equivalent high-performance green building, green infrastructure, and green site

standards accepted by the department.

(4) “LEED” also, “LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES certified standard”

means the current version of the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating standard referred to as LEED, LEED for

Neighborhood Development, and SITES certified. SITES means the U.S. Green Building Council’s

SITES — The Sustainable SITES Initiative.

(5) “Public agency” means every state or municipal office, board, commission, committee,

bureau, department, or public institution of education, or any political subdivision thereof.

(6) “Public facility” means any public institution, public facility, public equipment, or any

physical asset owned, including its public real-property site, leased or controlled in whole or in part

by this state, a public agency, a municipality or a political subdivision, that is for public or

government use.

(7) “Public major facility project” means: