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(ii) introductory provision.\n(B)\nInclusions\nThe term \u201ccost-effective lighting technology\u201d includes\u2014\n(i) lamps;\n(ii) ballasts;\n(iii) luminaires;\n(iv) lighting controls;\n(v) daylighting; and\n(vi) early use of other highly cost-effective lighting technologies.\n(6)\nCost-effective technologies and practices\nThe term \u201ccost-effective technologies and practices\u201d means a technology or practice that\u2014\n(A) will result in substantial operational cost savings by reducing electricity or fossil fuel consumption, water, or other utility costs, including use of geothermal heat pumps;\n(B) complies with the provisions of\nsection 8259b of this title\n(C) is at least as energy and water conserving as required under this title,\n1\n1\n(7)\nFederal Director\nThe term \u201cFederal Director\u201d means the individual appointed to the position established under\nsection 17092(a) of this title\n(8)\nFederal facility\nThe term \u201cFederal facility\u201d means any building that is constructed, renovated, leased, or purchased in part or in whole for use by the Federal Government.\n(9)\nOperational cost savings\n(A)\nIn general\nThe term \u201coperational cost savings\u201d means a reduction in end-use operational costs through the application of cost-effective technologies and practices or geothermal heat pumps, including a reduction in electricity consumption relative to consumption by the same customer or at the same facility in a given year, as defined in guidelines promulgated by the Administrator pursuant to\n(i) for cost-effective technologies and practices, the date that is 5 years after the date of installation; 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and\n(H) considers indoor and outdoor effects of the building on human health and the environment, including\u2014\n(i) improvements in worker productivity;\n(ii) the life-cycle impacts of building materials and operations; and\n(iii) other factors that the Federal Director or the Commercial Director consider to be appropriate.\n(14)\nLife-cycle\nThe term \u201clife-cycle\u201d, with respect to a high-performance green building, means all stages of the useful life of the building (including components, equipment, systems, and controls of the building) beginning at conception of a high-performance green building project and continuing through site selection, design, construction, landscaping, commissioning, operation, maintenance, renovation, deconstruction or demolition, removal, and recycling of the high-performance green building.\n(15)\nLife-cycle assessment\nThe term \u201clife-cycle assessment\u201d means a comprehensive system approach for measuring the environmental performance of a product or service over the life of the product or service, beginning at raw materials acquisition and continuing through manufacturing, transportation, installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste management.\n(16)\nLife-cycle costing\nThe term \u201clife-cycle costing\u201d, with respect to a high-performance green building, means a technique of economic evaluation that\u2014\n(A) sums, over a given study period, the costs of initial investment (less resale value), replacements, operations (including energy use), and maintenance and repair of an investment decision; and\n(B) is expressed\u2014\n(i) in present value terms, in the case of a study period equivalent to the longest useful life of the building, determined by taking into consideration the typical life of such a building in the area in which the building is to be located; or\n(ii) in annual value terms, in the case of any other study period.\n(17)\nOffice of Commercial High-Performance Green Buildings\nThe term \u201cOffice of Commercial High-Performance Green Buildings\u201d means the Office of Commercial High-Performance Green Buildings established under\nsection 17081(a) of this title\n(18)\nOffice of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings\nThe term \u201cOffice of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings\u201d means the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings established under\nsection 17092(a) of this title\n(19)\nPractices\nThe term \u201cpractices\u201d means design, financing, permitting, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and other practices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy buildings or facilities.\n(20)\nZero-net-energy commercial building\nThe term \u201czero-net-energy commercial building\u201d means a commercial building that is designed, constructed, and operated to\u2014\n(A) require a greatly reduced quantity of energy to operate;\n(B) meet the balance of energy needs from sources of energy that do not produce greenhouse gases;\n(C) therefore result in no net emissions of greenhouse gases; 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