(1) “LEED” means Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.

(2) “Conditioned space” means an area, room, or space enclosed within a building, structure, or facility and that is directly or indirectly heated or cooled.

(3) “County financed” means any new construction, addition, or major renovation where the county contributes 25 percent or more of the project’s initial cost.

(4) “County LEED eligible project” means any new construction, addition, or major renovation of a building, structure, or facility that is greater than 5,000 square feet of conditioned space that is county owned, financed, or located on leased county property.

(5) “Initial cost” means the capital investment cost for land acquisition, construction, and renovation of a building, structure, or facility.

(6) “Major renovation” means work on a building, structure, or facility that demolishes the space down to the shell structure and rebuilds it with new interior walls, ceilings, floor coverings, and systems when the work affects 50 percent or more of the county LEED eligible project square footage and the affected space is greater than 5,000 square feet.

(7) “Minor renovation” means a project that is not a county LEED eligible project that makes substantial modification to the mechanical and electrical system. A substantial modification to the mechanical system means the addition or replacement of heating or cooling equipment serving 50 percent or more of the heating and cooling load. A substantial modification to the electrical system means the addition or replacement of 20 percent or more of the fixtures, or 20 percent or more of the lamps plus ballasts.

(8) “Preliminary design” means the phase of project design when a conceptual design is developed. Evaluation and analysis of potential project alternatives typically occurs during this time. Based on analysis, the preferred alternative is typically selected and designed sufficiently to establish a project baseline and budget at approximately 30-percent design.

(9) “Life cycle cost assessment ” means the initial cost plus the cost of operation of a facility or facility equipment over its economic life. This cost shall be calculated as the initial cost plus the operation, maintenance, and energy cost over the facility’s economic life, reflecting anticipated increases in these costs discounted to present value at the current rate for borrowing public funds, as determined by the Washington State Office of Financial Management. (Added by Ord. 20-007, Mar. 11, 2020, Eff date Mar. 28, 2020).