Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton introduced the “Zero Emissions Building Act of 2007” on March 29. The bill, designated S. 1059, closely follows the AIA’s model legislation for federal buildings that served as the Institute’s principal “ask” during February’s Grassroots Capitol Hill Day. The bill requires that all new and renovated buildings owned or leased by the federal government meet an immediate energy efficiency reduction of 50 percent of the average energy consumption of similar federal buildings in operation in 2003. In 2010 the requirement would increase to a 60-percent reduction and increase by 10 percent at five-year intervals into the future until carbon neutrality is reached in 2030. For more information, read this week’s Angle, the Institute’s newsletter on government and analysis.