(a) The Sustainable Energy-Efficient Buildings Program is established to promote energy conservation in buildings owned by public agencies and buildings owned by institutions of higher education.
(b) Under the Sustainable Energy-Efficient Buildings Program:
(1) For public agencies, the Arkansas Energy Office of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality shall develop and:
(A) Issue policies and technical guidelines to establish procedures and methods for compliance with the criteria and the performance standards for a major facility or a major renovation under § 22-3-2004; and
(B) Administer an energy management program designed to achieve compliance with the requirements of § 22-3-2006 through the implementation of energy conservation measures; and
(2) For the institutions of higher education, each institution of higher education:
(A) Shall develop and issue policies and technical guidelines to establish procedures and methods for compliance with the criteria and the performance standards for a major facility or a major renovation under § 22-3-2004; and
(B) May administer an energy management program designed to achieve compliance with the requirements of § 22-3-2006 through the implementation of energy conservation measures.