Amends GS 143-135.37 (Energy and water use standards for public major facility construction and renovation projects; verification and reporting energy and water use), providing that to achieve sustainable building standards, construction projects can utilize a nationally recognized high performance environmental building rating system provided that such system (1) does not use a material or product-based credit system disadvantaging materials or products from NC; (2) gives certification credits equally to forest products grown, manufactured, and certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, the American Tree Farm System, and the Forest Stewardship Council; (3) is developed in conformity with American National Standards Institute procedures; and (4) must either be approved as American National Standards or developed by a designator audited by the American National Standards Institute.