1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Smart Building Acceleration Act of 2018 . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) the building sector uses more than 40 percent of the energy of the United States; (2) emerging building energy monitoring and control technologies are enabling a transition of the building sector to smart buildings that have dramatically reduced energy use and improved quality of service to occupants; (3) an analysis of select private-sector smart buildings by the Department of Energy would document the costs and benefits of the emerging technologies, promote the adoption of the technologies, and accelerate the transition to the technologies; (4) with over 400,000 buildings, the Federal Government is the largest building owner in the United States; and (5) the Federal Government can also accelerate the transition to smart building technologies by demonstrating and evaluating emerging smart building technologies using existing programs and funding to showcase selected Federal smart buildings. 3. Smart building acceleration (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Internet of things technology solution The term internet of things technology solution means a solution that improves energy efficiency and predictive maintenance through cutting-edge technologies that utilize internet connected technologies including sensors, intelligent gateways, and security embedded hardware. (2) Program The term program means the Federal Smart Building Program established under subsection (b)(1). (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. (4) Smart building The term smart building means a building, or collection of buildings, with an energy system that— (A) is flexible and automated; (B) has extensive operational monitoring and communication connectivity, allowing remote monitoring and analysis of all building functions; (C) takes a systems-based approach in integrating the overall building operations for control of energy generation, consumption, and storage