; (ii) provide for green and sustainable building standards not required by such standards; and (iii) can be used in connection with Federal housing, housing finance, and development programs to provide incentives for greater energy efficiency and conservation and for green and sustainable building methods, elements, practices, and materials. (B) Effect Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require any structure to comply with any standard established pursuant to this subsection or to provide any benefit or credit under any Federal program for any structure, except to the extent that any provision of law other than this subsection provides a benefit or credit under a Federal program for compliance with a standard established pursuant to this subsection. (2) Compliance A residential or nonresidential structure shall be considered to comply with the enhanced energy efficiency and conservation standards or the green building standards under this subsection, to the extent that such structure is verified by a third party as compliant with, or certified to, the applicable provisions of the standards under paragraph (3) or (4), respectively (as such standards are in effect for purposes of this section, pursuant to paragraph (7)), in a manner that is not required for compliance with the energy efficiency standards under subsection (a) then in effect and subject to the Secretary’s determination of which standards are applicable to which structures. (3) Energy efficiency and conservation standards The energy efficiency and conservation standards under this paragraph are as follows: (A) Residential structures With respect to residential structures: (i) New construction For new construction, the Energy Star for Homes certification or Energy Star for Multifamily New Construction certification standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency, as such standards are in effect for purposes of this subsection pursuant to paragraph (7)