STAND. COM. REP. NO.1500

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.C.R. No. 157

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 157 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF ITS CURRENT EFFORTS TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT IT IS UTILIZING PROMISING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to conduct an analysis of its current efforts to determine to what extent it is utilizing promising energy efficiency and renewable energy technology in its development districts.

HCDA and Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc., submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committees find that in Kakaako, HCDA is working toward the development of a pedestrian friendly, mixed-use urban community that can also support the growth of a biotechnology industry in Hawaii. HCDA recognizes that the incorporation of promising new energy technologies into the redevelopment of Kakaako is important to its ultimate success. In fact, the new University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine currently under construction in Kakaako is working with the U.S. Green Building Council to achieve certification under the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. This system is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. The certification requires measures such as erosion and sedimentation control, minimum energy performance, storage and collection of recyclables, and environmental tobacco smoke control.

Your Committees have amended this measure to include the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) to assist in the analysis. HCDA does not have the expertise to independently carry out the type of analysis cited in this measure, however DBEDT has conducted several studies in relation to alternative energy and energy efficiency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Water, Land, and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 157, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 157, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair