Report Title:

Energy Efficient Water Heating for New Construction

Description:

Requires energy efficient water heating in new construction of dwelling units. Defines "dwelling unit". Effective date of July 1, 2030. (SD2)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2682

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 196, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§196-  Energy efficient water heating for new construction. (a) All newly constructed dwelling units shall be equipped with a primary hot water system:

(1) Comprised of a conventional solar panel hot water

system or a standard propane gas water heater, or a system at least as energy efficient as a conventional solar panel hot water system, as certified by an appropriately licensed architect or general contractor, solar water heater contractor, or plumber;

(2) Sized to meet at least eighty per cent of the hot

water demand for the respective dwelling unit, as

certified by an appropriately licensed architect or

general contractor, solar water heater contractor, or

plumber; and

(3) Whose function may be supported by a less energy

efficient heating system such as gas or an electrical

resistance water heater, which is used only as a

secondary heating system or sized to meet no more than

twenty per cent of the hot water demand for the

respective dwelling unit, as certified by an

appropriately licensed architect or general

contractor, solar water heater contractor, or plumber.

(b) Covenants, conditions, and restrictions governing new residential developments shall not prohibit the installation of solar energy devices.

(c) This section shall not apply to new dwelling units constructed in areas receiving three-hundred calories per square centimeter a day or less of solar radiation, as identified by the department of business, economic development, and tourism's solar insolation maps."

SECTION 2. Section 196-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

""Dwelling unit" means a room or rooms connected together, constituting an independent housekeeping unit for a family and containing a kitchen."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.