STAND. COM. REP. NO.  293-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2166

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2166 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce energy use on the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa campus and encourage the development of models for energy savings that can benefit the entire UH system and the broader community.  Specifically, this bill appropriates funds for energy conservation and renewable energy measures that are part of the sustainable Saunders Hall project at UH at Manoa.

     The Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, Help Us Bridge Student Sustainability Team, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The UH-Manoa supported the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2166 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Energy & Environmental Protection,

____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Chair

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair