STAND. COM. REP. NO.  132-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2521

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2521 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NET ZERO ENERGY CAPABLE CONSTRUCTION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is require the adoption of "net zero energy capable design" in new single-family residential construction by January 1, 2015.

     Specifically, net zero energy capable design refers to single-family shelter units that are sufficiently energy efficient that it is less expensive to generate on-site renewable energy than it is to further increase the energy efficiency of the unit.

     Your Committees find that this approach is one of a multitude of paths to reach our Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative goal of seventy per cent clean energy by 2030.

Your Committees received testimony on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the definition of "net zero energy capable design" means a structure that is thirty-five per cent more efficient based upon performance-based design or prescription-based design;

     (2)  Requiring the State Building Code Council to complete prescription-based design provisions by January 1, 2012; and

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2521, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2521, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

____________________________ RIDA CABANILLA, Chair

____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Chair