STAND. COM. REP. NO. 66

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 241

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Education and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 241 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to promote energy conservation, reduce the State's dependence on foreign oil, and decrease the heat island effect by establishing specific performance standards mandating the use of cool roofs in all new residential and commercial construction in Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by a private organization and an individual.  Testimony in opposition was submitted by a state department and a private organization.  Comments were submitted by two private organizations.  Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that this measure would not only result in reducing the heat island effect, thus lowering the overall need for cooling in urban areas, but would also reduce cooling costs of individual homes or structures.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding an exemption to the cool roof requirement for a building with on-site photovoltaic systems that provide power sufficient to cover the structure's daytime energy usage;

     (2)  Adding a partial exemption to the cool roof requirement for portions of a roof that are or will be covered by a solar energy system;

     (3)  Clarifying the definitions of "new construction" and "cool roof" to be consistent with the operative portions of the measure; and

     (4)  Making technical corrections for typographical and grammatical errors and to make the measure consistent with the Hawaii Revised Statutes and other portions of the measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Education and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 241, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 241, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Education and Housing,

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair