HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

AMENDMENT TO:			H.B. No. 2252
OFFERED BY:		Representative Gene Ward
DATE:	March 4, 2014

 

 

            SECTION 1.  House Bill No. 2252 is amended by amending section 1 to read as follows:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that certification requirements for the gas tankless and non-gas tankless, on-demand water heater options for a solar water heating system waiver application must be revised to be more accurate.  For quality assurance, the gas tankless and non-gas tankless, on-demand water heaters should be certified by a North American certification organization.

 

SECTION 2.  House Bill No. 2252 is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:

 

     SECTION 2.  Section 196-6.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  On or after January 1, 2010, no building permit shall be issued for a new single-family dwelling that does not include a solar water heater system that meets the standards established pursuant to section 269-44, unless the coordinator approves a variance.  A variance application shall only be accepted if submitted by an architect or mechanical engineer licensed under chapter 464, who attests that:

     (1)  Installation is impracticable due to poor solar resource;

     (2)  Installation is cost-prohibitive based upon a life cycle cost-benefit analysis that incorporates the average residential utility bill and the cost of the new solar water heater system with a life cycle that does not exceed fifteen years;

     (3)  A renewable energy technology system, as defined in section 235-12.5, is substituted for use as the primary energy source for heating water; or

     (4)  A demand water heater device [approved by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.,] is installed; provided that if the demand water heater device is a gas tankless instantaneous water heater, then at least one other gas appliance is installed in the dwelling.  For the purposes of this paragraph, "demand water heater" means a [gas-tankless] gas tankless or non-gas tankless instantaneous water heater that provides hot water only as it is needed.  The demand water heater shall be approved by a North American certification organization, which shall include the Canadian Standards Association International; the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute; Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association; and any other similar organizations that are nationally or internationally recognized, independent, nonprofit organizations active and dedicated to products standards development and testing and certification."

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