THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2677
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

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

SECTION 1. 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 chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office 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.,] a nationally recognized testing laboratory is installed; provided that at least one other gas appliance is installed in the dwelling. For the purposes of this paragraph, "demand water heater" means a gas-tankless instantaneous water heater that provides hot water only as it is needed."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Report Title:

Demand Water Heater Device; Residential; Variance; Approving Entity

Description:

Requires that a demand water heater device be approved by any nationally recognized testing laboratory, rather than just Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., for the acceptance of a variance application. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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