Title
REQUIRING LARGE, NEW HOMES TO BE ZERO NET ENERGY HOMES (CARE-42)
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. County Communication 20-570, from Councilmember Kelly Takaya King, transmitting a proposed bill to require large, new homes to be zero net energy homes.
2. Correspondence dated September 7, 2021, from the Department of the Corporation Counsel, transmitting a revised proposed bill entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16.16B.R401.2, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO ENERGY CODE COMPLIANCE FOR LARGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.” The purpose of the revised proposed bill is to require new one- or two-family residential buildings with 5,000 square feet or more of conditioned floor area to be verified zero net energy homes.
Status
The Committee may receive presentations from Darla Palmer-Ellingson, Steering Committee Director, Climate Action Advisory Committee; David Sellers, Principal, Hawaii Off-Grid LLC; and John Bendon, Founder, Green Building Hawaii; and discuss the impacts of the revised proposed bill on Maui County and related matters. The Committee may consider whether to recommend passage of the revised proposed bill on first reading, with or without further revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of County Communication 20-570 and other related action.