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From Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
The Honolulu City Council has adopted two separate but related pieces of legislation focused on boosting energy efficiency in new construction dwellings and reusing old construction materials to reduce the stream of solid waste on O‘ahu.
To promote green building practices, the Council voted unanimously to pass Bill 4 — co-introduced by Chair Tommy Waters and Council member Matt Weyer earlier this year — which amends the city’s Building Energy Conservation Code to match 2020 updates in the adopted Hawai‘i State Energy Code.
Bill 4, as approved Wednesday, is intended to lower energy costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the energy resilience of new construction as a result of climate change. In addition, the bill lays the groundwork for solar and electric vehicle readiness in new construction.
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