(a) Agencies shall select, when life-cycle cost-effective, ENERGY STAR and other energy efficient products when acquiring energy-using products. For product groups where ENERGY STAR labels are not yet available, agencies may select products that are in the upper twenty-five per cent of energy efficiency as designated by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, federal energy management program.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-23

  • Available: means that the vehicle is physically present and not rented for the requested rental period. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
  • Energy: means work or heat that is, or may be, produced from any fuel or source whatsoever. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
  • ENERGY STAR: means a labeling program introduced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary labeling program designed to identify and promote energy-efficient products, in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
  • Facility: means a building or buildings or similar structure owned or leased by, or otherwise under the jurisdiction of, an agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Life-cycle cost-effective: means the life-cycle costs of a product, project, or measure that are estimated to be equal to or less than the base case, i. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
  • Renewable energy: means energy produced by solar, energy conserved by passive solar design/daylighting, ocean thermal, wind, wave, geothermal, waste-to-energy, or biomass power. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
(b) Agencies shall incorporate energy-efficient criteria consistent with designated energy-efficiency levels into product specification language developed for all purchasing procedures.
(c) The State shall consider the creation of financing agreements with private sector suppliers to provide private funding to offset higher up-front costs of efficient products.
(d) Agencies entering into leases, including the renegotiation or extension of existing leases, shall:

(1) Incorporate lease provisions that encourage energy and water efficiency wherever life-cycle cost-effective. Build-to-suit lease solicitations shall contain criteria encouraging sustainable design and development, energy efficiency, and verification of facility performance;
(2) Include a preference for facilities having an ENERGY STAR building label in their selection criteria for acquiring leased facilities; and
(3) Encourage lessors to apply for an ENERGY STAR building label and to explore and implement projects that will reduce costs to the State, including projects carried out through the lessors’ energy-savings contracts.
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