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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SECTION 10. Section 5-2.8.1.(a) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition) relating <br />to Building Envelope (Scope) is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />"(a) The requirements of this division apply to all buildings or portions of buildings <br />which provide shelter or facilities for human occupancy unless exempted by <br />section 5-2.2.2 or section 5-2.2.3. The requirements apply to new buildings and <br />to additions which increase the floor space of existing buildings. These <br />requirements also apply to shell or speculative buildings and to warehouses that <br />are converted to use as facilities or shelter for human occupancy if the building <br />was permitted after March 31, 1997." <br /> <br />SECTION 11. Section 5-2.8.4.(d) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition) relating <br />to Prescriptive Criteria is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />"(d) Horizontal Glazing (Skylights). <br />(I) The horizontal projection of skylight area shall be limited to a maximum <br />fraction of the horizontal projection of roof area which is specified by the <br />following equation: <br /> <br />A = O.025jSC <br /> <br />Equation 8-9 <br /> <br />Where: <br /> <br />A = Maximum allowed skylight area measured as the skylight's <br />horizontal projection. Expressed as a fraction of the horizontal <br />projection of roof area. Shall be less than or equal to 0.15. <br />SC = Shading coefficient of skylight; may be from manufacturer's <br />literature. <br /> <br />(2) Exception~. <br />{Al Low-rise residential buildings that are not air-conditioned or those in <br />locations with greater than eight hundred heating degree days (base <br />sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit) or with elevation greater than two <br />thousand five hundred feet above sea level (where degree day data are <br />not available). <br />ill} Residential buildings, R-3 occupancy." <br /> <br />SECTION 12. Section 5-2.9.3.(a} of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition) relating <br />to Basic Requirements for Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HV AC) Sytems is <br />hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />"Section 5-2.9.3. Basic requirements. <br />(a) Load Calculations. <br />(1) Calculation Procedures. <br />!Al Cooling system design loads for the purpose of sizing systems and <br />equipment shall be determined in accordance with the procedures <br />described in the ASHRAE Handbook, 1989 Fundamentals or a similar <br />computation procedure. For those design parameters addressed in <br />subdivisions (2) through (9), the values specified shall be used. <br /> <br />1,2 <br />