Chapter 05E Energy Conservation Code

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E NERGY C ONSERVATION C ODE§5E-1-6 (1) 5, the construction administrative code; (2) 5A, the building code; (3) 5B, the residential building code; (4) 5C, the existing building code; (5) 5D, the electrical code; (6) 5E, the energy conservation code; and (7) 5F, the plumbing code. “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, or its or their successors or assigns, according to the context thereof. “Section” means a section of a chapter of the Uniform Plumbing Code. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 5; am 2021, ord 21-61, secs 22 and 23.) 5E-1-6 Section 5E-1-7. Compliance required. (a) No person shall perform or cause to be performed any work which does not comply with the provisions of this code or any permit issued pursuant to this code. (b) No person shall perform any work covered by this code in violation of the provisions of chapter 444, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (c) Any approval or permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this code shall comply with all applicable requirements of this code. (d) The granting of a permit, variance, or approval of plans or specifications pursuant to this code does not dispense with the necessity to comply with any applicable law to which a permit holder may also be subject. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 5.) 5E-1-7 Section 5E-1-8. Conflict. (a) If any provisions of this code conflict with or contravene provisions of the State Energy Code, found in chapter 3-181, Hawai‘i Administrative Rules, or the International Energy Conservation Code, 2015 Edition, that have been incorporated by reference, the provisions of this code shall prevail as to all matters and questions arising out of the subject matter of such provisions. (b) In situations where two or more provisions of this code and any applicable law, other than those provided for in subsection (a), cover the same subject matter, the stricter shall be complied with. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 5.) 5E-1-8 Article 2. Installation Requirements. Section 5E-2-1. International Energy Conservation Code adopted. (a) The “International Energy Conservation Code, 2015 Edition” herein referred to as the “International Energy Conservation Code,” as copyrighted and published in 2015 by the International Code Council, Incorporated, 500 New Jersey Avenue, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20001, is incorporated by reference and made a part of this chapter, subject to the amendments hereinafter set forth in this article. SUPP. 11 (1-2022) 5E-3