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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 550 Q8
A RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE THE COST-EFFECTIVE INSTALLATION OF
SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEMS
ON COUNTY BUILDINGS.
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council acknowledges that Hawaii County should
take the lead in the effort to reduce the county's dependence on fossil fuels and other imported
resources for electrical energy; and
WHEREAS, solar water heaters and photovoltaic systems benefit everyone in the county
by decreasing the total use of fossil fuel, reducing the county's greenhouse gas emissions, and
decreasing the need for additional centralized power generation stations; and
WHEREAS, solar water heaters and photovoltaic systems typically recoup the cost of
the initial investment in these systems in three to ten years, by utilizing free energy produced by
the sun; and
WHEREAS, typical electric bills are reduced by 30 to 40 percent after installation of a
solar water heater and by even greater percentages after installation of a photovoltaic system; and
WHEREAS, the county can realize both financial savings and a countywide reduction in
the use of fossil fuel via the installation of solar water heaters and photovoltaic systems on
county facilities; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that all
new county facilities utilize solar water heaters and photovoltaic systems and that existing
county facilities be retrofitted with solar water heaters and photovoltaic systems, to the
maximum extent possible.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the mayor assign qualified administrative
personnel to help determine the cost-efficiency and the funding requirements to implement such
installation within the county and to oversee installation of solar water heaters and photovoltaic
systems on county facilities, in order to meet the county's energy goals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the mayor present the funding requirements to
install solar water heating and photovoltaic systems on county facilities to the council prior to
submission of the operating budget on March 1, 2009.
~E IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the County Clerk shall forward certified copies of
this resolution to Mayor Harry Kim and to the Directors of the following departments: the
Department of Finance, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Planning Department, the
Department of Public Works, the Fire Department, the Police Department, the Department of
Civil Defense, the Office of the Corporation Counsel, the Data Systems Department, the
Department of Environmental Management, the Human Resources Department, the Department
of Liquor Control, the Mass Transit Agency, the Office of Aging, the Office of Housing and
Community Development, the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, and the Department of Research
and Development.
Dated at Hilo , Hawaii, this 9th day of April , ?008.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL E BE ~ , C LINTY OF H WA1'I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL cALL voTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOLS A13s ex
Hilo, Hawaii X
HIGA X ~
1 hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by HOFFMANN I
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the IKEDA
County of Hawaii on Apz'11 9, 2008 X
JACOBSON X
NAEOLE X
AT"LEST: PILAGO
YAGONG X
T YOSHIMOTO X
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