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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0825.001 2008-2010 • EMILY I. NAEOLE- BEASON Tv '''' Phone: 808 965 -2712 • � " • Fax: (808) 965 -2707 Vice Chair •� �ij 4.'• Email: enaeole @cahawaii.hi.us Council District 5 ,R_'.'; + • . • +s Mailing Address: Business Address: 25 Aupuni Street 1 . • , 15 -2662 Pahoa - Village Road \k! _ Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Pahoa Marketplace, Room 304 Pahoa, Hawaii 96778 Hawai `i County Council County of Hawai ry 0 0 Date: May 18, 2010 0 (j 7) co To: J Yoshimoto, Council Chairman •.b♦ And Council Members - - i '�:: 2> F. : From: Emily I. Naeole- Beason, Council Vice Chair CO. s : r-4 0 Subject: Bill 250/255 and Bill 254 • I was somewhat disappointed when I saw that Bill 255 only changed the title of Bill 250. None of the Public input and Council discussion of May 5, 2010 have been considered in the resubmitted Bill 255. There were some critical problems in Bill 250 that were brought to our attention and it is imperative that these suggested changes get incorporated into Bill 255. The following amendments should be made to Bill 255 based on the corresponding reasons: AMEND — Section 2 401.1 Scope - Leave in the wording "This chapter applies to residential buildings." Remove only the wording "including those that do not contain conditioned space." REASON: Every Chapter must have a SCOPE to define what the Chapter is applicable to. Without a scope, the chapters' applicability is in doubt. The IECC, State and other county codes all have the above scope wording. The IECC wording of SCOPE must be retained. Note: The SECTION 1 amendment is what will exempt non - conditioned buildings from the thermal envelope requirements. AMEND — Section 4 402.1.1.1 Ceiling insulation alternative. Paragraph 6 (emittance vs.: emissivity). Remove this amendment in its entirety. Revert back to the original Ord. 09 -48 wording. REASON: The original wording found in Ord. 09 -48 is technically correct and is the wording in the State version of the code. We are mandated to use the State wording when applicable. Emissivity has to do with individual materials like the radiant barrier in paragraph 5 Emittance is a measureable value that indicates the amount of radiant energy reflecting off the roof assembly. In engineering, Physics, and Thermodynamics, these words cannot be interchangeable. Leaving this amendment in is a gross technical error. Q Comm No, Bag / Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island { Ref. Too P+`n 1 Ce'u i Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Rat Data„,—.--. J Yoshimoto, Council Chairman And Council Members May 18, 2010 Page 2 AMEND — Section 8 Make the effective date "effective 60 days after approval" REASON: Having an effective date upon approval (immediately) is not reasonable as expressed by the AIA and its member Architects. Their request to have 90 days to gear up their present projects to the new code was very reasonable. They have had about 30 days of warning already so it would be reasonable to make the effective date 60 days after approval. If Bill 255 can be passed with the above amendments, then I would seriously consider dropping my bill 254. This would allow for an H.Co. ECC to go into effect within reasonable time based on the 2006 Edition of the IECC. Then the Code Development Committee, under the direction of the Ad. Hoc. Committee with the assistance of the Energy Advisory Commission, can transpose all the corrected amendments into the 2009 Edition of the IECC and the County of Hawaii can be a leader in complying in next year's mandate to adopt the 2009 edition with local amendments. If Bill 255 is allowed to pass as written, with its serious errors, I will have no choice but to move forward Bill 254 for an extension of the effective date of Ord. 09 -48 to October 31, 2010. This will give the committee adequate time to make the necessary amendments to the 2009 Edition of the IECC. We would thus go directly to the 2009 Code, bypassing the 2006 code. These few extra months will not impact Federal Grant monies since we will be showing intent to quickly adopt the 2009 edition that will be federally mandated next year.