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December 13,2019
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
West Hawaii Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway,Building A
Kailua,Kona Hawaii
DATE: Tuesday,December 17,2019 3
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
TESTIMONY ON BILL NO. 126(2019)—Hawaii County Energy Code Bill
To Committee Chair Lee Loy,Vice Chair Kaneali'i-Kleinfelder and members of the
Committee:
Hawaii LECET is a labor-management partnership between the Hawaii Laborers' International
Union of North America, Local 368, its' 5000+members and its' 250+unionized contractors.
The Laborers' International Union of North America is the largest construction union in the
United States.
Mahalo for the opportunity to testify in SUPPORT of the Hawaii County Energy Code Bill
No. 126. Hawaii LECET supports the intent of Bill No. 126 and would like to request minor
clarifying amendments.
To be consistent with section f31)and to provide further clarification in section(29) amend
TABLE R402.1.2 of the International Energy Conservation Code as attached to this testimony.
Bill 126 will ensure that the sustainability and safety benefits of mass wall construction are
recognized in the revisions of the Hawaii County Energy Codes, as these revisions will help to
create codes that are tailored to Hawaii County's unique climate,resulting in greater energy
efficiency and cost savings.
Mahalo for the opportunity to testify.
With respect,
Hawaii Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust
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INSULATION AND FENESTRATION REQUIREMENTS BY COMPONENTa
i%IMATE FENESTRATION SKYLIGHT� GLAZED WOOD MASS BASEMENT' SLABd CRAWL
NG FLOOR WALL SPACE*
ZONE U-FACTOR6 tj�FACTOR FENESTRATION CEILI FRAME WALL WALL R-VALUE R-VALUE WALL
$HGC',' R.VALUE R-VALUE R-VALUE! R-VALUE &DEPTH R-VALUE
I NR 0-75 0.25 30 13 9/4 or NR 1 13 0 0 0
0,40 0.65 0?5 3.3I3 4.10 13 0 0
3 0.35 (1.55 0.25 H 20 or 13+51` W13 19 511;31 0 5/13
4 except 035 0'55 0.40 49 20 or 13-5i' 9113 19 10/13 10,2 ft t0/13
5 wid
iMit6iie 4 0,32 0.55 NIR 49 20 or 13+52' 13/1 3w 15/19 10.2 ft 15119
6 0:32 0 55 NR. 49 20a-5 or 13+1 U' 15/20 W 15119 10.4 ft li/19
7_alld8l 032 0.55 1 INR 1 49 120+5 or 13+10a 19/21 38a 15/19 10,4 ft 15119
For S 1: 1 foot=301.3 mm.
9.R-Valuerclo InillinIUMS.t,Lfactors and SfIGC are.maximums.M(hen insulation is installed in a cavity N-vilich is less than the label or design
lhickneas of the
insulation,the installed R-value of the insulation Shall not be loss than the R-value specified in the table.
b.The fenestration U-Factor colLinjo excludes skvii-his.The siiCjc column applies to all glazed fenestration.["Acenticit):Skylights may be
oxcluded from glazed
renestration SI-IGC requirements in climate Zones I through 3 where the.SI-IGC for such Sk�dights dues not exceed 0,30,
c,"15/19'means R-15 ContillLIOLIS insulation an the interior or exterior of the;home or P\,-19 cavity insulation at the interior of the-basement wall.
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be permitted to be met with R-13 cavity insulation on the interior of the basement wall plus R-5 continuous insulation on the,interior or exterior
ol'the home.
Y means R-10 continuous insulation on the interior or exterior of the home or R-13 cavity insulation at the interior of the basement
d.R-5 shall be added to the required slab edge R-vallre,,.,for heated stabs.Insulation depth shall be the depth of the fooling or 2 feet,whichever is
less in Climate
Zones I throu,,,h 3 for heated slabs.
e, here*1 are no SWX rC(ILl1rernCl1tS in the Marine Zone.
f Basement wall insulation is not required in%varm-humid 10Cafi()os as defined by Figure 8301.I and Table 8301.1.
g.or insulation sufficient to fill the framing cavity,R-19 mininiuni.
L.The first value is cavity InRlhlfi0n,the Second value is COI)tint.1005 irlSOlation,So
14-5"means R-13 cavity inSt.dation plus R-5 continuous
insulation.
i.The second R-value applies when more than half the insulation is on the interior of the mass wall-, ,A)`3/4"nican-9 R-4 ca,,,ity insulation applies
ti,Aiarl more thati,half the insulation is on the interior of the tnassyvall,
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