Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism › Chapter 37 - SOLAR WATER HEATER VARIANCE › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PURPOSE › Section 15-37-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning
					 clearly appears in the context:
"Authorized to do business in the State" means a domestic
					 or foreign profit corporation incorporated under chapter 414, HRS; domestic
					 general partnership or foreign general partnership incorporated under chapter
					 425, HRS; domestic limited partnership or domestic limited liability
					 partnership incorporated under chapter 425E, HRS; foreign limited partnership
					 or foreign limited liability partnership incorporated under chapter 425E, HRS;
					 domestic limited liability company or foreign limited liability company
					 incorporated under chapter 428, HRS; a domestic limited liability partnership
					 or foreign limited liability partnership incorporated under chapter 425, HRS;
					 or a sole proprietorship.
"County" or "counties" means the City and County of
					 Honolulu and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui.
"DBEDT" means the State of Hawaii Department of Business,
					 Economic Development, and Tourism.
"Department" means the State of Hawaii Department of
					 Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
"Director" means the director of the Department of
					 Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
"Family" means any group of people, which may include
					 children, living together as a unit.
"HRS" means Hawaii Revised Statutes, the laws of the State
					 of Hawaii, which were passed by the State Legislature and signed by the
					 Governor or allowed to become law without signature.
"Program" means the state solar water heater variance
					 program authorized by section
					 196-6.5,
					 HRS.
"Qualified professional" means any architect or mechanical
					 engineer licensed to do business in the State, which is:
(1) Subject to the state corporate or individual income tax
					 under chapter 235, HRS; and
(2) Engaged in design or engineering of a Hawaii single
					 family dwelling.
"Representative" is a person who submits a "Request for
					 Variance from the Mandatory Solar Water Heater Law" on behalf of and with the
					 consent of the homeowner or future homeowner.
"Request" means a valid "Request for Variance from the
					 Mandatory Solar Water Heater Law" form.
"Requestor" is a homeowner or homeowner's representative
					 requesting a Solar Water Heating Variance.
"Single family dwelling" means a building designed for one
					 family to live in. This excludes duplexes, triplexes, apartments, condominiums,
					 and other structures built for multiple families.
"Solar water heater" is a device in which water is heated
					 by the sun to provide domestic hot water. Most solar water heater systems in
					 Hawaii use a series of large glass and metal panels containing a metal pipe
					 winding itself inside. The panels are usually installed on a building's roof.
					 The heated water is usually stored in a large tank (eighty gallons or more). In
					 an active system, an electric pump pumps the water from the supply pipe through
					 the pipe that runs through the panels and into the storage tank. In a passive
					 system, the heated water moves through the pipe through natural
					 convection.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
"SWHV" is a 'solar water heater variance," a request to be
					 exempt from HRS section
					 196-6.5,
					 which requires a solar water heating system for new single-family residential
					 construction.
"Valid form" is a template, usually in Microsoft "Word" or
					 an online form for the "Request for Variance from the Mandatory Solar Water
					 Heater Law" that is designated by the State to be the most recent version that
					 complies with state requirements.