Bill Text: HI HR48 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Energy Conservation; Lights Off After Business Hours

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-18 - (H) Referred to EEP, referral sheet 30 [HR48 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HR48-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	48
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

encouraging all businesses and commercial establishments in the state of hawaii to conserve energy by turning off all lights after business hours.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, according to the United States Department of Energy, lighting accounts for twenty to twenty-five per cent of all electricity consumed in the United States; and

 

     WHEREAS, an average American commercial establishment dedicates twenty to thirty per cent of its energy budget to lighting costs; and

 

     WHEREAS, as of October 2009, Hawaii residents pay the highest electricity rates in the United States; and

 

     WHEREAS, according to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, lighting accounts for up to forty-five per cent of the total electricity used in commercial buildings in Hawaii; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, that, with the exception of motion-activated lights and other lighting needed for safety, the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, serving as the statewide Energy Resources Coordinator, is requested to encourage all businesses and commercial establishments in the State to conserve energy by turning off all lights after business hours; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, who in turn is requested to distribute copies to business organizations throughout the State.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Energy Conservation; Lights Off After Business Hours