Specific project goals include: goal 1: achieve a site electricity usage reduction of ~2,100 GWH (~70% site electricity reduction) for hawai'i's commercial buildings falling under the covered…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $18,169,099 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO), a division of the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The grant aims to: 1) Achieve a ~70% reduction in site electricity usage for Hawaii's commercial buildings by 2054, with an interim target of ~30% reduction by 2045; 2) Build capacity within HSEO and local government offices to support the development, implementation, and compliance of this building performance standards (BPS) initiative; and 3) Develop a skilled workforce focused on the buildings sector to enable the project's implementation. The grant funding will support stakeholder engagement, BPS development, workforce training, technical assistance for compliance, and impact assessment activities over a 5-year period from January 2025 to December 2025.

Specific project goals include: goal 1: achieve a site electricity usage reduction of ~2,100 GWH (~70% site electricity reduction) for hawai'i's commercial buildings falling under the covered buildings list of this BPS policy in the next 30 years (2054), with an interim target of ~900 GWH of site electricity usage reduction (~30% site energy use reduction) by 2045. These goals are based on the 2022 state of hawai'i energy data and trends report as published by the research and economic analysis division of the department of business, economic development and tourism and shall serve as the comparative baseline for future tracking of this goal. Goal 2: capacity building within the hawai'i state energy office and local jurisdictional energy/sustainability/resiliency offices to support the development, implementation, and compliance aspects of this project. Goal 3: develop a highly skilled workforce of trades and design personnel focused on the buildings sector to support the implementation of this project. Specific project objectives (per budget period, if applicable): budget period 1: BPS development and adoption BP1, objective 1: stakeholder and community engagement BP1, objective 2: BPS development budget period 2: BP2, objective 1: BPS development (contd.) BP2, objective 2: legislative approval for BPS development budget period 3: BP3, objective 1: workforce training and development BP3, objective 2: develop early adopter incentive program budget period 4: BP4, objective 1: BPS compliance and enforcement BP4, objective 2: technical assistance for compliance in dacs budget period 5: BP5, objective 1: BPS modernization/updating initiatives BP5, objective 2: hawai'i BPS impacts study/characterization