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Healthy, High Performance School Facilities:
Developments in State Policy

Hawaii

 

Citation: Hawaii House Bill 2175; Act 96
Effective: July 2006
Available: http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy/efficiency/state/Act96_reprint.pdf

This law establishes the goal that all state agencies, including the Department of Education, shall design and construct buildings to meet the LEED silver-level standard, the Green Globes two-globe standard, or another comparable standard approved by the state. The law directs state agencies to implement these goals “to the extent possible” in planning and budget preparation and program implementation.
 

The Innovation in Governance Programs work to develop inventive approaches to new or entrenched environmental problems and changing technologies and economies. The programs focus on four objectives:

  • Investigate and promote innovative approaches to managing government agencies and private businesses that will achieve greater environmental protection.
  • Safeguard and strengthen the safety net of federal environmental law, its enforcement in the courts, and its state implementation through strategic research, education, and outreach.
  • Improve understanding of environmental governance tools by hosting visiting scholars and international delegations.
  • Through ELI’s Center for Business Environmental Strategy, provide information, ideas and tools for corporate environmental lawyers and executives to improve environmental management.
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