Custom Projects
Do you have ideas for other technologies that will save energy? You can design your own energy efficiency project.
Custom incentives are based on projected energy savings for new construction or retrofit projects. Projects are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Download and fill out the appropriate custom project worksheet to determine if your project can be approved for a Hawaii Energy rebate:
- Customized Incentive Worksheet (for lighting only)
- Customized Incentive Worksheet (Garage Demand Ventilation Control only) LIMITED TIME UNTIL MARCH 15, 2012
- Customized Incentive Worksheet (for measures with a life of under 5 years)
- Customized Incentive Worksheet (for measures with a life of 5 years or greater)
LED Rules:
Non ENERGY STAR® LED lighting projects (Fixtures and Lamps) are handled under a customized incentive basis.
Equipment Qualifications: The program has developed minimum qualifications as a measure to protect the consumers who are purchasing LED products and ensure energy savings potential and persistence.
- Power and Photometric Measurements: IES LM79 testing performed and results submitted and understood by the customer. Provides color temperature and power input vs. light output data.
- Lumen Maintenance: IES LM80 testing performed and results submitted and understood by the customer. Provides % lumen maintenance over operating hours.
- Safety: UL listed products. UL number provided with application.
- Warranty Protection: Minimum 3 year warranty with clear description of how warranty is executed.
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- Program Persistence Requirement: Acknowledge that the lamps must be in place for a period of 5 years. If replaced with higher usage technologies, the rebate will be required to be refunded.
- Purchaser Due Diligence: Customers are informed to utilize third-party education, such as the U.S. DOE.
Payback Qualifications: For LED products, the payback requirements are allowed to be 6 months or greater. This is 6 months lower than the standard customized payback requirement of 1 year or greater. The TRB/TRC must be greater than 1.
