ROH §2-39.3

Green building standards for city facilities

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This rule says certain new city buildings must be designed to meet a specific green building rating called LEED Silver. It only applies to buildings over a certain size that are paid for through city budgets starting in a particular year. Some types of facilities are exempt.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Green building standards for city facilities

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) Qualifying city facilities shall comply with LEED™ Silver, in the version most recently adopted by the U.S. Green Building Council, as a minimum design standard. (b) As used in this section, “qualifying city facilities” means facilities with a floor area greater than 5,000 square feet, the design of which is appropriated in the executive capital budgets for the fiscal years 2008 and thereafter. The term excludes wastewater treatment, solid waste, and other facilities for which LEED™ certification is not available or facilities for which the director of design and construction has determined that compliance with LEED™ Silver would be infeasible or inappropriate.

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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