Honolulu’s Innovative Idea For More Solar Power…Honolulu Bill 46 aims to encourage new rooftop solar by allowing 12-foot high canopies with solar panels on top and gardens and gathering spacies underneath.
Honolulu’s skyline may soon be changing as a result of a new bill that will permit buildings to go taller if they install solar panels on the top.
Building owners will also be allowed to use that extra space, up to 12 feet high, for what city officials call “new rooftop gathering places,” such as urban gardens, lighted recreation rooms or outdoor high-rise lanais.
This unusual measure, Bill 46, would give commercial and multi-family buildings an exemption from prevailing height limits to encourage the installation of more solar panels.
