PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980
94 STAT. 721
(F) furnace, or utility plant and distribution system, modifications including— (i) replacement burners, furnaces, boilers, or any combination thereof, which (as determined by the Board) substantially increases the energy efficiency of the heating system; (ii) devices for modifying flue openings which will increase the energy efficiency of the heating system; and (iii) electrical or mechanical furnace ignition systems which replace standing gas pilot lights; (G) replacement or modification of a lighting system which increases the energy efficiency of the lighting system without increasing the overall illumination of the building (unless the increase in illumination is necessary to conform to any applicable State or local law or the increase is considered appropriate by the Board); (H) energy recovery systems; (I) cogeneration systems which produce electricity, as well as steam or other forms of thermal or mechanical energy, and which meet such fuel efficiency requirements as the Board may by rule prescribe; (J) such other improvements (not including solar e n e r ^ systems) as the Board identifies, by rule, for purposes of this subtitle; and (K) planning and technical services, and any commercial energy audit, which are directly related to and undertaken with the installation, or the modification of an installation, which includes any of the items specified in subparagraphs (B) through (J). (8) the term "solar energy system" means, with respect to a building, any addition, alteration, or improvement which is designed to utilize wind energy, energy produced by a woodburning appliance, or solar energy, either of the active type based on mechanically forced energy transfer or of the passive type based on convective, conductive, or radiant energy transfer (or some combination of these types), to reduce the energy requirements of the building, and which is in conformity with such criteria and standards as shall be prescribed by the Board in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Energy, and the National Institute of Building Sciences, except that such term shall include solar process heat devices, solar electric devices, and any earth sheltered building where such sheltering substantially reduces the energy requirements of such building from nonrenewable energy sources and shall include only those fireplaces which are integral parts of a system which is designed to utilize passive type solar energy; (9) the term "financial institution" means any lender (including any nonprofit entity and any State or local governmental entity) designated by the Board based on the qualifications established for the insurance of financial institutions under section 2 of title I of the National Housing Act, or any utility 12 USC 1703. providing financing for the purchase and installation of residential energy conservation measures in accordance with the requirements of title II of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act;
(10) the term "residential energy audit" means—
42 USC 8211.
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