Section 16a-40b-3 - DefinitionsWhenever used in Sections 16a-40b-1 to 16a-40b-6 inclusive, of these regulations:
(a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of housing or said commissioner's designee.(b) "Secretary" means the secretary of the office of policy and management or said secretary's designee.(c) "State" means the state of Connecticut acting by and through the department of housing.(d) "Residential dwelling" means any residential structure containing not more than four dwelling units.(e) "Insulation" means a material primarily designed to resist heat flow and which is installed between conditioned areas of a building and the unconditioned areas of the building or the outside or is installed on heating or cooling ducts or pipes or is wrapped around the exterior casing of a domestic water heater.(f) "Alternative energy device" means a wood-burning stove for space heating and any system or mechanism which uses wood, solar radiation, wind, water or geothermal resources as a source for space heating, water heating, cooling or generation of electrical energy. Such alternate energy device may be a new source or system, a replacement of an existing source or system, or a supplement to an existing source or system.(g) "Energy conservation material" means material other than insulation which is applied to various portions of a building to reduce the passage of air and moisture, structural modifications to provide for addition or exclusion of solar heat through non-mechanical means and the addition of mechanical devices to improve or control the operational characteristics of heating systems and domestic water heaters.(h) "Low-cost loan" means a loan made by the commissioner to eligible persons or families for the purchase and installation in residential dwellings of insulation, alternative energy devices, and energy conservation materials pursuant to Public Act 79-509, as amended.(i) "Self-built solar energy system" means a solar energy system constructed with basic materials and installed by the owner of a residential dwelling for the provision of space heating, cooling, and domestic water heating to said residential dwelling.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16a-40b-3