2058                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 497

LOAN, LOAN GUARANTEE (INCLUDING INSURANCE AND CO-INSURANCE),
REDUCTION IN THE PRINCIPAL OBLIGATION OF OR RATE OF INTEREST
PAYABLE ON A LOAN OR PORTION OF A LOAN, PREPAYMENT OF
INTEREST ON A LOAN OR PORTION OF A LOAN, A LEASE, AND A
LEASE GUARANTEE (INCLUDING INSURANCE AND CO-INSURANCE).

(2) "FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE" INCLUDES ANY
COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN ANY FORM DELINEATED IN
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(M) "PERSON" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 518 OF
ARTICLE 41 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FOR AN ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT OR A SOLAR ENERGY
PROJECT.

(N) "RESIDENTIAL BUILDING" MEANS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN ENERGY CONSERVATION
PROJECT OR A SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT, ANY SINGLE FAMILY OR
MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE THAT IS USED, PRIMARILY FOR HUMAN
DWELLING PURPOSES AND THAT HAS A SYSTEM FOR HEATING OR
COOLING, OR BOTH.

(0) "RESIDENTIAL ENERGY AUDIT" MEANS:

(1)  AN INSPECTION OR ENERGY AUDIT OF A
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, OR OF A DWELLING UNIT IN A RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING, PERFORMED FOR PURPOSES OF TITLE II OR VII OF THE
NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY ACT, P.L. 95-619; OR

(2)  AN ONSITE INSPECTION OF A RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING, OR OF A DWELLING UNIT IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING,
WHICH INSPECTION INCLUDES A DETERMINATION OF, AND PROVIDES
INFORMATION ON:

(I)  THE TYPE, QUANTITY, AND RATE OF ENERGY
CONSUMPTION OF THE BUILDING OR DWELLING UNIT;

(II)  ENERGY CONSERVING MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATING PROCEDURES WHICH CAN BE EMPLOYED TO REDUCE THE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF SUCH BUILDING OR DWELLING UNIT; AND

(III)  THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING AN
APPROPRIATE ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT, A SOLAR ENERGY
PROJECT, OR BOTH, AND THE SAVINGS IN ENERGY COSTS WHICH ARE
LIKELY TO RESULT FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROJECTS.

(Q) (1) "SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT" MEANS, WITH RESPECT TO
ANY RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL BUILDING, ANY ADDITION,
ALTERATION, OR IMPROVEMENT THAT IS DESIGNED TO UTILIZE WIND
ENERGY, ENERGY PRODUCED BY A WOOD BURNING 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.

(2) "SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT" INCLUDES: