(a) A tenant of any dwelling unit may, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, at no cost to the landlord, implement or authorize the implementation of energy conservation measures in his dwelling unit or in any other part of the building which affects the tenant's level of energy consumption, which would otherwise require the consent of the landlord.
(b) In order to implement energy conservation measures under this section, the tenant or entity administering any energy conservation or weatherization program shall give written notice of the intent to implement such measures to the landlord by certified mail, return receipt requested. Unless the landlord gives written notice of his disapproval of such implementation by certified mail, return receipt requested, within twenty days of the giving of notice to him, such energy conservation measures may be implemented, provided that, to the extent his consent would otherwise be necessary, no such disapproval shall be effective as to the installation of removable weatherstripping around doors and windows, removable interior storm windows and insulation wrap around hot water heating tanks.
(c) Nothing in this section shall (1) authorize the tenant to make structural changes to the building; (2) relieve the tenant or the landlord of their responsibilities and liabilities under sections 47a-7 and 47a-11; or (3) restrict the availability to the tenant of any other remedies which exist under any other law.
(P.A. 84-524.)
Cited. 32 CA 133.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant
Section 47a-3. - Rental agreement: Permissible terms.
Section 47a-3a. - Rental agreement: Payment of rent. Written receipt for cash payment.
Section 47a-3b. - Rental agreement: Term of tenancy in absence of agreement.
Section 47a-3c. - Payment in absence of rental agreement.
Section 47a-3f. - Rental agreement: Notice re operative fire sprinkler system.
Section 47a-4. - Terms prohibited in rental agreement.
Section 47a-4a. - Effect of failure to comply with section 47a-7.
Section 47a-4b. (Formerly Sec. 53-303g). - Commercial leases. Certain provisions void.
Section 47a-6. - Identification of landlord.
Section 47a-6b. - Civil penalties for failure to file residential address of nonresident landlord.
Section 47a-7. - Landlord's responsibilities.
Section 47a-8. (Formerly Sec. 47-24c). - Paint not conforming to standards renders property unfit.
Section 47a-9. - Landlord rules and regulations.
Section 47a-10. - Termination of responsibility.
Section 47a-11. - Tenant's responsibilities.
Section 47a-11a. - Abandonment of unit by tenant.
Section 47a-11b. - Abandonment of unit by occupants. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-11c. - Breach of rental agreement by tenant. Measure of damages.
Section 47a-11d. - Death of tenant. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-12. - Breach of agreement by landlord. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-13. - Failure of landlord to supply essential services. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-13a. - Implementation of energy conservation measures by tenant.
Section 47a-13b. - Installation of electric vehicle charging station by tenant.
Section 47a-14. - Damage or destruction of unit. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-14c. (Formerly Sec. 19-347m). - Tenement receivership: Defense.
Section 47a-14d. (Formerly Sec. 19-347n). - Tenement receivership: Judgment.
Section 47a-15. - Noncompliance by tenant. Remedy of breach by tenant. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-15a. - Nonpayment of rent by tenant: Landlord's remedy.
Section 47a-16. - When landlord may enter rented unit.
Section 47a-16a. - Notification by tenant of extended absence. When landlord may enter.
Section 47a-17. - Tenant to occupy only as dwelling unit.
Section 47a-18. - Judicial relief if tenant refuses entry.
Section 47a-18a. - Judicial relief if landlord unlawfully enters.
Section 47a-19. - Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue.
Section 47a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-375a). - Retaliatory action by landlord prohibited.
Section 47a-20a. - Actions deemed not retaliatory.
Section 47a-20e. - Protection of tenant in foreclosed property.
Section 47a-20f. - Offer of incentive to tenant in foreclosed property to vacate.