“It’s especially gratifying to Bamboo Living that this structure will be used to teach young people building skills, including how to use sustainable materials like bamboo,” said David Sands, the architect who co-founded Bamboo Living, the world’s first and only internationally code certified (ICC-ES) bamboo building company.
Maui Electric and Giv Lina Lingle have signed an agreement with Phoenix Motorcars to provide them with electric pick-up trucks to use in Maui Electric Co.’s fleet and test out. “We’re very interested in testing electric vehicles from manufacturers like Phoenix Motorcars to use electricity generated by renewable resources during off-peak hours, and to determine [...]
Hawaii is a leader among the fifty states (Ranked 4th Forbes 2007) when it comes to renewable energy. In a single year, renewable energy sources such as biomass, wind, hydropower, geothermal and solar have saved the State as much as 3.5 million barrels of oil and reduced carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 1.9 million [...]
The Brookings Institution announced that Honolulu is the greenest city in the nation on thursday. According to their report Honolulu Hawaii generates the least amount of carbon dioxide pollution among the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas. The report says that Honolulu, Hawaii produced only about 1.36 metric tons of carbon emissions per person in 2005. [...]
With the high cost of fuel the Honolulu Police Dept. wants to save themselves and you the taxpayer some money by going green. The police chief wants to purchase a seven-car test fleet of hybrids, including six sedans and one sport utility vehicle like a Ford Escape Hybrid. It has two power plants, a 4-cylinder [...]
The Hawaii state legislature passed a bill on May 1 that would make Hawaii the first State in the nation to require solar water heaters as a standard feature on all new homes. The Solar Roofs Bill received unanimous support in the House and only two opposing votes in the Senate. Earlier this year Hawaii [...]
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