Fellows mentioned in this story: Brian Kealoha, Cohort III

From Pacific Inno:

Plenty of work lies ahead for Hawai‘i to achieve its carbon-neutral energy usage goal by the year 2045. That includes at the county level, where targets laid out in the City and County of Honolulu's Climate Action Plan are much closer, in 2025.

“The City is soon to start the next phase of construction of an ambitious public-private partnership to upgrade City facilities island-wide, including fire stations, police stations and later parks facilities, to make them more energy efficient, save taxpayer dollars, and boost clean energy jobs to assist with recovery from the Covid-19 economic impacts,” county officials said in a statement.

The Department of Environmental Services is also poised to receive one of Hawai‘i Energy's "largest rebates ever," according to the city, for improvements made this year to the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Pacific Business News caught up with Brian Kealoha, executive director at Hawai‘i Energy, about some of those partnerships. The group has been doing its own promotions this month, like an “Ugly Fridge” giveaway, which encourages residents to submit a photo of an old fridge in need of replacement by Tuesday, Oct. 26, for a chance to win a new, more efficient refrigerator.

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