Households vie for free solor water heaters
Ten Hawaiian households will soon receive free solar water heating systems through a new program created by the Honolulu-based Blue Planet Foundation and Suntech Hawaii. The soon-to-be systems owners will be selected from a list of those who sign up to be a “friend” of Blue Planet by Dec. 20 at www.blueplanetfoundation.org and the winners will [...]
Deconstruction: a green alternative
There’s been a lot of talk lately about going green when it comes to building a home. But did you know there is also a greener way to go when it comes time to tear down your house or business? Say you have an old home, and you want to knock it down and put [...]
Shuttle bikes may start next spring
Bike sharing, popular in several European countries and in its infancy in many U.S. cities, may be coming to O’ahu next spring in a privately funded pilot program. Nguyen Le’s Momentum B-cycle proposal would allow people who pay for the service to hop on a bike in Manoa and leave it at a designated rack [...]
Hawaii to build electric car network
Silicon Valley startup Better Place on Tuesday announced a deal with Hawaii’s governor and the state’s biggest utility to build an electric car charging network throughout the islands. The agreement comes less than two weeks after Better Place CEO Shai Agassi and the mayors of Northern California’s three largest cities unveiled a plan to build [...]
