Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Pay off. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Paul Bernstein and Ashley Boggs. The less energy you use the more your pocketbook grows. Get paid to be green, using Hawaii Energy rebates, tax credits, green loans and rebates from the huge federal grants available. Carbon […]
Cool Roofs, Cool Budget, Cool Climate (Code Green)
Cool Roofs and Walls = Cool Climate. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Audrey McGarrell. Cool roofs reduce cooling costs, cut energy usage, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. A cool roof has a highly reflective surface, typically white, and releases heat quickly. Roofs are often coated with either a paint-like […]
Climate Future Forum’s Justice Group (Code Green)
Climate Future, Climate Justice, Hawai’i. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Mira Fujii and Reina Gammarino. Climate Future Forum features youth voices coming together at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol to share climate justice stories. The Future Forum focuses on engaging youth to participate regularly in advocacy to advance legislation committed […]
Water, Water Everywhere — Nope (Code Green)
The Best Water is the Water Not Used. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Ernest ‘Ernie’ Lau. Mobilizing resources to build a sustainable water future requires multi-stakeholder partnerships between government, business, and civil society. Talking about public-private partnerships (PPPs) will raise the specter of ill-fated partnerships of the past decades. […]
Sustainable Astronomy (Code Green)
Building Trust with Local Communities. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Yuko Kakazu and Fengchuan Liu. Sustainability means building relationships with our ʻāina and its people. The new Thirty Meter Telescope — new leadership, new vision, approach and community-driven educational programs for keiki. Building trust and long-term partnership with local […]
Regenerative Agriculture (Code Green)
Productive Farms and Healthy Communities. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Emi Matsuura and Vivienne Momo Hill. The key to regenerative agriculture is that it not only ‘does no harm’ to the land but actually improves it, using technologies that regenerate and revitalize the soil and the environment. Regenerative agriculture […]
Student’s Guide to Efficient Infrastructure (Code Green)
Wasteful Zoning, Unwalkable, Car Dependent. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Chisato Tarui. It is important to create an energy efficient infrastructure that helps future-proof cities against increasing energy demands, while improving energy efficiency and prioritizing emission reductions. There are a number of ways to improve the energy infrastructure, from […]
An Architect on Resource Efficiency (Code Green)
The Energy Saved by Building Reuse is Huge. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Eddie Ebert. Constructing a brand-new building is not only costly but also contributes to emissions and construction and demolition waste. According to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report, 26% of all non-industrial waste generated in […]
High School Students Testify for Earth (Code Green)
Dismayed Teenagers Take Action at Capitol. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Audrey Lin and Liza Kukharuk. High school students nationwide have formed chapters of the Climate Future Forum to make their voices heard at many venues. They educate themselves and are mentored by concerned teachers and community leaders. They […]
New Energy Code Comes to Town (Code Green)
Energy Codes and Global Cooling. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. Learn the Benefits of Building Energy Codes: • Building energy codes save U.S. building owners about $5 billion annually in energy costs, and many times that amount over the lifetime of the buildings. • It is much less expensive to incorporate energy […]