Meet climate change and prosper. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Nicola Hedge. Explain the Mayor’s directive: Each City department and agency shall, consistent with the Paris Agreement and Chicago Climate Charter, consider the needs for both climate change mitigation and adaptation as pressing and urgent matters, […]
Reduce AC load by 80%? Impossible! (Code Green)
Solar-assisted AC yields huge savings. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Nick Dizon. The shutdown of the AES coal-fired plant requires dramatic projects to take up the slack. One such is solar-assisted which drops AC loads by 80%. One hundred percent financing, including monitoring and controls, is […]
Codes and Carbon: Energy Codes Decarbonize (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Efficiency leads the decarbonization charge. The host for this episode is Mitch Ewan. The guest for this episode is Howard Wiig. Hawaii leads the way in striving for a carbon-free (i.e.-no carbon dioxide emissions) economy. The fastest and most cost-effective first step is employing equipment that uses just a fraction of equipment it replaces. For […]
The Solar Assist Program for Non-Profits (Code Green)
Solar Profits for Those Most in Need. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Anthony Amendola. Energy Advisors provides turn-key building improvement solutions through the development and funding of energy efficiency and capital improvements in Hawai’i implementing “Efficiency as a Service” in a zero upfront capital approach. ThinkTech […]
Shrinking Covid, Growing Wallet (Code Green)
Reduce Covid, Produce Profits. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guests for this episode are Anthony Amendola and Andrew Miller. Energy Advisors’ technology draws Covid into an enclosure and destroys them The same device is also a light fixture, providing two functions in one fixture. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet […]
Pono in Pandemic Times (Code Green)
Do It Yourself is Fun! The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Chelsea Harder. Pono Homes sends clients a kit of super-efficient devices then remotely walks the client through their purpose and correct installation. The result is dramatically lowered electricity bills in a safer, more comfortable home. ThinkTech […]
21st Century Efficiency: Repurposed Buildings (Code Green)
Existing Buildings are Energy Treasures. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Melanie B.Y. Islam, LEED, AIA. Energy efficiency plus renewables plus storage isn’t enough. Repurposing existing buildings reuses the energy embodied in the concrete, steel and glass and creates high-skill jobs. Featured will be a rum distillery, […]
A Tiny Solution to a BIG Housing Problem (Code Green)
Tiny homes for low-income folks and homeless. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guests for this episode are Connie Mitchell and James Pakele. The average price of a single family home is $750,000 and many workers make $15 an hour and less. The resulting housing crisis indirectly pulls all Hawaii residents down. […]
How about a 75% drop in kW demand? (Code Green)
Ultra-efficiency. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Nick Dizon. Description of a solar-assisted large HVAC system atop the Matson Building that drops kW demand by 75%. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Hawaii time most weekdays, then we stream our […]
Photovoltaic Energy Storage: Porridge or Courage? (Code Green)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Photovoltaics, storage, peak reduction, shortage. Hawaii is throwing away enormous amounts of electrical energy every day because we can’t utilize all the photovoltaic (PV) generated energy. The solution is storage batteries to absorb energy by day and utilize at night to reduce peak demand. However, Hawaii is […]