Code Green
Solar + Utility Integration = Clean Power. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Robert Mould. Hawaii can decarbonize only when th solar industry and utilities integrate Distributed Energy Resources, Grid Services, Emergency Demand Response, the the Solar App. This involves weaving a very tight communication web wherein every microgrid, every […]
Lighting the Way to Super-efficiency (Code Green)
LED’s, Super-efficiency, Cool Lighting. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. New technology is inundating us–witness the iPhone which did not exist 15 years ago and now dominates our lives. Electric lighting is improving at a mile a minute. From the incandescent lamp, largely unchanged since Edison, to fluorescent lamps to compact fluorescent lamps […]
Resilience in the Face of Climate Change (Code Green)
Forewarned is Forearmed. Prepare Now. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Victoria Keener. The East West Center assembled Hawaii’s top-level disaster and resiliency planners to form the Honolulu Climate Change Commission. They have prepared a step by step plan to address all aspects of the disasters that […]
Huge new discoveries to cool the planet (Code Green)
Decarbonization=radical new technologies. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Tiffany Huyuh. Elemental Excelerator funds startup companies that promise breakthroughs in solving the planets’ massive problems, including cooling Mother Earth. The program focuses on how companies are selected for funding. The central question is: “can this startup realize […]
Reusing discarded people and materials (Code Green)
housing and rousing the homeless. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Brandon Bills. Pallet Shelter builds ultra-affordable housing for the homeless, looking not at their records but at their potential.. A stable, quiet, safe shelter is all that many discarded people need to resume healthy, productive lives. […]
Cool roof, cool pineapples, cool earth (Code Green)
Careful design equals zero energy use. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Guy Akasaki. Harvested pineapples need to be kept cool or they will ripen too fast. Commercial Roofing devised an innovative scheme to cool the pineapple warehouse naturally using a combination of a cool membrane, passive […]
Cool roof, cool pineapples, cool earth (Code Green)
Careful design equals zero energy use. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Guy Akazaki. Harvested pineapples need to be kept cool or they will ripen too fast. Commercial Roofing devised an innovative scheme to cool teh pineapple warehouse naturally using a combination of a cool membrane, passive […]
High efficiency homeless shelters (Code Green)
Minimal shelters, minimal energy use. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Constance (Connie) Mitchell. One solution to homelessness is to downsize affordable housing. With clever design, one person can be comfortable in 300 square feet (ft2), a couple in 450 ft2, and a family of four in […]
Two trees and EV’s path to decarbonization (Code Green)
Trees and EV’s–the truly cool approach. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Brandon Hayashi. Brandon Hayashi has traveled the world seeking the most impact-filled paths to decarbonization. He’s created a completely innovative action plan to maximize the soft paths of trees and EV’s. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live […]
Kauai-the greenest county of all? (Code Green)
Why is Kauai so incredibly green? The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Ben Sullivan. In the middle of Kauai’s days, all electrical power is supplied by renewable sources. Over a 24-hour period, almost 70% of electrical power is clean energy. Power sources include rooftop solar, utility grade […]