{"id":134279,"date":"2021-01-24T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=134279"},"modified":"2025-05-22T18:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T04:13:05","slug":"uh-maui-college-achieves-net-zero-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/24\/uh-maui-college-achieves-net-zero-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College achieves net-zero goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_46257\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/En1CmIpGDsk?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Maui College achieves net-zero goal\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The next virtually net-zero University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> campus is up and running. Through a combination of solar photovoltaic energy, distributed energy storage and energy efficiency measures, <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College<\/a> has reduced the campus\u2019 use of fossil fuel for energy by an estimated 100&#37;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134291\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-net-zero-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial photo of photovoltaic panels\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-net-zero-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-net-zero-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-net-zero-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photovoltaic panels at Â鶹´«Ã½Maui College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 3,300 photovoltaic (<abbr>PV<\/abbr>) modules were installed, generating 1.58 <abbr>MW<\/abbr> of power, enough to power more than 200 homes annually and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions equal to 4,400 barrels of oil a year. The project also includes 13.93 <abbr>MWh<\/abbr> of battery storage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This project speaks to our college\u2019s innovation, to our responsibility to our community. It provides a deeper experience for our students and shows what we can do to protect our values and our environment,&rdquo; said Chancellor Lui Hokoana. &ldquo;It also offers a living laboratory for one of the most exciting and dynamic career paths through our <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/ssm\/\">Sustainable Science Management program<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College is among the first campuses in the nation to generate 100&#37; of its energy from on-site solar photovoltaic systems coupled with battery storage. The project is part of a partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsoncontrols.com\">Johnson Controls<\/a> and Mau\u014d, a subsidiary of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hei.com\">Pacific Current<\/a>, and also includes four <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community college campuses on <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-gnrc-net-zero-feature-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"aerial U H Maui campus\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-134292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-gnrc-net-zero-feature-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-gnrc-net-zero-feature-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-gnrc-net-zero-feature.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College follows successful energy use reduction efforts at Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>, which became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/19\/leeward-first-uh-net-zero-campus\/\">the first net-zero <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campus<\/a> in July 2020, and Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/24\/windward-cc-sustainable-pv-energy\/\">reduced its carbon footprint by about 70&#37;<\/a> in September 2020. Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> are also on track to reduce their carbon footprints.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We celebrate <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College\u2019s achievement and look forward to <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> joining the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community College campuses that are making major gains towards <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s goal of becoming net-zero by 2035,&rdquo; said Erika Lacro, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> vice president for community colleges.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> became the first state in the country to make an unprecedented commitment to achieve 100&#37; renewable energy by 2045. In 2015, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Legislature established a collective goal for the university system to be &ldquo;net-zero&rdquo; by January 1, 2035, meaning the system would produce as much renewable energy as it consumes across its 10 campuses.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Abe Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-gnrc-net-zero.jpg\" alt=\"aerial U H Maui campus\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-134289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-gnrc-net-zero.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-gnrc-net-zero-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maui-campus-gnrc-net-zero-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The campus has reduced fossil fuel use for energy by 100&#37;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[65,672,73,71,60,66],"class_list":["post-134279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-renewable-energy","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-maui-college","tag-windward-community-college","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134279"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216567,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134279\/revisions\/216567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}