{"id":36810,"date":"2015-07-22T08:38:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T18:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=36810"},"modified":"2021-08-10T14:39:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T00:39:53","slug":"aurora-winslade-honored-with-energy-efficiency-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/07\/22\/aurora-winslade-honored-with-energy-efficiency-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Winslade honored with energy efficiency award"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/system-winslade-a.jpg\" alt=\"Aurora Winslade\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/system-winslade-a.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/system-winslade-a-260x173.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> staff member <strong>Aurora Winslade<\/strong> will be honored with the Rising Star of Energy Efficiency: Student award by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ase.org\/\">Alliance to Save Energy<\/a> (Alliance) this fall at the nation&#8217;s capital for her accomplishments while working as the Transformational Program Manager at <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiienergy.com\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Energy<\/a> and for previous work helping to develop energy efficiency goals and plans at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/\">University of California Santa Cruz<\/a>. She will be one of six award recipients during the Alliance&#8217;s 23rd Annual Evening with the Stars of Energy Efficiency Awards Dinner on September 17, 2015 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Winslade&#8217;s notable accomplishments include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launching the first statewide Community-Based Social Marketing campaign at <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Energy to improve energy efficiency in apartments and condominiums on the islands of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, <span aria-label=\"Lanai\">L\u0101na&#699;i<\/span>, <span aria-label=\"Molokai\u201d>Moloka&#699;i<\/span>, Maui and <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Co-founding the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System&#8217;s Sustainability Strategy that led to the establishment of specific energy efficiency goals, targets and a policy for the university that commits to carbon neutrality.<\/li>\n<li>Authoring the 2014 Energy Solutions Report for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> that laid out specific goals for improving energy efficiency related to financing, coordination, policy, communication, implementation and management to generate a Strategic Energy Plan.<\/li>\n<li>Hosting and contributing to numerous strategic events that helped align the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community around energy efficiency such as the Annual <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sustainability in Higher Education Summit from 2012 to 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Orchestrating a meeting with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> leaders, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Foundation board members and the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Public Utilities Commission to develop energy efficiency financing.<\/li>\n<li>Initiating discussions for what now is the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>&#8217;s new bachelor of applied science concentration in facilities management that will be offered this fall 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Founding the University of California Santa Cruz&#8217;s Sustainability Office and co-founding multiple student programs while an undergraduate at <abbr>UCSC<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;d like to congratulate Aurora who truly is making a difference in the energy efficiency world,&rdquo; said Ray Starling, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Energy Program director. &ldquo;She&#8217;s worked tirelessly during her many years in academia and we are fortunate to have her on our team to educate and empower others to save energy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Aurora has played an important role in developing the university&#8217;s systemwide sustainability strategy, and helped us to identify energy efficiency as a cornerstone of our approach,&rdquo; said University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong>. &ldquo;She continues to be a strong ally in achieving our energy efficiency goals; we are both grateful for her work and pleased to see her recognized for her contributions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>More on Winslade<\/h2>\n<p>Winslade has been dedicated to improving sustainability for more than a decade. Winslade was previously the director of sustainability at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and sustainability coordinator at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa. In addition to working at <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Energy, she is also a full-time MBA student at the Duke University <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuqua.duke.edu\/\">Fuqua School of Business<\/a> enrolled in the Cross Continent Program, a program for working professionals that includes residencies in five countries and a diverse student body from around the world, and is expected to graduate in May 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>A <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Energy news release<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former <abbr>UH<\/abbr> staff member Aurora Winslade to receive the Rising Star of Energy Efficiency student award for her dedication to energy efficiency in Â鶹´«Ã½ and beyond<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[672,698,73,9,59],"class_list":["post-36810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-renewable-energy","tag-staff-recognition","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36810","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=36810"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146261,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36810\/revisions\/146261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}