{"id":79455,"date":"2018-05-09T08:19:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T18:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=79455"},"modified":"2019-03-22T14:56:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T00:56:38","slug":"uh-wins-two-green-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/09\/uh-wins-two-green-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> wins two state awards for green practices"},"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 style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_79492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79492\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/windward-green-awards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/windward-green-awards-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/windward-green-awards-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/windward-green-awards-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/windward-green-awards.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windward CC Chancellor Doug Dykstra, Instructor and Sustainability Committee Chair Christian Palmer and Facilities Manager Andy Li awarded Green Business Program Awards.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_79493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79493\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/system-green-awards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/system-green-awards-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/system-green-awards-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/system-green-awards-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/system-green-awards.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Sustainability Summit honoree, from left, Andie Sausser, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa waste reduction fellow; Nicole Chatterson, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System student sustainability cordinator; Blaire Langston, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student sustainability fellow; Shawnie Fowler, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System Office of Sustainability operations and logistics assistant and Gov. David Ige.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward Community College<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s<\/a> 5th Annual Sustainability Summit were among the organizations recognized by Governor David Ige at this year&#8217;s <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Green Business Program Awards. The awards, hosted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/dbedt.hawaii.gov\/\">Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism&#8217;s (<abbr title=\"Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism\">DBEDT<\/abbr>) <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Energy Office<\/a>, highlight innovative solutions to going green.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The recipients of the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Green Business Program awards have demonstrated that becoming greener and more sustainable not only benefits our environment, it makes good business sense,&rdquo; Governor David Ige said. &ldquo;And by working to reduce <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s reliance on imported fossil fuels, they are also helping us reach our clean energy goals,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Green Business Program said the following about the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> awardees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Windward Community College<\/strong> developed a sustainability plan around five areas: operations, curriculum, research, cultural connections and community outreach. This plan, implemented by a Campus Sustainability Committee composed of faculty, staff, and student members, supported retrofitting and energy management projects that allowed the campus to realize a 24 percent reduction in overall power consumption, a 25 percent reduction in <abbr title=\"Hawaiian Electric Company\">HECO<\/abbr> power usage, and the implementation of <abbr title=\"photovoltaic\">PV<\/abbr> panels generating 0.5 percent of the total power usage since 2008.<\/li>\n<li><strong>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s 5th Annual Sustainability Summit<\/strong> created an opportunity for delegates from all 10 campuses of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> to gather and celebrate successes, learn from each other, and advance progress on strategic sustainability efforts from year to year. The event strived to achieve zero waste and minimize its environmental impact by, locally sourcing more than 90 percent of its food, distributing reusable bamboo sporks to eliminate single-use utensils, composting food waste, livestreaming sessions to minimize travel-related emissions and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;We are inspired by the efforts of Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> and the event organizers of the 5th Annual Sustainability in Higher Education Summit to hold themselves to a higher standard of environmental performance and sustainability by pursuing <abbr title=\"Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism\">DBEDT<\/abbr>&#8216;s Green Business and Green Events Awards,&rdquo; said <strong>Matthew K. Lynch<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System sustainability coordinator. &ldquo;These exemplary efforts provide models for other campuses and events to adapt and apply so that we can collectively maximize our positive impact on our natural environments and the communities we serve.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Green Business Program provides a great set of practical guidelines and practices to make Windward Community College more sustainable. In order to achieve the award we worked on everything from labeling storm drains, improving our recycling efforts, and printing double-sided paper,&rdquo; said Christian Palmer, Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Sustainability Committee chair. &ldquo;In addition, Windward had already been working on a long-term strategy to reduce energy consumption, so everything came together really well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A total of 26 businesses, organizations and events were recognized for undertaking energy efficiency and sustainable business practices that will help their bottom line while advancing <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s clean energy goals.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-business-and-events-recognized-for-green-practices\"><abbr title=\"Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism\">DBEDT<\/abbr> news release<\/a> for more about the awards and awardees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and the <abbr>UH<\/abbr>&#8217;s 5th Annual Sustainability Summit were among the organizations recognized by Governor David Ige at this year&#8217;s <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Green Business Program Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[735,1038,911,73,71,947,1013,66],"class_list":["post-79455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-campus-recognition","tag-office-of-sustainability","tag-program-recognition","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-system","tag-university-system-recognition","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79455","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=79455"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93344,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79455\/revisions\/93344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}