Wind turbines at the Kahuku wind farm on Oahu s North Shore.
The state Department of Education and the University of Hawaiʻi expect to reach their net-zero energy goals by 2035.
In 2015 the state passed legislation requiring the two organizations to produce as much energy as they consume. As of 2020, the DOE was able to produce 18.5% of its energy through solar power.
Leeward Community College and UH Maui College have reached their net-zero energy goals, but only 5.9% of the entire UH system is powered by its own energy production. This is largely due to the bigger campuses needing constant air conditioning in their research buildings.
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UH Maui College,
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STEM problem-based learning model,” said
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STEMulate’s research coordinator and ʻĀINA IS program manager. “Our ʻāina-based community organizations give students a real-world problem to focus on. This is key to the project that it comes from an organization doing awesome work and presents a problem it is currently working on. After the students learn more about the problem, they try to come up with solutions. ʻĀINA
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