Hawaii Energy

Hawaiʻi Energy is the state’s energy efficiency program. It has leveraged ENERGY STAR® across its portfolio of commercial and products programs. Key 2023 accomplishments include:

• Promoting benchmarking using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager® and assisting customers in meeting the city of Honolulu’s benchmarking requirements by incorporating Portfolio Manager tutorials and listing trade allies that provide benchmarking services on their website, engaging a total of 253 buildings.
• Encouraging customers to “trade up” to ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators and freezers through enhanced incentives and recycling of older units, resulting in rebates on more than 4,700 certified models, a significant increase compared with 2022.
• Increasing the sale of ENERGY STAR certified heat pump water heaters to more than 1,000 through a strategic marketing campaign on their benefits.
• Partnering with a local start-up to provide grid-interactive heat pump water heaters to lower income residents in rural communities, gaining invaluable insight into the challenges they face when replacing water heaters.