West Ohau project pushes net-zero energy envelope (Honolulu)
More than 300 families have applied for future lots in West Oahu in what is slated to be the nation’s first net-zero-energy community.
The 18-home Kaupuni subdivision in Waianae Valley, an affordable-housing project by the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will consume no more energy than it generates, resulting in lower electricity bills and a low environmental impact, or carbon footprint — hence, the net-zero-energy designation.
The Kaupuni project is scheduled to break ground this summer, and the first home is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year, said DHHL spokesman Lloyd Yonenaka. The entire subdivision will be completed by the end of the year.
The DDHL was awarded a $10.2 million block grant through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to cover hard costs for the Kaupuni subdivison project as well as part of another master-planned community project in Kapolei.
Read the full story in the Pacific Business News.
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