Empowering Communities: Building Resilience for Hawai'i’s Residents and Businesses to Mitigate the Dual Affordability and Housing Crises

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM HST

Location: Stingray, Third Floor

This session will explore the nexus of energy efficiency, distributed solar and energy storage, and resilience infrastructure in Hawai'i’s built environment, and how it can be utilized to lower costs, create jobs, and drive innovation and investment in climate technologies to mitigate impacts and causes of global heating. We'll discuss how better building solutions and other infrastructure provide transformative potential to address Hawai'i's housing and affordability crises while simultaneously enhancing resilience, environmental sustainability, and community restoration.

Moderator(s)

Rocky Mould

Executive Director
Hawai'i Solar Energy Association (HSEA)

Panelist(s)

Caroline Carl (she/her/hers)

Executive Director, Hawai'i Energy
Leidos
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Matthew Gonser

Chief Resilience Officer and Executive Director, Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience
City and County of Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Dawn Lippert (she/her/hers)

Chief Executive Officer
Elemental Excelerator
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Howard Wiig

Energy Codes and Standards Program Manager
Hawai'i State Energy Office