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Saving Money & Art
Honolulu Museum of Art lands $346K for
an energy efficient system.
By Aimee Harris
Energy
R
ecently, the Honolulu Museum
of Art (formerly the Honolulu
Academy of Art) completed a major
energy-efficiency retrofit by installing
a new HVAC system. The museum
received a $346,026 incentive from
Hawaii Energy-administered Public
Benefit fund, making it the largest
incentive received to date by a
charitable organization.
“Sophisticated, self-funding
projects like this represent the very
best opportunities for nonprofits in
managing rising energy costs,” says
Miles Kubo, the chief operating officer
Energy Industries, a ratepayer-funded
conservation and efficiency program
under contract with the Hawaii Public
Utilities Commission.
Energy Industries offers rebates
and other incentives to residents and
businesses to help offset the cost
of installing energyOne of the many changes and
efficient equipment.
improvements at the newly
Energy Industries
renamed Honolulu Museum
provided the museum
of Art is its new energywith a comprehensive
efficient cooling system.
Photo credit: Honolulu Museum of Art
program that protects
the artwork, increases energy-efficiency
The projects largest undertaking
and reduces utility expenses. The
was the redesign and replacement of
museum’s electricity consumption has
five aging, unconnected chillers with
been reduced by 28 percent, saving it
an integrated central plant of three
an estimated $250,000 annually.
energy-efficient chillers, working in
The $1.5-million retrofit project,
tandem. Should one malfunction, the
additionally funded in part by an
other serves as a backup. This is crucial
art donor and local financing, is
expected to generate enough monthly in the maintenance of the museum’s
energy savings to cover the financing artwork, providing the climate control
in the galleries and vaults.
costs of the mechanical system
Ray Starling, program manager for
improvements. After the first year,
Hawaii Energy says, “We applaud the
the museum’s monthly electricity
Honolulu Museum of Art for being the
savings is expected to surpass its
energy heroes that they are, and Energy
financing payments, creating a
Industries for helping them get there.”
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Top 3 Energy Incentives
On The Grid
Solar: Not A Singular Solution
Saving Money & Art
Payback Projects
Top 10: Turn Energy Into Value
AC: Light-Zapping Clean
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