Source: Pacific Business News
Published: January 25, 2021
The University of Hawaii Maui College is the latest UH System school to become a net-zero campus, UH officials recently announced.
UH Maui College reached its new net-zero status by reducing the university's fossil fuels for energy by about 100%, through a combination of solar photovoltaic energy, distributed energy storage and energy efficiency measures, according to officials.
More than 3,300 photovoltaic, or PV, modules were installed on the Maui campus, generating 1.58 MW of power — enough to power more than 200 homes a year — and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions equal to 4,400 barrels of oil annually. The project also includes 13.93 MWh of battery storage.