Projects in Progress

Brief summary of projects underway.

Scope defined

University of Hawaii at Manoa campus facilities and vehicles including the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology ( Coconut Island)
1990-present.
Direct emissions
Natural gas and propane
UHM owned vehicles and marine vessels fuel use
Vehicles used to commute
Airline travel (commuting and business use)
Indirect emissions
Electricity use

Inventory being executed with two additional goals in mind

Provide a template and resource for other Hawaii private and public organizations to generate their own inventory.
Create a greenhouse gas registry for the state of Hawaii that would be in harmony with other major registries for verifying results, tracking progress and enabling market based and/or other reduction strategies.

House Bill 226, passed by the House and Senate May 3, 2007, states the following:

Reduce, by January 1, 2020, greenhouse gas emissions in the State to levels at or below the best estimations and updates of the inventory of greenhouse gas emissions estimates for 1990; and
Establish a greenhouse gas emissions reduction task force to prepare a work plan and regulatory scheme for implementing the maximum practically and technically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from sources or categories of sources of greenhouse gases to achieve the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits by 2020.

This will be accomplished through the guidance of a task force comprised of:
Two members appointed by the president of the senate from affected business sectors;
Two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives from affected business sectors;
The deputy director of the department of health's environmental health administration or the deputy director's designee, who shall co-chair the task force
The director of business, economic development, and tourism or the director's designee, who shall co-chair the task force;
Two members from the University of Hawaii at Manoa climate change commission, selected by members of the Commission;
A member from an environmental organization appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
A member from an environmental organization appointed by the president of the senate.