The University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) has announced the campus' 29 nominees and eight winners of the inaugural University of Hawaii (UH) Sustainability Awards. (For a complete list of nominees and winners, go to the end of this story.)

The nominees and winners were recognized at an awards ceremony on Oct. 25, 2006, in the UHM Sustainability Courtyard, in conjunction with Campus Sustainability Week 2006 activities.

At the awards ceremony, UHM Interim Chancellor Denise Eby Konan praised all the nominees for their "excellence in sustainable activities."

The UH Sustainability Awards are designed to recognize students, faculty and staff on all 10 campuses for their work in promoting sustainable management at the university. This year’s UHM Sustainability Award nominees reflect the depth and breadth of the research, curriculum and community service projects taking place at this major educational and research institution, with its nearly 20,000 students and numerous research units providing outreach to the community.

"It was extremely rewarding to see the variety and excellence in the projects that were nominated," UHM Interim Chancellor Denise Eby Konan said at the awards ceremony. "I know our judges had a very difficult time choosing the winners, because each project had its own unique merits."

The 29 projects were nominated from fields as diverse as the Schools of Law and Architecture; the Colleges of Tropical Agriculture, Engineering, and Languages; the Departments of Public Administration, and Art; and the Center for Hawaiian Studies. Nominations came from student-led extra-curricular initiatives, from faculty curriculum and course projects, and from research and extension efforts throughout the campus.

Winners were selected in eight categories:
1. Research and Design by UH Manoa Faculty or Students for Off-Campus Project
2. Research and Design by UH Manoa Faculty or Students for On-Campus Project
3. Curriculum or Course Project
4. Faculty- or Student-Organized Community Outreach Project
5. Recycling or Waste Management Project
6. Facilities/Landscape Management
7. Coordination and Leadership of Sustainability
8. Cultural Conservation

All nominees were presented with a certificate “recognizing excellence in sustainable activities” signed by Interim Chancellor Konan and UHM Sustainability Council Chair Mary Tiles, plus a gift bag containing a solar water bottle from the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), a note pad from American Savings Bank, and a book from Hawaii Business Publishing. Winners received a $100 cash prize provided by the Henry A. Walker, Jr., Endowment at the University of Hawaii Foundation.

The expert panel of judges consisted of:
 Karl Stahlkopf, President of Renewable Hawaii, a subsidiary of HECO
 Sam Callejo, Vice President for Administration for the UH System
 Prof. Raymond Yeh, Dean of the School of Architecture

Supporters included:
 Hawaiian Electric Company
 American Savings Bank
 Hawaii Business Publishing

The UH Sustainability Awards were conceived and coordinated by Dr. Shirley J. Daniel of the UHM College of Business Administration, where she is the Henry A. Walker, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Business Enterprises, and where she serves as the director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business, and director of the Pacific-Asian Management Institute (PAMI).

Congratulations to ALL the nominees and winners! UH Manoa is proud of the wide range of projects its students, faculty and staff are coordinating that aim to achieve sustainability on our campus and beyond.

UHM SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS 2006 NOMINEES AND WINNERS
Winners are indicated in boldface type

CATEGORY 1: RESEARCH AND DESIGN BY UH MANOA FACULTY OR STUDENTS FOR OFF-CAMPUS PROJECT
• Heat-and-Moisture-Dissipating Building Cladding - David Rockwood and Gregor Fischer
• Millenial Series Architecture - Second Skin Living Units - Heidi Newton
• Prototypical Housing for Hawaiian Homelands - Amy Christian Anderson

CATEGORY 2: RESEARCH AND DESIGN BY UH MANOA FACULTY OR STUDENTS FOR ON-CAMPUS PROJECT

• Photovoltaic Power Array near Hemenway Hall - Tyler Okabayashi
• Sea Water and Advanced AC to Cool UHM Campus Buildings - Manfred Zapka
• Campus Bicycle Plan - UH Committee on Bicycling - Aaron Hebshi, Chair

Category 2 projects included the winning Photovoltaic Power Array near Hemenway Hall - Tyler Okabayashi (represented by Steve Meder, 2nd from left), and the nominated Sea Water and Advanced AC to Cool UHM Campus Buildings - Manfred Zapka (2nd from right).

CATEGORY 3: CURRICULUM OR COURSE PROJECT
• Papohaku Dunes Management Plan - Luciano Minerbi and 11 graduate students. with support from OHA and DLNR
• Hui Konohiki - Carlos Andrade, Ka`eo Duarte, Cindy Hunter, Lawren Sack and Pi`ilani Ka`aloa
• Public Policy Planning for Sustainability - Luciano Minerbi
• Manoa Water Fixture Survey, Prioritizaton and Retrofit - Roger Babcock and civil engineering students, with support from Honolulu Board of Water Supply
• Public Administration Recycling Plan - Zarina Chekirbaeva, Andrew Colver, Patricia Eidsmoe, Lawrence Reichner and Chris Grandy

Category 3 projects included the winning Manoa Water Fixture Survey - Roger Babcock (3rd from left) and nominated Papohaku Dunes Management Plan - Luciano Minerbi, Cedar Louis, Bryan Bushley (4th to 6th from left).

CATEGORY 4: FACULTY- OR STUDENT-ORGANIZED COMMUNITY-OUTREACH PROJECT
• Adopt an Ahupua`a - Ulla Hasager and Kuulani Miyashiro
• Environmental Law Society - Aarin Gross and Kamaile Nichols
• East-West Center Sustainability Initiative - Bryan Bushley, Carl Polley, Miguel Castrence, Cedar Louis and Stuart Candy
• Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit - Invasive Species Committees - David Duffy
• UH Manoa Termite Project - J. Kenneth Grace and Julian R. Yates III
• Pono Juice for Hawaii Renewable Energy Forum and Fundraiser - Sierra Club at UHM - Kim Kido and Minetta Van Strien

Category 4 included the winning East-West Center Sustainability Initiative and nominated Environmental Law Society, Sierra Club at UHM, UH Manoa Termite Project, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit - Invasive Species Commitees, and Adopt an Ahupua`a (various project members pictured).

CATEGORY 5: RECYCLING OR WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT
• The Free Store in the UHM Art Building - Gaye Chan, Nandita Sharma and Lynn Mayekawa
• UH Manoa Tree Recycling - Farouk Wang
• UH Thrift Shop - Women’s Campus Club

CATEGORY 6: FACILITIES/LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT
• Adopt-a-Landscape, Sherman Lab Courtyard - Roxanne Adams
• Richardson School of Law custodian - Violeta Baguyo

CATEGORY 7: COORDINATION AND LEADERSHIP OF SUSTAINABILITY
• The Sustainability Retreat, September 2005 - Gordon Grau, Stephen Meder and Mary Tiles
• The Sustainability Courtyard and the UH Office of Sustainability - Bruce Miller and Linda Day
• UH Manoa Sustainability Council - Mary Tiles and Denise Konan

CATEGORY 8: CULTURAL CONSERVATION
• Language Documentation Center - S. James Ellis and Lisa Ebeling
• UH Percussion Ensemble - Zachary Morita, Donald Womack, Just Kaupu and other students
• Today Tuvalu, Tomorrow Honolulu - Joshua Cooper
• The Sustainability Film Series - Don Brown and Linda Day