{"id":21929,"date":"2014-01-21T19:37:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T05:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=21929"},"modified":"2020-06-22T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T22:39:59","slug":"hnei-expands-research-at-energy-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/01\/21\/hnei-expands-research-at-energy-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"HNEI<\/abbr> expands research at energy classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
\"\"
Frog research platform at Ilima Intermediate School (photo by HNEI<\/abbr>, 糖心视频<\/abbr> SOEST<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As part of ongoing energy efficiency and solar research being conducted by the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi<\/span> Natural Energy Institute<\/a> (HNEI<\/abbr>), six solar photovoltaic<\/a> (PV<\/abbr>) arrays totaling 15 kW<\/abbr> in capacity were recently installed in Hawaiʻi<\/span>. Emerging and innovative technologies are being evaluated and compared against traditional and well-established products in the solar industry.<\/p>\n

Three net zero energy buildings created by California-based Project Frog Inc<\/abbr>.<\/a> are the most recent experimental platforms used for PV<\/abbr> performance research being conducted by HNEI<\/abbr>. The state-of-the-art structures have been located at Hawaiʻi<\/span> schools—one at Ilima Intermediate School<\/a> on Oʻahu<\/span> and two at Kawaikini New Century Public Charter School<\/a> on Kauaʻi<\/span>. Students will now have the unique opportunity to learn in new classrooms that are truly research and learning platforms in and of themselves.<\/p>\n

An important aspect of these experimental buildings is the sophisticated instrumentation and monitoring being conducted to compare the performance of virtually identical buildings between the Kauaʻi<\/span> location and the Oʻahu<\/span> location. Small differences in microclimate may have a significant impact on building performance. The structures are outfitted with high-tech energy monitoring instruments providing valuable research data on the performance of design and material components. <\/p>\n

“These installations are part of a larger HNEI<\/abbr> research endeavor to evaluate and compare the performance of traditional and emerging PV<\/abbr> materials and inverter technologies,” said HNEI<\/abbr> Director Richard Rocheleau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a> for more on the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three net zero energy buildings used for research by 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi<\/span> Natural Energy Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[294,9],"class_list":["post-21929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-hawaii-natural-energy-institute","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t