More than 3,500 student residents are moving into residence halls at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the week of August 19 for the fall 2024 semester.

“I feel excited, nervous, scared, but I鈥檓 excited to make new friends and meet new people,” said Lhizelle Banchiran, an incoming freshman from Maui. “The campus is huge so I鈥檓 kind of overwhelmed, but I know I鈥檓 gonna get through it.”

• Related 东精影业 News story: Hale Aloha Towers renovation completed, August 20, 2024

Incoming student residents gathered at the Stan Sheriff Center to check in, receive their room key, student ID and room information, and explore campus resources including employment, leadership and financial aid opportunities. As part of the move-in process launched in 2023, students could utilize the two-way shuttle service or drive to the residence halls from Zone 20 to reduce traffic congestion.

“We want their first experience at 东精影业 to be as comfortable as possible,” said David Akana, interim director of student housing. We wanted to have something where they know there are gonna be lines, they know it’s gonna be a little stressful. But at the same time they can feel welcome to the university.”

Jessi Arreola, another incoming freshman, expressed her ease in moving into her new home for her first year of college.

“I was a little overwhelmed at first, but once like I got settled and everything, everyone was so helpful,” said Arreola. “Right when I got out of my car, they packed my bags and took me up to my floor, and everyone was really nice. It made it so much less stressful.”

New renovations, amenities

Students moving into the Hale Aloha Towers will enjoy newly renovated lobbies and common areas in addition to new microfridge (microwave/refrigerators), which are now included in all of the rooms and or suite areas residence halls except the Hale Wainani Apartments.

“They put it in the fridge and microwave in our dorm, that was super cool. “And just walking into the front lobby it just looks so clean and so nice”, said Arreola. “To call such a nice place home for these next couple of months, I am super excited.”

A renovation project at University of Hawaiʻi at 惭腻苍辞补 student housing facilities that will improve conditions for a third of the student residents began in mid-May and will be completed in time for the fall 2024 semester. The common areas of the four, 13-story Hale Aloha Towers are being completely renovated with new finishes and amenities inspired by input from student residents. New common area furniture is anticipated to be in place by the start of the semester or shortly thereafter.

The Hale Aloha Towers are exclusively for freshmen and house 1,040 of the more than 3,000 students who live on campus. Renovating the lobbies, mid-floor common areas and top floor kitchens and common areas will enhance the overall living experience for students by creating more inviting and functional spaces for socializing, studying and relaxation. The upgraded common areas will help foster a sense of community among residents, encouraging interaction and collaboration.

“I am thrilled for the incoming freshmen who will be the first to experience the newly renovated spaces,” said Student Housing Services Director David Akana, who is responsible for the project. “We recognized the need for areas that could better support the student residents and help them thrive academically and socially, so we want these spaces to be practical, but we also want them to be somewhere students are excited to spend time in.”

Upgrades across the towers

The project includes polished concrete flooring, improved lighting, ceiling fans and acoustic wooden panels (to help reduce noise) in the lobbies, mid-floor common areas, and 13th floor recreation deck activity lounge of the four towers.

These renovations are one of the many short term and long term improvements for student housing facilities.

The renovated lobbies will be larger after the existing mailboxes are removed and will feature a new reception desk, new furniture—including two bar-height study tables with outlets and chairs—and a big screen TV. New window screens are also being installed in the lobbies to support the natural ventilation of the spaces.

The mid-floor common areas, located on the even-numbered floors of each building, are being renovated to better support group studying and gatherings with new wood benches, additional power outlets, lounge seating, work tables and whiteboards.

The common areas and kitchens on the 13th floor of each tower will have new lounge seating, lawn chairs, picnic and work tables, a big screen TV and a foosball table. The kitchens will be expanded with a built-in bar-top along the walls, a family-style stainless steel table in the center and new appliances and stainless steel countertops. New study cubicles, chairs and lounge seating will be installed in the study lounges.

“As we developed the renovation plans, we wanted to ensure that the common areas in these facilities were enhanced in as many aspects possible, from study spots and places for community building, to numerous aesthetic improvements,” said Joe Lynch, a project manager from the 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 Office of Project Delivery. “We designed with students in mind, so hearing from them what they would like to see or have in the towers was vital. They played a major role in the final layout that future freshmen will get to live in.”

The project also includes new plumbing lines to support a new water bottle filling station in the kitchen (following other stations that were previously upgraded in the towers); and the building elevators will receive new lighting and flooring finishes.

Student-centric designs

The renovation project incorporated the input from student residents on how the tower spaces could be better utilized. Interactive workshops were held in December 2023 to gather feedback from student residents on what they would improve or add to Hale Aloha towers, with the assistance of the Campus Design Lab, an initiative of the Office of Planning & Spatial Experience, and student project assistants from the 东精影业 Community Design Center.

“I spend so much time at Aloha Towers, and because we鈥檙e the ones living in these facilities, it鈥檚 really fun to see what the living space could be,” said Reese Harwood, a freshman who participated in the interactive workshops. “I鈥檓 glad I could be a part of this planning process, and I can鈥檛 wait to see what these spaces could possibly look like in the years to come.”

Unique color for each tower

A special feature of the project is that each tower will have its own splash of color, inspired by the island flower the tower is named after. Hale Aloha ʻIlima will bear shades of yellow and gold; Hale Aloha Lehua will feature bold reds; Hale Aloha Lokelani will showcase tones of mauve and purple; and Hale Aloha Mokihana will spotlight lime greens. The colors will be on the columns in the first floor lobbies, as well as on the 13th floor activity lounges and kitchens.

The University of Hawaiʻi at 惭腻苍辞补鈥檚 new Dean 104 Culture Lab unveiled this spring offers an innovative classroom space that is revolutionizing the learning experience for students and faculty alike. This semester, eight courses and 165 students are being taught in the newly transformed classroom. Courses range from political science to women, gender and sexuality studies, all aiming to foster a classroom community built through student collaboration in a unique learning environment.

Among the first to capitalize on the new space is Lisette Flanary, a professor in the . Flanary has integrated the Dean 104 Culture Lab into her CINE 405 class, an advanced course in documentary production for juniors and seniors.

“The new space has ignited a palpable enthusiasm among my CINE 405 students, fostering not only heightened engagement but also a surge in creativity,” Flanary said. “The collaborative nature of the environment, with features like movable furniture, writable glass walls, and a large touchscreen for viewing and critiquing our student films, has truly elevated their learning experience.”

Flanary’s class meets once a week for three hours, and delves deep into the intricacies of the documentary process, covering everything from research and story structure to shooting techniques and editing. With the introduction of the Dean Culture Lab, her students have found themselves immersed in an environment conducive to creativity and collaboration.

It鈥檚 perfect for creative media classes and we鈥檝e been making really good use of every part of the classroom!
—Aria Kaneshige

“It鈥檚 about being comfortable and having lots of space for everybody to support collaboration and creativity,” said senior Alexandra Sullivan, who is in Flanary驶s class. “The spinning chairs are great for our generation and it definitely feels like it was made for us!”

“It鈥檚 been really fun being in here, it鈥檚 perfect for creative media classes and we鈥檝e been making really good use of every part of the classroom!” said fellow senior Aria Kaneshige, a cinematic arts and dance major.

Flanary encourages her colleagues, especially those engaged in cultural practices, to explore the possibilities offered by the Dean 104 Culture Lab. She attests to the noticeable difference in student engagement and creativity since incorporating the space into her teaching, which has also included the Sakamaki Hall Innovation Zone and .

Designed to be a learning base for courses that promote deep reflection on cultural concepts, practices and knowledge, the culture lab is conceptually grounded in the history of 惭腻苍辞补 valley, with features that make it a unique space where sense of place invites students to be conscious of the cultural context surrounding the 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 campus.

Dedication to providing innovative classrooms

“The Dean 104 Culture Lab stands as a testament to the university’s commitment to innovation in education, providing students with an inspiring environment to cultivate their talents and passions,” said Laura Lyons, interim vice provost for academic excellence.

While there are no new classroom projects in the pipeline currently, the university is eager to increase the number and diversity of collaborative classrooms in the upcoming academic years. Many faculty who have taught in Dean 104 this spring have also expressed their appreciation for Dean 104 and have to teach in the room again in the fall.

“Each semester, the aim is to make the rooms available to as many teachers as possible, with a dedication to keeping innovative classrooms as a core service at the center for elevating teaching and learning at 惭腻苍辞补,” said Hazel Gedikli, faculty specialist in the who was responsible for introducing the space to new faculty this semester.

The opening of the refurbished Alexander Waterhouse Sports Performance Facility will offer University of Hawaiʻi at 惭腻苍辞补 student-athletes an enhanced training experience as they set the foundations for their pursuits with the Rainbow Wahine and Rainbow Warrior programs.

The celebrated the dedication of the renovated facility in a ceremony held February 13 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

Originally constructed in 1994, along with the arena in which it is housed, the Waterhouse facility underwent a $3.3 million renovation over the past year and now features 24 Samson Power Racks and a new nutrition center within the 10,000-square-foot training area available to the department’s 500 student-athletes representing 21 sports programs.

“(The student-athletes) deserve it. It’s been a long time coming and it’s going to be huge,” 东精影业 Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Tommy Heffernan said. “Outside of practice, they spend the most time with (the strength and conditioning staff). So that’s going to be huge as far as getting them ready in the offseason.”

The facility includes more than 22,000 pounds of free weights and each of the 24 power racks are equipped with various modes of resistance training. The racks allow a student-athlete to complete an entire workout within that section of the layout, creating more efficient use of time and available space and allowing greater availability for teams.

“The thing that stands out to me when we do a weight room is the strength and conditioning is for everybody, and it鈥檚 used more than any other facility in our athletics department,” Athletics Director Craig Angelos said. “This is the one that affects everybody.”

Kahu Kordell Kekoa presided over the blessing which included remarks by Heffernan, 东精影业 President David Lassner, Angelos, State Sen. Ron Kouchi and 东精影业 women’s volleyball player Kate Lang, representing the 东精影业 student athletes.

The facility is named after the late Alexander C. Waterhouse, who worked with then-东精影业 football coach Bob Wagner to develop the vision for the weight room. Waterhouse, a lifelong supporter of 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 athletics, was the founder and chairman of the N膩 Koa Football Booster Club and a member of the ʻAhahui Koa 膧nuenue Board of Directors and was inducted into the 东精影业 Circle of Honor in 1997.

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Newly renovated and newly equipped Alexander C. Waterhouse Training Facility! A facility where championships will be made for years to come! #GoBows

— Hawaii Athletics (@HawaiiAthletics)

Construction began in October 2023 on a new facility for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa women驶s track & field team and soccer teams. The facility is scheduled to open in fall 2024 and will include an NCAA-compliant 400-meter, eight-lane synthetic track and an NCAA-compliant soccer field located on the fields next to the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium where the football and soccer teams practiced.

The project is the second phase of the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex $30-million expansion approved by the 东精影业 Board of Regents in August 2022. The first phase was completed in August 2023 and increased crowd capacity at the Ching Complex from 9,000 to 15,000 seats and included the installation of the Aloha Stadium video board. 东精影业 has added 12,500 seats to the complex since 2022 to be able to host 东精影业 football games after Aloha Stadium, the Rainbow Warriors鈥� home field since 1975, closed without notice.

During the expansion to 15,000 seats, sections of the track at the Ching Athletics Complex were used, creating the need for a new track facility and an opportunity to eventually bring the soccer team back to campus for its home matches. With a few exceptions, the Rainbow Wahine have played their matches 17 miles from campus at the Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium since 2000. The new facility will become the soccer team鈥檚 home field after a future project tentatively scheduled for 2025 will add stadium lights and a scoreboard.

“This project speaks volumes about everyone at 东精影业 involved in the retrofitting of the Ching Athletics Complex to the 东精影业 football team home games,” said 东精影业 Mānoa Athletics Director Craig Angelos. ldquo;It was already a miracle to have the facility expanded and ready for football just nine months after Aloha Stadium was closed and now we have turned it into a positive for our soccer and track teams.”

The project includes excavation work to level the practice fields and the installation of a retaining wall, drainage and irrigation. The track will include a steeplechase water jump, two long jump/triple jump runways, two pole vault runways, hammer/discus area and cage, javelin runway, shot put with throwing circle and large high jump approach area. The track and field equipment currently housed at the Ching Athletics Complex will be relocated to the new facility.

A $57-million renovation of a University of Hawaiʻi at 惭腻苍辞补 library built in 1956 will transform the four-story, 115,000-square-foot building into a state-of-the-art Student Success Center. Work on the major renovation project began in June 2023 and is expected to be completed in 2026.

The Student Success Center will be a vibrant hub of student activity that will encourage students to stay on campus, between classes and after hours. Three floors of the air conditioned building will be open space for student gathering, studying and socializing with comfortable seating, tables and ample electrical outlets. There will also be more than 30 conference rooms of various sizes for group study along with on-site academic advising departments, a computer lab and Student Store for food and beverages.

“This state-of-the-art center will have a significant impact on the student experience at 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补,” said 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 Provost Michael Bruno, an early champion of the project. “It will be very exciting when it opens as students will have a brand new facility where they can study, collaborate, learn from one another, take advantage of convenient academic services, grab a coffee and just be with each other.”

The Student Success Center will be located next to Hemenway Hall, close to the Campus Center and the Warrior Recreation Center. It is also next to the campus鈥檚 main city bus stop and right across University Avenue from the , the entrepreneurship center/student housing facility opening in fall 2023.

“We really want to create an environment and a place where students can thrive, and I think that鈥檚 really what is most important for us in this collaboration,” said Aaron Yamasaki, vice president division manager at Swinerton Builders, the Design Builder. “This is Hawaiʻi鈥檚 university and we want to make this great school even better and this project will do just that.”

The project includes a rooftop photovoltaic system to generate renewable energy and help as the renovation project strives to be LEED Silver certified. A modest step towards meeting the 10-campus system驶s goal of zero carbon emissions by 2035.

The center will house the College of Social Sciences Digital Studios and feature a large study space on the first floor that can host and livestream campus events.

It will also be the new home of the award winning 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 Esports team. The team will have a modern gaming room to practice, compete and livestream competitions to the world. There will also be facilities for casual gaming available to all students.

Mahalo 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 Library

The building became available for the renovation project after the agreed to relocate staff and materials in the now closed Sinclair Library to Hamilton Library.

“They embraced the challenge and worked with multiple academic units reviewing and assessing the materials,” said Bruno about the library鈥檚 leadership and staff. “We could not have done this without their cooperation.”

Building on success

The 东精影业 Office of Project Delivery is responsible for the project and for making sure it finishes on time and on budget. The office oversees Capital Improvement Projects large and small, including the Isabella Aiona Abbott Life Sciences Building that opened in 2020 and the expansion of the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.

“A center for students was identified as one of the campus鈥檚 biggest needs and now it is our responsibility to turn that idea into a reality,” said Brandon Shima, Design Manager for the Office of Project Delivery.

Like the Abbott Life Sciences Building, the Student Success Center is a design-build project, where there is a fixed sum, single contract for the design and construction. Design-build projects are more likely to be completed on time and with fewer cost overruns, compared to the typical design-bid-build process. It is one of the many national best practices for capital improvement projects adopted by 东精影业 along with hiring highly qualified project managers and construction procurement specialists.

Read more about the 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 RISE center.
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“We need to demonstrate to the State of Hawaiʻi that every dollar invested in 东精影业 will be spent efficiently and effectively,” said 东精影业 Vice President for Administration Jan Gouveia. “We thank the state Legislature and the governor鈥檚 office for its support and know that we have to continue to prove that university projects are worth funding.”

Following the 6-year CIP plan

The Abbott Life Sciences Building and the Student Success Center were among the goals in the 2016 6-year CIP plan approved by the 东精影业 Board of Regents. The plan continues to deliver on many of its stated goals including a new $70-million, five-story facility planned for McCarthy Mall. The building will feature modern classroom and work spaces with construction scheduled to begin in 2024. The BOR approved a new 6-year CIP plan in November 2022 that aims to build on the previous plan and create more modern space-efficient facilities and outdoor spaces that leverage 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补鈥檚 unique sense of place.

Read more about the Sinclair student success center in 东精影业 News

Updated June 18, 2023: The start of the campus shuttle service announced on June 15 has been temporarily delayed. The new start date will be announced soon.

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A pilot project between the University of Hawaiʻi at 惭腻苍辞补 and the (HDOT) will launch the State of Hawaiʻi鈥檚 first autonomous electric “Min-E Bus” on the 惭腻苍辞补 campus starting June 2023. This HDOT test project is the first under Hawaiʻi鈥檚 Autonomous Vehicle Testing law passed in 2020 and will help the state meet its goal of achieving 100% clean energy by 2045 as HDOT transitions to electric vehicles.

东精影业 惭腻苍辞补鈥檚 College of Engineering is a partner in the project, responsible for collecting and analyzing data for HDOT as it begins to add autonomous and electric vehicles to its fleet.

“This is a milestone for the Department of Transportation and the state,” said HDOT Director Ed Sniffen. “We are doing our part to meet the state鈥檚 sustainability goals and make our roads safer. As autonomous vehicles become more widely used, the rate and severity of car accidents is expected to drop, and that will save lives.”

The air-conditioned, 14-passenger, AV Star All-Electric Autonomous Min-E Bus features state-of-art technology Perrone Robotics TONY (To Navigate to You) autonomous system and meets all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. It is also able to serve passengers in wheelchairs and as a precautionary measure, human drivers will be seated at the wheel and able to take control, if needed.

The HDOT Min-E Bus will provide autonomous shuttle service to 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补鈥檚 upper and lower campus over the summer in the first phase of the project. Phase 2, expected to begin in the fall, will expand the service to the Kauʻiokahaloa Nui Apartments faculty housing complex near the 惭腻苍辞补 Marketplace.

“This pilot autonomous shuttle bus project will provide first-hand experience right here in Hawaiʻi and help us collect invaluable data that will help in our understanding of what the future of transportation and mobility will look like,” said College of Engineering Dean Brennon Morioka. “It will help the state better prepare for the necessary changes in infrastructure as well as policies to accommodate large-scale autonomous vehicle deployments in Hawaiʻi. We are very proud of the role that 东精影业鈥檚 College of Engineering is playing in this initiative that HDOT is leading.”

Professor Guohui Zhang added, “This project will provide our students with an invaluable research opportunity to use what they have learned in the classroom to serve our state and community. In addition to better understanding the innovative, state-of-the-art autonomous driving technologies, we will emphasize vehicle-infrastructure interoperability and community-wide travel connectivity in this project. Our students will use this autonomous bus platform to advance their research horizons in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-empowered traffic mobility and safety enhancement, as well as traffic digital twin modeling and formulation.”

The project is a natural fit with 东精影业, which has set a goal for the 10-campus system of zero carbon emissions by 2035. Compared to a comparable gas-powered passenger vehicle, the HDOT Min-E Bus is estimated to save more than 660 gallons of gas per year ($3,133 savings/year if cost of fuel is $4.60/gallon) and decrease carbon dioxide by 13,021 pounds/year.

Autonomous shuttle information

The autonomous shuttle is for 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 students, faculty, staff and affiliates. The Phase 1 route for the HDOT Min-E Bus will run every 30 minutes from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting from the Kamakak奴okalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. The route with 11 stops will take it through student housing, down East West Road and Maile Way, to the Queen Liliʻuokalani Center for Student Services (QLC), and back to the Kamakak奴okalani Center.

There are 11 stops along the route in the following order:

• Kamakak奴okalani Center
• Frear Hall
• Hale Noelani
• Hale Wainani
• Burns Hall
• Jefferson Hall
• St. John
• Varney Circle
• Paradise Palms
• Kennedy Theatre
• Gateway House on Dole Street

The route for a second phase is planned to run from the 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 campus to the Kauʻiokahaloa Nui Apartments faculty housing located near the 惭腻苍辞补 Marketplace.

Other 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补 units involved in the 东精影业 phases of the project include Commuter Services, Student Housing Services and Campus Operations and Facilities and the Office of Risk Management.

More than 350 guests gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the $37-million Academy for Creative Media (ACM) Student Production Center at the University of Hawaiʻi鈥�–奥别蝉迟 Oʻahu on November 18.

“It鈥檚 a fabulous, state-of-the-art-capacity building that will really teach the future to our students,” said Chris Lee, founder and director of the . “This is really the hub for creative media education throughout the ACM System.”

Related: New state-of-the-art Academy for Creative Media facility ready for students, August 2022

The facility will link complementary facilities and programs throughout the 东精影业 System and across the state as a catalyst for Hawaiʻi鈥檚 intellectual property workforce. The facility features industry-standard equipment, including a Dolby Atmos 100-seat screening room and mixing stage, esports arena, post-production suites, emerging media lab, incubator space and industry-standard sound stage.

Creative media is fastest-growing degree program

The building aligns with the 东精影业 West Oʻahu鈥檚 fastest-growing degree program—the . The program embraces new media through video, animation, video games, social media platforms, apps and virtual and augmented reality. The degree has concentrations in , , and .

The Student Production Center is designed to stimulate Hawaiʻi鈥檚 production and creative media ecosystem, including the state鈥檚 growing film and television production industry. Hawaiʻi鈥檚 creative sector, which includes the film, music, digital media and arts industries, accounts for nearly 54,000 jobs across the state.

The new building serves as a connector between academic programming across the 东精影业 System and the delivery of hands-on experiences that will prepare students for jobs in motion pictures, video production, design and social media, as well as digital content creation, video game design and development, and the integration of storytelling and technology.

“This building means a lot,” said Joseph Baldueza, who received his bachelor鈥檚 degree from 东精影业 West Oʻahu in spring 2020, with a concentration in general creative media. “This program means a lot. It always had awesome instructors, a really good and challenging curriculum. Now it has a facility and the equipment to support what we already had.” Baldueza is now a production manager at Marine Corps Community Services Hawaiʻi.

Dignitaries and celebrities attend

At the grand opening and blessing ceremony, dignitaries, students, faculty, administrators, industry professionals, celebrities and supporters enjoyed opening music by 东精影业 West Oʻahu students, MW Restaurant fare and photo opportunities throughout self-guided tours of the facility.

Program speakers included Gov. David Ige, Lee, 东精影业 President David Lassner and 东精影业 West Oʻahu Chancellor Maenette Benham.

“It鈥檚 about giving our students the best opportunity that we can to chase their digital dreams, and we wanted to make sure that they had a world-class facility so that they would pursue anything and everything their dreams could come up with,” Ige said.

The program concluded with a celebrity panel discussion on “Representation in the Film Industry,” featuring Mark Dacascos, Hawaiʻi-born actor, director, TV personality; Bird Runningwater, Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache Tribes, who guided the Sundance Institute’s investment in Native American and Indigenous filmmakers; Amy Hill, Japanese-American actress; Malaysian comedian and actor Ronny Chieng; and Filipina-American actress and singer Kimee Balmilero.

The panelists shared insights on the importance of diverse voices in the film industry.

“It鈥檚 so important for this space (of diversity) to be in existence and for us to just keep telling our stories because there is a huge, huge shift happening and it鈥檚 really, really exciting,” Balmilero said.

To see photos from the event, visit the .

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—By Zenaida Serrano Arvman

On April 5, the Board of Water Supply urged Oʻahu residents, businesses and government agencies to reduce water usage by 10% because of the Red Hill water crisis and the answered the call.

“We want to do our part in knowing the urgency of water conservation, especially with what is happening at Red Hill,” said Blake Araki, director of campus operations and facilities. “Our team has stepped up to the challenge and has done an incredible job of maintaining our beautiful campus while conserving water.”

东精影业 Mānoa voluntarily reduced on campus water consumption by 10% and stopped watering large lawn areas, reduced irrigation, put new plantings on hold, postponed fire protection system testing that discharged water and instructed maintenance staff to address leaking fixtures with urgency.

The 东精影业 Building and Grounds Management has continued to reduce water usage while maintaining plant and tree health by watering landscaping when necessary and spreading mulch around campus.

The Mānoa campus continues to reduce watering large lawn areas by 50–75%, as needed depending on the condition of the area, and is reducing the frequency of irrigation for shrubbery by 20%.

东精影业 Facilities Operations implemented a water conservation program to reduce domestic water usage for chilled water plant chemical treatment systems by approximately 25%. Domestic water usage for a chilled water plant can contribute up to 15% of the total building water usage.

Long-term planning

Reducing water usage on campus has been a collaboration across multiple units including: landscaping, campus operations and facilities.

Some long-term plans are to continue replacing plumbing fixtures with low flow fixtures; reducing make-up water demand on central air conditioning systems by consulting with appropriate chemical treatment vendors on various treatment programs; and reducing operating hours of the larger chilled water plants in buildings around campus.

Reporting leaks

Reports on water fixture leaks in buildings around campus have increased by more than 20%, with people being more proactive in filling out a report when they see a leak.

The 东精影业 community can report any leaking fixtures on campus by submitting a work request to the work coordination center at manoawcc@hawaii.edu.

Read more 东精影业 Mānoa sustainability stories.