1 HPA Energy Lab Hawaii Prep Academy Kamuela, Hawaii 500 students day/boarding International, K-12 Goals: to prepare our students to be change agents amid the challenges of food, energy, water and culture in the 21 st century

2 Energy Lab Zero energy Zero water Zero waste LEED 2.0 for schools Living Building Challenge 1.3 Apple Distinguished program site Green Ribbon Schools 2012 A prototype integrated sustainable Building Why? Origins: Go Green Charrette

3 Our roles Education K-12 and beyond Outreach Community, global Research Collaboration with universities, research groups

4 An example Hawaii is one of the most remote places on earth Dependent on fossil fuels for food, transport, energy, even water Canary in the coal mine for rising energy prices Prime test bed for sustainability studies Sustainability: “thinking about forever” Hoku a aina project: Teacher Education

5 HPA Energy Lab Next steps: Summer workshops Curriculum integration Ongoing system monitoring Documentation Collaboration Global Footprint Stanford Cornell NASA What this means for Hawaii, US, Global