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The Home Energy Challenge Returns for Its 8th Year!

Hawaiian Electric Company and the Hawaii State Department of Education are in our 8th year of the Home Energy Challenge; a contest which motivates energy conservation practices in the students' homes.

Prizes include $10,000, $6,000 and $3,000 to the schools whose families reduce the most energy use between October and March. The comparison is on a percentage scale so every school, big or small is on a level playing field. Students learn about science and conserving energy while helping the environment and their families.

Great things are in store for 2014-2015

The $10,000 grand prize is just the tip of the ice berg! The Home Energy Challenge Provides public school participants with educational material, booklets, exciting videos, presentations, and drawing contests with Mad Science presentations as classroom rewards. Schools may choose to document their energy conservation efforts in an Energy Conservation Project where 4 schools will win $1,000 each. Every year, the school winning the $10,000 grand prize is also treated to an entertaining theater performance for the whole school. Great performances by Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Ohia Productions, Nanakuli High and Intermediate School Performing Arts Center and Cirque Hawaii have graced the school stages.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth performed "Grinds" for Palisades Elementary

All homes participating in the Home Energy Challenge who reduce their energy use during the Challenge period of October 2014 to March 2015 are automatically included in the drawing to win a free KumuKit PV Solar Water Heating System, courtesy of Hawaii Energy Connection. Click to review the rules.

For more Home Energy Challenge program information, either click on Program Description, Entry Form or call 543-7511.

2013-2014 Winners!

Congratulations to the winners from last school year:
First Place $10,000: Palisades Elementary School (pictured above)
Second Place $6,000: Nuuanu Elementary
Third Place $3,000: Kuhio Elementary School
The four $1,000 winners of the Energy Conservation Projects are in the following elementary schools: Kuhio, Kamiloiki, Mililani Mauka, Maemae.
The winner of the $7,500 photovoltaic system (courtesy of Kumu Kit) was a student from Waikele Elementary.

Nuuanu Elementary school won 2nd place for 2 years in a row!

For more information about the Home Energy Challenge, call 543-7511.

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