Cool Classrooms: Hawaii’s Path for Comfortable, Equitable Schools

Heat has been a challenge in Hawaiian schools for decades. To cool classrooms while decreasing energy loads, Hawaii’s Department of Education embarked on a statewide heat abatement program. Targeting all 256 schools in the state, the effort prioritizes those in most need of relief, with the ultimate goal of renovating all public schools to foster world-class learning.

Join presenters, Steve Gross, PE, Principal, Interface Engineering and Pauline Souza, LEED Fellow, FAIA, WELL AP, LFA, Partner, Director of Sustainability, WRNS Studio as they provide a toolkit of passive design strategies that can be employed to create comfortable classrooms and ensure equitable access to quality public education.

Earn 1.00 LU/HSW/GBCI/RIBA for this 60-minute presentation.

Wednesday, June 7, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Moscone South
Room 151

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Discover how school design plays a key role in helping communities and states provide equitable access to a quality public education.
2. Determine a cooling approach that makes the most sense for schools.
3. Understand the importance of air movement in naturally conditioned spaces and learn how to achieve thermal comfort by employing cooling strategies that require little to no electricity.
4. List at least four passive strategies that can effectively control heating and occupants’ comfort in the classroom.

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