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September 20, 2019
Dean Sakamoto and Chipper Wichman, of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, led a tour of the Juliet Rice Wichman Botanical Research Center for the 19th Annual Build + Buy Green Conference on Kauai. the BRC is Kauai's first LEED-GOLD certified building The conference hosted by USGBC Hawaii and its partners, Hawaii State Energy Office, and DBEDT. MAHALO!
https://www.usgbc.org/event/19th-annual-build-buy-green-conference#program
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Last night SHADE Institute attended an expert Panel Discussion on Smart Cities at the East-West Center. The global smart cities revolution represents one of the most innovative, and important responses to the unprecedented challenges that cities face in today’s rapidly urbanizing world. Smart technologies are fundamentally changing the dynamics of urban life. As we enter the revolution’s second decade, we see that technologies that can reshape cities into more efficient and livable places can also create new tensions in areas such as personal privacy, social equity and justice. Panel experts will focus on both the upsides and downsides of technology-enabled urbanism, informed by their work with cities around the globe.
EWC President Richard Vuylsteke and panel speakers Scott Mauvais, Miguel Gamino and Cheryl Chung.
Photo credit: Eric Chang, East-West Center
East-West Center President Richard Vuylsteke and SHADE Fellows Connie Kwan, Kyler Carlson, Lee Hao Rong, Onam Bisht, Kevin Kim and Dean Sakamoto.
Photo credit: Eric Chang, East-West Center
For more information, check out: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/
Last Thursday, SHADE Institute sat down with Kathy Sokugawa, Renee Espiau, Andrew Tang and Liz Krueger from the Department of Permitting and Planning to discuss affordable housing bills Resolution 18-77 (Building Code) and Resolution 18-78 (Zoning).
Dean Sakamoto, Danielle Schaeffner, Onam Bisht, Lee Hao Rong, Kelsey Colpitts, Lori McCarney, Justine Espiritu, Connie Kwan, Kyler Carlson, Kevin Kim and Sharon Schneider (left to right)
Last week SHADE Institute presented design thinking efforts to Bikeshare Hawaii on placemaking strategies. The fellows presented strategies for the organization to engage with the community to embrace the expansion of the Biki Stations through parklet designs and event planning opportunities.
