Solar Sustainability at Symphony Honolulu

Challenge

A contemporary high-rise condominium including Velocity, JN Group’s luxury

car dealership, wanted to reduce and manage increasing electricity costs in

an environmentally sustainable way.

Solution

Symphony Honolulu and JN Group, owner of Velocity, worked with Energy

Industries to develop an innovative solar solution on the recreational deck

roof of Symphony Honolulu for the benefit of both.

Benefits

Symphony Honolulu’s residents reduce the cost of electricity for

common-use areas such as hallway lighting and recreational facilities,

while Velocity offsets electricity use for showroom lighting, service

department needs and air-conditioning.

System Stats

RooftopInstallation Type

Two systems totaling 162 kWTotal System Size

$75,000Estimated First-Year Savings

$1.9 millionExpected Savings Over 25 years

“Energy Industries was

professional, responsive,

committed to the job and made

it easy to work with them on a

project the size and scope of ours!”

Ray De Smet

General Manager at Symphony Honolulu

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COLLABORATING FOR COMMON GOOD

Great things can happen when neighbors work together. In Honolulu, two

neighboring parties developed a creative approach to energy that reduces

cost and improves environmental sustainability.

Symphony Honolulu is a luxury high-rise condominium in the heart of the

city. The 45-story, iconic glass structure soars 400 feet into the blue skies

with enviable views of the ocean and mountains, but lighting and cooling this

building is no small feat.

The Association of Unit Owners at Symphony Honolulu wanted to explore

solar as a way to defray costs and be environmentally conscious. At the

same time, JN Group was also seeking solar as a way to reduce their

electricity expense.

With the help of Energy Industries (EI), a leader in renewable energy and

energy efficiency solutions, the neighboring parties discovered that by

working together they could install solar PV systems that would benefit both.

The EI team designed a total of 162kW between the systems on the roof

of the condominium building’s recreational deck, installing 494 SunPower®

high-efficiency solar modules for the benefit of the two parties.

JN Group purchased their system outright, taking advantage of the system’s

production, tax benefits and incentives.

The condominium association elected to finance their system through a

power purchase agreement. TIVA Fund owns and operates the asset and

sells electricity generated from the system at a predetermined rate which

was less than the current utility rate at the time of system commissioning.

The Symphony Honolulu solar project stands as a shining example of the

good that occurs when neighbors work together.