10. Kunia Country Farms
•Began in 2010
•Purpose: To help Hawaii become
food independent in a sustainable
way
•500,000 heads of lettuce grown
annually plus salad mixes
•Net Zero
• Water
• Soil
• Power
14. Kunia Country Farms
•Highlights
• Quality of Life
• Project employs Kunia Village residents left from Del Monte
Farm operations
• Success of the farm encouraged new business in the
depressed area
• Leadership
• By-Product Synergy
• Regulations and Policies
• Natural World
• Preserve Prime Farmland
16. Pitfalls
Envision implemented post
most design & construction
Start early to increase LOA
Affect change and maximize impact
Time management
Gather documentation
Writeup
QA/QC Review
17. Lessons
•Tool to defend design decisions
and measure sustainability
•Address stakeholder needs and
incorporate community input
collaboratively
•Actively involve the project team
•Design with transparency and for
resiliency
18. What Next?
•We can all do more
•Use the Envision Checklist
•Apply low-risk/low-cost measures for
client benefits
•Review Envision Guidance Manual
•Training and ENV SP certification
•Share benefits with clients, contacts
and community
SHARE WHAT WE DID
WHY
HOW
WHAT
HELP UNDERSTAND AND INSIGHT
DOUG AND DENISE
EVERY ONE
ANY PROJECT
PILOT –
IMPORTANT TO HAVE LOCAL EXAMPLE
GREAT PROJECT
CURIOUS TO SEE ENVISION COMPARED
CORE VALUES –
SUSTAINABILITY
INNOVATION
COMMUNITY
CHANGING OUR INDUSTRIES
IF –
UNFULFILLED – PURSUE
DESIRE FOR CHANGE
After checklist, more robust credit assessment prior to registration
Discuss in further detail in afternoon session
Page 15 of Guidance Manual
Easy point value comparison
Dynamic scoring available in new website
Weighted differently .. Effort and impact
Registration after preliminary credit assessment
Consultant fees – Efficiency with time
Save money and time with better designs and community approval
AFTER 95% DESIGN
WITHIN 3 YEARS AFTER CONSTRUCTION
Sustainable to KCF also meant they needed to be economically sustainable as well. Anyone can be sustainable and green if you pay a premium.
Generally, there is a loss of agricultural jobs as large pineapple farms close
Coconut husks for grow materials
Hawaii mainly ships products to the islands from other places, there is no shortage of shipping pallets. They construct all grow troughs out of this otherwise wasted resource
Dissolved fish waste is used as plant nutrients. Solids are sent to nearby landscaping compost, as well as the green waste
About 10,000 lbs of excess food production has been donated to the Hawaii Food Bank.
KCF participated in studies with State Department of Agriculture and University of Hawaii to change existing regulations and standards for aquaponically grown food.
Not only do they preserve soil quality for generations to come by farming in water troughs, they also produce about 40% more lettuce on the same area of land
MAXIMIZE IMPACT, OPPORTUNITIES
ALLOW FOR DESIGN CHANGES
INCREASED LOA AND OV
And, in a lot of cases, by rethinking or coming from a different angle, we can do more with less