It’s an economic fact-of-life here in the islands that almost everything costs more. And those higher costs are usually attributable to the cost of shipping. That’s primarily what’s behind the...

We have just gone solar. The sun is now heating the water we use for washing dishes and for showers, and it’s also providing electricity during the daylight hours when...

We have a new law here in Hawaii that will require all newly-built residential homes to have solar water heaters. Rough estimates are this requirement, which takes effect in 2010,...