We are excited and proud to be illuminating this year’s Honolulu City Lights with its first-ever entirely solar-powered display.
From December 3rd to the 31st at Honolulu Hale, we’ll be illuminating “Santa Goes Solar”. “Santa Goes Solar” includes an 8-foot diorama of Santa’s eco-conscious workshop and village — made entirely out of Lego — in the Blue Planet Foundation’s 100-square-foot display. The Christmas trees adorning the display will be lit with an array of high-tech LED lights engineered by members of UH’s Solar Decathlon Team Hawaii and decorated with recycled incandescent bulb ornaments made by students from schools island-wide. The entire display will be powered by a state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic canopy that will be designed and built by Sunetric.
The display itself was constructed by members of the Lego Enthusiasts Association of Hawaii, with members of the University of Hawaii Solar Decathlon Team Hawaii engineering its array of high- tech LED lights. To power those lights, the solar canopy will produce 3.6 kWh a day, with an on- site battery pack storing up to 6.9 kWh to ensure night-time cheer. We designed and built the solar canopy, donating hours of engineering, design and construction work, as well as more than $5,000 in materials.
“We are excited to work with the Blue Planet Foundation and showcase some of Sunetric’s most innovative technologies to reduce the carbon footprint for this dazzling display. It’s an honor to put the green in the green and red at Santa’s village this holiday season, and highlight the importance of renewable energy in Hawaii.”
– Alex Tiller, Sunetric CEO
We’re making sure Santa’s elves can spread holiday cheer this season without having to burn the midnight oil!
Go to Honolulu Hale starting on December 3rd to see the Santa Goes Solar Honolulu City Lights display!
