We love to talk about sustainability and making the world a better place.
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Meantime, check out some of our press below, some of it quirky and some serious, but always with aloha, and always focused on living pono.
Press
Pono Home, Hawaii Energy and CleanTechnica present: The Electric Home Show
Meet the founder of Pono Home, Scott Cooney. He discusses energy efficiency and how to enroll in our free program in partnership with Hawaiʻi Energy and the Board of Water Supply.
He touches on our newest endeavor and partnership with CleanTechnica—the Electric Home Show on Saturday and Sunday, April 25th and 26th, 2026, at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
Rain barrels installed to protect Hawaii’s reefs and reduce flooding
Watch our Oʻahu technician, Grant Herbert, install a rain barrel! In partnership with the non-profit organization, Mālama Maunalua, the City & County of Honolulu and 3R, Pono Home installed over 125 rain barrels in the four phases of the Rainwater Capture Incentive Program in an effort to protect Hawaiʻiʻs natural resources and to combat stormwater runoff. Grant is also National Green Infrastructure Certified by EnviroCert International.
The Rainwater Capture Incentive Program is led by Mālama Maunalua in collaboration with the City’s Department of Facility Maintenance, Pono Home, 3Rwater, and several community groups. The project is supported by the Wai Maoli: Hawaiʻi Fresh Water Initiative, Ulupono Initiative, and the Honolulu Board of Water Supply.
Hawai‘i’s Sustainability Heroes: Pono Home
Meet the new CEO of Pono Home, Mike Vise. Since its founding in 2014, Pono Home has served over 15,000 households and small businesses, helping reduce electric and water bills by identifying power-draining appliances and providing solutions, such as free LED bulbs, for HECO, MECO, and HELCO customers. Some past partnerships include Hawaii Public Housing Authority, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, Hawaiʻi Affordable Properties, and Kanu Hawaiʻi.
Kanu Hawai’i Fiscal Sponsorships
Check out our fiscal sponsor and partner, Kanu Hawaiʻi, who took our services to the island of Kauaʻi!
CleanTechnica: Energy Efficiency in the Home
Check out this case study done by the Founder of Pono Home, Scott Cooney on his own house! See why efficiency before solar makes sense.
Pono Home Makes Living Green Easy and Convenient
It's common knowledge that we are living with a finite amount of resources, and in today's modern world, more people are trying to find ways to cut their use of energy and water or finding more sustainable ways of providing that energy. A new startup consulting company called Pono Home can help you find ways to help your home become more environmentally friendly while helping you save money.
Green Business of the Year, 2019
Profiles of five great local companies that you should know about.
Energy Excelerator Provides Boosts for Clean Energy
Sustainability one home at a time.
Pono Home wants to help you live greener and healthier
Pono Home provides a comprehensive home efficiency service to help homeowners, renters and small businesses lower their utility bills and live greener and healthier, for life! In their two-hour service, they use a checklist of 200+ points to audit the home and find improvements for energy and water efficiency. Sara Cobble and Sarah DePhillips explain the details on Living808
KIUC, county roll out efficiency program
Kauai Island Utility Cooperator and the County of Kauai are sponsoring Pono Home, a program that helps qualified low-income and elderly families on Kauai become energy efficient and reduce their utility bills
Pilot program with Pono Home helps low-income, kupuna families
Business Idea: An Eco-Friendly Consultation Franchise
One company that’s spearheading the green home consulting business by offering not just a list of recommendations (which oftentimes never get carried out), but actually does the work to make homes “healthier and more efficient from top to bottom”, is Pono Home, currently doing business in Honolulu County, HI.
Our founder on the cover of Pacific Edge’s Sustainable Business Issue, Spring 2014
B the Change
Hawaii, where energy startups go to prove themselves
A business incubator called Energy Excelerator is using that contradiction to maximum effect. Based in a high-rise in downtown Honolulu, it is mentoring and funding young energy companies, both local and from away, who see in Hawaii's big smallness an opportunity to test out their business models.
The Difference Makers: Pono Home’s Mission is to Green Homes
6 Cleantech Startups Making Waves in Hawaii
Pono Home to offer free home energy upgrades to qualified Kauai residents
Hawaii-based energy consulting firm Pono Home will be offering free home efficiency services for qualified residents on Kauai this fall.
The service will include a free home energy audit along with retrofits, such as new LED lighting, high efficiency water fixtures and advanced power strips that save electricity and protect electronics, according to a statement.
Top Green Franchises to Start for Eco-Conscious Entrepreneurs
When you think about going green, the first thing that comes to mind is probably recycling. You may not realize it, but there are many other ways to go green, including starting your own eco-friendly business.
If you’re looking for a greener future, consider one of the ten green franchises on our list. Let’s dive in!
The Energy Excelerator at Pono Home
2014 Energy Excelerator Entrepreneur Awardee: Indie Gogo Campaign
Special Guest: Scott Cooney, CEO, Pono Home Bash Nola call in to discuss the Utility of the Future Program. He is on the Program Committee for the event.