The web site is designed to help you research information, analyze data, and help you make personal decisions about your energy consumption practices.

Accompanying the web site, an instructional booklet was developed to assist teachers with making students' exploration of renewable energy solutions a meaningful experience. It contains a series of investigations and activities that help make connections between energy consumption practices, environmental impact, and renewable energy solutions. The investigations have been integrated with the Hawaii Content Standards for Science and Mathematics. This booklet is currently available in all Hawaii's public middle and high school libraries.

PowerQuest is an extension of HECO's successful Sun Power for Schools program, a partnership between HECO, our neighbor island subsidiaries, HELCO and MECO, and customers who sign up as Sun Power partners to pay for demonstration photovoltaic (solar electric) systems at public high schools.

For more information about renewable energy in Hawaii, visit Hawaiian Electric Company's web site at www.heco.com.

 Click on the categories above to (1) recalculate your energy efficiency rating, (2) learn about the performance task for your PowerQuest project, (3) utilize research web links related to each investigation in the PowerQuest instructional module, (4) access various research tools to assist you in your investigations, or (5) become familiar with the evaluation criteria for your PowerQuest project.