You don't want to miss this panel of rockstars focusing on Smart Homes and Sustainable Building! We held this panel at the Waialae Country Club on April 4th, 2019 and was hosted by Honolulu Board of Realtors East Oahu Regional.
Aaron Ackerman - Presents LBC Case Study at the AIA General Membership Meeting at the Center for Architecture in Downtown Honolulu
University of Hawaii School of Architecture Students Create Video Trailer: Haleola'ili'ainapono a Living Building Challenge Case Study
LBC Hawaii Project Video: Haleola'ili'ainapono a Living Building Challenge project in Palolo Valley with Bowers+Kubota Sustainability Architect Aaron Ackerman. Created by the students at the UH School of Architecture.
Aaron Ackerman, Featured Panel Speaker - Wai Maoli: Hawaii Fresh Water Initiative: Water Reuse Breakfast
In an effort to secure Hawaii's most precious natural resource, the Hawaii Fresh Water Series has been developed to share ideas and innovation for water conservation, recharge, and reuse.
Through a safe space for ideas and collaboration, this series will help build momentum for accomplishing Wai Maoli: Hawaii Fresh Water Initiative's goal of creating 100 million gallons per day (mgd) in additional, reliable fresh water capacity in Hawaii by 2030.
Wai Maoli: Hawaii Fresh Water Initiative
WATER REUSE BREAKFAST
Friday, October 19th, 2018
8-10am HST Plaza Club, Honolulu
Speakers:
Senator Karl Rhoads, Hawaii State Legislature
Dr. BahmanSheikh, Water Reuse Expert & Independent Consultant
Aaron Ackerman of Bowers+Kubota, The Living Building Challenge
Aaron Ackerman, Featured Panelist at United Nations Habitat Day
Hawaii affordable housing developers got together with city and state officials in Waikiki on Monday to mark the United Nations World Habitat Day and to try and come up with some better ways to build more housing for local people.
The goal of the two-day event was to come up with plans and recommendations that will be passed along to the UN.
Panelists at the Monday morning event at the Prince Waikiki Hotel included Timothy Yi, president of developer Samkoo; Honolulu Council Member Kymberly Marcos Pine; Craig Hirai, executive director of the Hawaii Housing Finance Development Corp.; real estate analyst Ricky Cassiday; Mark K. Flood, vice president of sales and marketing at D.R. Horton - Schuler Division; Derek Lock, director of development at HNL Development Inc.; and Robert Oda, senior planning and development manager at Kamehameha Schools.
The event also featured a luncheon address by Wataru Kawasaki, a UN Habitat program and planning officer based in New York, and presentations by Duane Kurisu on his Kahauiki Village project, and architect Aaron Ackerman of Bowers+Kubota on his Haleola’ili’ainapono project, a Living Building Challenge project, which won the Grand Prix of Real Estate and Environmental Design category from the National FIABCI-USA Council last year.
Aaron Ackerman, Featured Speaker - Anthropocene - Hawaii's Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Climate
Get updates from a line-up of climate scientist and experts from SOEST, University of Hawaii, the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability, HECO, and Aaron Ackerman (winner of the Grand Prix for Sustainability).
FIABCI Hawaii Council President Judy Sykes presents Aaron Ackerman of Bowers+Kubota with an honorary camel from the United Arab Emirates.
Speakers & Topic Titles:
Dr. Christoper Sabine "The New Normal for Climate, Weather, and Environmental Extremes"
Joshua Stanbro, Exec. Director of the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability & Resiliency "Update on the City's Initiatives Concerning Climate Change"
Rodney Chong, Manager of Grid Modernization, March Asano, Principal Distribution Planning Engineer. "Making the Grid Renewable-ready and Giving Customers more Choices"
Aaron Ackerman, Bowers+Kubota & Joshua Powell, CEO of RevoluSun, "Strategies for Achieving Net-Zero Energy in a Regenerative Building"
Haleola'ili'ainapono featured in Building Industry Hawaii Magazine - June 2018 - Livable Communities
Haleola'ili'ainapono Featured in the United Nations Book - The City We Need Is Affordable Vol. III
Haleola'ili'ainapono, wins the World Silver Award under the Sustainable Development Category at the World Prix d'Excellence Awards, Dubai UAE May 1st, 2018
They call it the "Oscars of Real Estate" awards. Aaron Ackerman, Bowers+Kubota receives the award at the 2018 World Prix d'Excellence Awards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on May 1st 2018.
Haleola'ili'ainapono, a Living Building Challenge demonstration project in Hawaii wins the World Silver Award under the Sustainable Development Category at the World Prix d'Excellence Awards, Dubai UAE May 1st, 2018 hosted by the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI)
Aaron Ackerman, Bowers+Kubota with the FIABCI USA Hawaii Council accompanied here by the FIABCI World President 2017-2018 Mr. Farook Mahmoud, along with former World President Danielle Grossenbacher.
This Certificate of Award is presented in recognition of the above mentioned real estate development which helps to make the world a better place for live and work; it has been an esteemed example of excellence as regards to all aspects of its creation.
The FIABCI World Prix d'Excellence Awards 2018 were judged by 58 Real Estate Professionals from 35 countries. The World Winners were confirmed by the Oversight Panel Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 28th of February 2018.
Founded in 1951 in Paris, FIABCI is a worldwide business networking organization for all professionals associated with the real estate industry consisting of 44 national and multinational chapters located in more than 65 countries, 87 professional associations, 79 academic institutions, 13 public institutions, 2,300 regular members and 1,000,000 associate members.
World Leaders from 65 different countries across the globe gather at the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) 69th World Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April 30th, 2018. FIABCI is the most representative non-political organization of the real estate industry in the world.
FIABCI Community gathers stakeholders of the real estate industry representing over 40 professions including: Architects, Brokers, Developers, Investors, Managers and other various Experts.
FIABCI, a spirit of business community to share and inspire best practices Worldwide. FIABCI is the most represented non-political organization of the real estate industry in the world. For about 70 years FIABCI has provided access and opportunities for real estate professionals interested in gaining knowledge, sharing information and conducting international business with each other.
On May 31st 1996 FIABCI obtained special consultative status as the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, dedicated to sustainable development, providing overall guidance and coordination.
Called the "Oscars of Real Estate" this unique award is given to the real estate projects that embody excellence in all disciplines involved in their creation. With support from the Wall Street Journal, the international award is an affirmation of the FIABCI ideal of providing society with optimal solutions to its property needs and helping make the world a better place to live, work and enjoy.
The award even looks like an Oscar!
Aaron Ackerman receives National Award from the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) for most outstanding real estate development project of the year in 2017.
The Grand Prix of Real Estate is an award that recognizes the BEST of the BEST out of all real estate category winners honored Nationwide by the annual competition. Developer Aaron Ackerman of Bowers+Kubota was recognized for the development of the first living building residence in the World to be built nearly exclusively from regional waste stream material while delivering a high-performance building designed to operate beyond net-zero on an annual basis.
Executive Director Edwin Hawkins from the Office of Economic Development with the City and County of Honolulu presented the award to Aaron on March 29th at the IBM building in downtown Honolulu. Also pictured beside Aaron Ackerman are Judy Sykes (Council President) and Jeff Lau, both Board Members of the FIABCI - Hawaii Council.
“FIABCI-USA” International Real Estate Federation - U.S. Chapter is a business network of real estate professionals world wide. With members in 65 countries, including 100 Professional Associations, 56 Academic Institutions and 3000 individual members from all professions of the real estate sector, FIABCI is the most representative organization of the real estate industry in the world and holds special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.
For more information about the Grand Prix of Real Estate, go to: www.FIABCIusagrandprix.com
From left to right: Judy Sykes (FIABCI Hawaii Council President), Jeff Lau (Event MC), Aaron Ackerman (Architect Bowers+Kubota), and Edwin Hawkins (City and County of Honolulu).