July 2, 2017
Island Cooling LLC
With the start of summer, finding an affordable cooling solution has suddenly moved to the top of many homeowners’ to-do lists. Most people are familiar with A/C, but what about evaluating the other options out there? “I looked at A/C,…
June 25, 2017
Island Cooling LLC
According to the calendar, June 20 is the official start of summer, but for Hawaii homeowners the search for affordable home cooling is a year-round project. One technology that has been growing in popularity is the QuietCool whole house fan…
May 28, 2017
Island Cooling LLC
Try this experiment for yourself: When parking your car in the sun, roll up the windows, turn off the A/C and see how long it takes before it starts to feel uncomfortable. Usually it’s only a few seconds, right? Closing…
May 14, 2017
Island Cooling LLC
Sandra Whitworth is the mother of a large family. She was excited to be retiring and moving to a townhome in Kaneohe, but the heat wave that happened last summer caught her by surprise. “I dreaded coming home in the…
April 9, 2017
Island Cooling LLC
“Summer seems to come earlier every year,” said Saori Doi of East Honolulu. “I was worried that soon I would be running the A/C all the time.” Many other Hawaii homeowners who have resigned themselves to increasingly hot homes, as…
March 26, 2017
Island Cooling LLC
Jane Moon had been grappling with the problem of indoor heat in her Moilili home for some time. It seemed that no matter what steps she took, it was always hotter inside the house than outside on the lanai. As…
November 13, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
With its gentle tradewinds, mild temperatures and sunny skies, much has been written on Hawaii’s idyllic climate. Unfortunately for homeowners in modern homes, Hawaii leads the nation in energy costs and while cool on the lanai; it’s often hotter indoors.…
October 9, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
While folks on the mainland are watching temperatures cool down for the fall, residents in Hawaii we get to enjoy sunny and warm weather all year. So the search for home cooling and comfort is never really over. A versatile…
September 18, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
Kamilla Maii was excited. She had tried a number of times to find an affordable, energy-efficient way to cool her newly built home. Air conditioning the open floor plan wasn’t even an option, and besides, her husband was against the…
August 28, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
Buddy and Ally Bird-well of Honolulu were , like many homeowners, searching for cool solutions to their hot home. Their home, par tly open beam and partly attic, seemed to get hotter every year, and the heat that was trapped…
August 14, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
Now that summer is in full swing, cooling down at the end of the day is at the top of everyone’s mind. Aside from running lots of fans and cold showers, one technique for cooling that’s getting a lot of…
July 24, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
Wayne J. Chi was excited to put the finishing touches on his home cooling project that included attic ventilation and reflective roof coating. The biggest boost came from the QuietCool whole house fan system installed in the vaulted living room…
July 10, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
With the start of summer, finding an afford able cooling solution has suddenly moved to the top of many homeowner’s to-do-lists. Most people are familiar with A/C, but what about evaluating the other options out there? “I looked at A/C,…
June 5, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
Janice Ng decided that she needed to find a special way to cool her home. She wanted to avoid A/C and sought an option where she could leave her windows open. Unfortunately, Ng’s home is on the edge of Waikiki…
May 8, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
Sandra Whitworth is the mother of a large family. She was excited to be retiring and moving to a townhome in Kaneohe, but the heat wave that happened last summer caught her by surprise. “I dreaded coming home in the…
April 17, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
Everyday, Kim and Patrick Gerhardt of Royal Kunia look forward to coming home after a long day of work and opening the windows to unwind and relax in the afternoon breeze. Unfortunately, their home was taking longer and longer to…
March 22, 2016
Island Cooling LLC
Quietly running in the attic of Aileen Yanagihara’s Salt Lake home is break through technology in energy-efficient home cooling. Unseen from the outside of the home and controlled by a timer on the wall, the QuietCool Whole House Fan draws…
October 11, 2015
Island Cooling LLC
With this past summer’s intense heat still a fresh memory, akamai homeowners are now taking steps to be proactive and ready for the inevitable return of late season heat. Agnes Furutani of Waikele was dreading her hot bedroom that was…
September 9, 2015
Island Cooling LLC
A record-setting July heat wave that has continued into September has Hawaii homeowners wondering if higher temperatures are now the new normal. For cooling experts Ivan and Al Whit-worth of Island Cooling LLC, what already is a busy time, now…
August 25, 2015
Island Cooling LLC
One person who took a methodic approach to solving his home’s recent heat problem was Dr. R. David Dikeman. The Hawaii Kai homeowner frequently was cut off from trade winds, and his vaulted ceilings trapped heat, so even on hot…