As December begins, Hawaii’s HVAC-dependent sectors — including property management, multi-site owners, foodservice, cold storage, grocery retail, hospitality, and commercial facilities — are benefiting from several encouraging developments. Recent updates from the U.S. mainland, combined with growing local manufacturing capability, point to improved energy reliability, easing supply-chain pressures in some categories, and new opportunities for local fabrication. Below is an

As Hawaii moves deeper into its clean-energy transition, business owners are feeling the effects across operations, maintenance planning, and long-term infrastructure decisions.

Within the past week, several developments emerged that directly affect businesses that rely on HVAC and refrigeration systems, including cold-storage operators, food distributors, hotels, convenience stores, grocery stores, malls, and other retail or hospitality operations. The most significant change is the state’s approval of a 25.75% Young Brothers inter-island shipping rate increase , with an even sharper hike for refrigerated freight. At the same time, tourism remains s

In the first half of November, several utility, fuel, policy, and transportation updates emerged that could directly impact hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, resorts, and cold-storage facilities across Hawaii. While each development may seem incremental, together they contribute to rising operating costs, heightened outage risk, and increasing pressure on food safety and equipment reliability. For any business reliant on refrigeration, HVAC, and consist