LEAHI DESIGN LLC HONOLULU HAWAIʻI
Towards a more
affordable and sustainable
future for Hawaiʻi.
With decades of experience across local government, utilities, and design, we collaborate on community scale solutions in energy, buildings, and the systems that connect them.
FOCUS
What we're digging into
Clean & Affordable Energy
Supporting local, community based solutions to deliver affordability via energy efficiency and clean energy
Prefabricated housing
Off-site, local prefabrication with cooperative ownership. A path to housing that is affordable and Hawaiʻi-grown.
Distributed & diverse infrastructure
Water, wastewater, and resource systems as integrated, community-scale solutions instead of siloed, extractive utilities.
Systems & policy change
Supporting connections between regulators, utilities, innovators, and communities. Coalitions that strengthen implementation
APPROACH
Five Concepts Behind the
Work
Hawaiʻi's culture of resourcefulness and innovation makes the islands the place to invest toward reshaping the essential living systems of modern life: housing, energy, water, and waste. The opportunity is here to create diverse, integrated, and locally controlled systems that are both affordable and sustainable.
01
Local circular economy
Replace extractive flows with value that stays in community hands.
02
Diversity of solutions
Move past one-size-fits-all toward many right answers for many diverse places
03
Integration of Systems
Buildings and utilities designed as connected parts of a single whole.
04
Information as leverage
Use modern data tools and AI to put expertise back in the hands of people.
05
Collaboration vs compliance
Shared vision unlocks innovation that rules bases systems cannot.
CONNECT
Let's talk story
If there's a project where you'd like to collaborate, or you just want to compare notes on Hawaiʻi energy, buildings, or policy, we'd be glad to hear from you.