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Visualizing Hawaiʻi’s energy future: $1.8M award supports UH energy planning tools
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University of Hawaiʻi System News
The funding supports the continued development of the Hawaiʻi Advanced Visualization Energy Nexus ( HAVEN ) system—an interactive 3D platform that helps policymakers, planners and communities better understand complex energy infrastructure, land-use tradeoffs and resilience planning decisions.
HAVEN makes technical planning data accessible to users with varying levels of expertise, supporting transparent and informed decision making across the state.
HAVEN enables users to visualize scenarios, explore planning model inputs and outputs, and assess cascading impacts related to energy, land use and disaster preparedness.
“ HAVEN visualization technologies have proven to be extremely effective in making energy plans and analysis more approachable,” said Chris Yunker, managing director of resilience, clean transportation and analytics for HSEO .
The HAVEN project also supports workforce development by providing UH graduate students with hands-on experience in advanced data visualization.