After 5 years of constructing their enterprise, George Ma and his enterprise associate Rick Wacker opened Health Remedy Hawaii – the one health club in Hawaiʻi designed for shoppers with Parkinson’s illness – in August of 2022.
Opening this health club was private for the companions as Ma misplaced his father to Parkinson’s a number of years in the past, whereas Wacker and Glen Higa, their head coach, each have Parkinson’s.
From the beginning, they set out to ensure the health club was uniquely capable of help shoppers with the illness, inserting particular emphasis on serving to individuals preserve and typically even regain motion. Nonetheless, this meant their area needed to be designed otherwise than most gyms, which induced some stress within the months main as much as opening.
Giant investments in specialised gear, which needed to be ordered and shipped from the mainland, squeezed them financially. Ma famous, “With the logistics and freight points we needed to take care of, we have been delayed and over finances. The final merchandise we needed to deal with was the prevailing poor lighting.” As a result of Parkinson’s may cause imaginative and prescient points, together with hassle with depth notion and figuring out particular colours, they knew they would wish lighting options that supported their shoppers. They reached out to Hawaiʻi Vitality to seek out lighting options that have been environment friendly and customizable to their wants.
Their current lighting was yellowing, dim, and used way more vitality than vital. By way of working with Hawai‘i Vitality, in addition they discovered that their lighting alone accounted for roughly 50%* of their vitality prices – a reasonably frequent statistic amongst Hawai‘i small companies. Moreover, Health Remedy Hawaii wished to do their half to protect our island’s treasured sources, assist deal with local weather change, and defend the standard of air we breathe.
By way of the Vitality Benefit program, Health Remedy Hawaii was paired with native Clear Vitality Ally contractor, Koo Electrical. Hawaiʻi Vitality’s Clear Vitality Allies have been skilled by Hawaiʻi Vitality and might simply navigate their incentive applications, to allow them to assist clients full their rebate functions and lower your expenses rapidly. Allies are all licensed and insured impartial contractors, and lots of have received Vitality Insider awards for supporting their neighborhood. “They (Koo Electrical) did a superb job auditing and scheduling the challenge on a good deadline,” mentioned Ma. “They have been skilled and labored round our schedule… They made certain the whole lot was cleaned up on the finish of every day through the set up.”
Not solely did the brand new lighting set up full in time to open, nevertheless it’s additionally custom-made to their particular wants and helps enhance the security and accessibility of the health club. The financial savings aren’t shabby both; due to their retrofit, Health Remedy Hawaii is predicted to yearly save $1,000 on vitality prices. Ma mentioned, “Whereas the lighting has improved our amenities, the vitality financial savings we’ve got seen up to now are vital as effectively.”
So far as the expertise of working collectively? Ma recommends that different companies and organizations contemplating vitality financial savings initiatives attain out to Hawai‘i Vitality for glorious service. Ma mentioned, “Your entire staff was skilled and respectful of our Parkinson’s members on the health club whereas on web site, and we couldn’t be happier with the outcomes! Making use of (for this system) was simple and straight ahead. The timing of this system and the prices financial savings to us was a blessing. Working with Hawai’i Vitality was actually a terrific expertise for us.”
This case research is a superb instance of how vitality environment friendly selections enhance the experiences of all concerned. In the event you’re excited about listening to extra inspiring tales, examine them out on Hawai‘i Vitality’s YouTube playlist! To be taught extra or join the Vitality Benefit program, contact Chase McDaniel at chase.p.mcdaniel@leidos.com or go to hawaiienergy.com/energyadvantage. In the event you’re seeking to work with a Clear Vitality Ally contractor, please use their vendor listing.
*In line with Hawai‘i Vitality, inefficient lighting can account for a mean of 20-50% of a small enterprise’ vitality prices.
