Scott Cooney

Founder | Pono Homes & Pono Home Essentials

Focus Areas: writing, creative problem solving, clean-tech, environmental sustainability, energy and utilities

Experience: Scott is a serial eco-entrepreneur who has successfully founded four mission driven companies: Pono Home, Pono Home Essentials, HomeEfficiency.com, and CleanTechnica. Pono Home, where he currently serves as CEO, has reduced more than 240 million gallons of water consumption and 15 million pounds of carbon pollution per year, and is saving its customers more than $2.5 million a year on their utility bills. Beyond this, Scott has also authored two books centered around sustainability, spent many years as a sustainability consultant with clients including Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart, and Duke Energy; and helped teach the first course on sustainable business in the MBA program at UH Manoa.