Governor Linda Lingle has released $19,570,000 to replace Honolulu International Airport's Overseas Terminal chiller plant, as part of the state's $2.3 billion, 12-year airports modernization plan.

The project is being coordinated with other projects that will link the airport's major air-conditioning systems in order to save on energy costs, improve operational efficiency and add needed system redundancy at the airport. Once completed, there will be three chiller plants capable of cooling the Overseas Terminal's three concourses and the Inter-Island Terminal, as well as future airport expansions. The new chiller plants will be located at the Overseas Terminal and Diamond Head and 'Ewa concourses, respectively, and will be connected together through a common chilled water loop.