Check out Solar One’s new how-to video: Solar for NYC Commercial Properties
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Solar One just completed the first installment of Going Solar in NYC, a short video series that provides New York property owners with practical information regarding solar investment in the Five Borough area.
In this episode David Buckner, President of Brooklyn-based Solar Energy Systems, one of the city’s largest and longest running installation firms, provides an overview of the requirements, processes and costs that are typical of solar investments for commercial properties.
Posted in Energy, Energy $mart Communities, I Heart PV, Photovoltaics, Photovoltaics, Solar One, Solar Power | Permalink
THIS WEEKEND! Citysol 2009
Monday, July 6th, 2009
On July 10-12, 2009, Citysol, a celebration of urban sustainability and creativity in a mini music and arts festival, returns to Solar One. And what a time we shall have! (more…)
Posted in Art, Citysol, Design, Food, I Heart PV, Legislation, Music, New York City, Solar One, Sustainability | Permalink
Citysol Kids of All Ages Day
Monday, July 6th, 2009| July 12, 2009 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
SUNDAY JULY 12 at 11AM : Kids of All Ages Day
11:30 PM — Rachel Trachtenburg’s Homemade World with the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
12:30 PM — Just Food- Learn the ancient art of fruit canning!
1:30 PM — Solar One- Check out the Solar One bike blender project, buy a bike-blended smoothie and learn about bike mechanics!
2:30 PM — The Madagascar Institute- Make your own generator; you have the power!
3:30 PM — Band of Bicycles- Bicycle-powered spin art for kids of all ages.
4:30 PM — Wide Open Eco-Pet Fashion Show- Dress up your pet in an eco-extravagant costume to die for! Use found, reclaimed, reused and recycled materials to show off your creativity and your pet’s fabulousness! Win a Big Blue Ribbon! Hosted by performance elf Reverend Jen!
Lots of stuff for kids to do, plus workshops and panel discussions for the grownups. Make crafts, check out the BioBus, a solar-and-wind powered laboratory on wheels, build a hand-crank alternator and learn about how electricity works, and many more! Plus hang out under Eco-Pioneers Solar Tent and chill at the Tiki Bar!
Bring your own cup and get beers for $2 off the regular price! Reuse the cup we give you, and it’s $1 off!
Write a letter for our I Heart PV campaign to increase solar energy generation in New York State and have a beer on us. Check out http://iheartpv.org for more info.
Posted in Art, Biofuel, Citysol, Design, Education, Food, I Heart PV, Legislation, Recycling, Solar One Events | Permalink
Citysol Opening Night Party
Monday, July 6th, 2009| July 10, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
FRIDAY JULY 10 at 6 PM: Citysol Party for a Solar-Powered NY
6:30 PM— “Mr. Lower East Side” Moonshine Shorey- Beautiful human being and spoken word god brings his band Jen & the Moon to the party.
7:00 PM — The Alien Comic- Legendary downtown one-man recycling circus.
8:00 PM — DJs from Home Base Collective- Dance dance dance.
PLUS Solar Racecar Design Competition. Join the I Heart PV campaign and get a drink on us!
This evening of performance art, spoken word and dancing will culminate in the I Heart PV campaign’s Party for a Solar-Powered NY. Talk to a solar installer, write a letter to your legislator asking for stronger solar energy policy, design, and enter a solar racecar in our design competition and win a Big Blue Ribbon!
Bring your own cup and get beers for $2 off the regular price! Reuse the cup we give you, and it’s $1 off!
Write a letter for our I Heart PV campaign to increase solar energy generation in New York State and have a beer on us. Check out http://iheartpv.org for more info.
Posted in Citysol, Dance, Design, I Heart PV, Legislation, Music, Solar One Events | Permalink
I Heart PV: Party for a Solar Powered New York (at Sycamore Flower Shop and Bar, Ditmas Park, Brooklyn)
Monday, March 30th, 2009| April 14, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 11:30 pm |
GETTING TO Sycamore Flower Shop + Bar.
1118 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn. MAP
TRAIN – Q to Cortelyou. The bar is 4 blocks to the west of the subway station exit, on the same street (Cortelyou)
TAKE A LOOK at a slide show of pictures from last month’s party at Southpaw on Flickr.
CONTACT: Chris Neidl, Neidl@solar1.org, 212 505 6050
Posted in I Heart PV, Legislation, Photovoltaics, Photovoltaics, Solar One, Solar One Events, Solar Power | Permalink
