INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Solar One
Solar One is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to design and deliver innovative education, training, and technical assistance that fosters sustainability and resiliency in diverse urban environments.
Introduction
Solar One fosters sustainable practices and environmental equity across New York City through innovative programs in K-12 environmental education, green workforce training, solar installation technical assistance, and eco-park stewardship. By catalyzing new ways of living and working that respond to a world affected by climate change, Solar One is transforming the way people think about energy, the urban environment, and resilience. Solar One strives to bring those most affected by environmental injustice to the forefront of developing and benefitting from the clean energy economy.
Green Design Lab
Solar One is recognized as a leader in environmental STEM education in NYC. For over 13 years, Solar One’s K-12 education program has reached nearly 40,000 students, in all five boroughs of NYC and Newark, NJ. Learn more about our programs for teachers, students and career-readiness learning tracks.
Green Workforce
Solar One provides a skills development curriculum in basic construction, electrical, solar panel installation, and maintenance of high efficiency heating and cooling systems. Learn more about how we are accelerating access to clean energy jobs and the green economy.
Here Comes Solar
Through solar expertise, a successful technical assistance model, and strong partnerships, Solar One is making the benefits of solar energy systems accessible in NYC’s historically underserved communities. Learn more about the impact of the program and how you can participate.
Stuy Cove Park
Stuy Cove Park serves the Lower Manhattan community and beyond as a resilient green space. Solar One manages this city-owned property in partnership with the NYC Economic Development Corporation. Learn more about the park’s history, current status and future plans.
Clean Energy Communities
Solar One provides direct technical support to encourage leadership among NYC residents and building owners in clean energy adoption and reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more about incentives with Community Solar, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency and Demand Response.
We’ve just earned our 2023 Platinum Seal with Candid.org. We are excited to share the work our nonprofit does through our Candid profile. Just click on the seal to the left to learn more.
Initiatives & Events
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November 29 @ 4:00 pm
Resilient Solar Stakeholder Informational Workshop
Join us for an in-person event at the Berkeley College Newark Campus in Newark, NJ! This exclusive workshop is your opportunity to explore the Solar 1 Resilient Solar Initiative, with […]
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November 27 @ 6:00 pm
Community Ecology Reading List
On November 27th we’ll be hosting a Community Ecology Reading Group on zoom in collaboration with NYC Parks GreenThumb. Liz and I have been compiling a google doc where we […]
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November 5 @ 10:00 am
Bringing Back the Bluebells
Join us on Sunday November 5th from 10am-12pm as we start planting one of our favorite spring ephemerals: Mertensia virginica, or Virginia bluebells!
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November 1 @ 8:00 am
Climate + Energy Education Intensive
About Solar One and the Climate + Energy Education Intensive NYCPS is working with DCAS on a mayoral initiative to install 100 MW of solar on City-owned buildings by 2025. […]
Featured News
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December 1, 2023
What to Expect from the COP28 Climate Summit
A former head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) used to describe the annual climate summit as “the only circus in town”. It may not be good […]
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November 16, 2023
World’s Biggest Polluters Agree to Ramp Up Renewables
The United States and China will back a new global renewables target and work together on methane and plastic pollution, they said in a joint statement on Wednesday after a […]
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November 2, 2023
Selling Solar in Coal Country
Since the late 19th century, communities across Appalachia have produced generation after generation of coal miners. The work was dirty and dangerous, but it was more reliable and more lucrative […]
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October 19, 2023
Climate Change Is Bad for Our Health
During the 20th century, advances in medicine and access to fresh water, better food and improved living conditions increased the health and lifespans of million of people across the planet. […]
