April 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. DOE Division of School Facilities, 44-36 Vernon Blvd, Queens, N.Y. Audience: DOE teachers, all subjects, grades 3-12 Did you know that buildings are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in NYC? Reducing our energy use = climate action! But “energy efficiency” can feel abstract. Join the DOE […]
Can your building be solar powered now? What’s the future of solar energy in NYC? Please join Solar One
for a 4/19 forum at 5 p.m via Zoom. Register at http://bit.ly/solar1forum
On Saturday, April 22, please join us at Central Library for an Earth Day Celebration featuring family-friendly activities, solar power and battery demonstrations, and more! Curious about how solar power works? Find out with a car race! Mini-cars propelled by solar panels will move at different speeds depending on how the panel is positioned on […]
Contact Shakira Hart, director of industry engagement at shakira@solar1.org for more information.
The time is ripe for affordable housing to go solar. With increased incentives for solar from the Inflation Reduction Act, and the opportunity to use New York State’s strongest solar incentives to date, many mid-cycle affordable housing projects may finally find solar within reach - bringing clean energy and electric bill savings to properties and […]
#EarthDay might be over, but our street trees need love all 365. Join us at Stuy Cove Park on May 13 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. for some park-adjacent street stewardship. We'll be joined by #citizenpruner and #supersteward Rachel Tenney, and you can learn firsthand how you can help maintain our crucial urban forest canopy. Register: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/1043330796022/true#/invitation #PowerUp #EnvironmentalEducation #treestewards Partially […]
Join us June 17th for some hands-on activities concerning integrated pest management. We'll discuss the nuances of using mantids, ladybugs, and lacewings for managing common garden pests and make spotted lanternfly traps and native bee hotels. We'll close the morning by introducing a Carolina mantid ooth and some lacewing eggs to our burgeoning landscape. Buggy […]
Come to the brand new Stuy Cove Park for the Park Association's Summer Music Series! Free and open to the public. Bring a chair if you can to guarantee yourself a seat, and we'll see you by the river! Concerts begin at 6:30 and end at 8pm. June 26: Jazz with the John Colianni Quartet […]
Watch the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks from a front row seat! Nightlife.org presents Freedom Fest at Solar One, a family-friendly picnic with fireworks viewing at 9:25pm. Tickets start at $69/pp with food and beverages available for sale. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit their website here.
In New York City and across the country, we are facing an unprecedented crisis along with an unprecedented opportunity. For the first time, a combination of city, state and federal laws is aimed at addressing the need to reimagine the built environment as a tool to mitigate, adapt and prepare for the accelerating changes to […]
Please join us on October 10th for Solar One's Energized, celebrating 20 years of environmental education, green workforce training, sustainable park stewardship and urban solar development for resilience and environmental equity. The evening will begin with a panel discussion featuring event honoree Alloy Development, which is building the city’s first all-electric all-renewable residential tower in […]
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. A key goal of the NYC Solar Schools Education Program, now called the Climate + Energy Education Intensive, is to connect the solar installations on school […]
