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 […]
Ready to level up your team with certified green construction talent? Look no further. Join us at Solar One's Career Fair on November 2, 2023, at 9-03 44th Road, Long Island City. Meet our skilled, certified job seekers at 3 p.m. Don't miss out on your next green superstar!
Join us on Sunday November 5th from 10am-12pm as we start planting one of our favorite spring ephemerals: Mertensia virginica, or Virginia bluebells!
Join the NYCPS Office of Energy and Sustainability and Solar One to learn how to take climate action through energy efficiency. WHO: NYCPS Teachers (Grades 3-12) WHAT: NYCPS teachers are invited to attend this professional learning opportunity where they will be provided with the training, curriculum, and supplies needed to integrate hands-on, culturally responsive climate resilience and […]
Learn. Connect. Expand. At Solar One's Catalyst we will: Highlight the unique educational and workforce programs that have increased sustainability throughout NYC Tour our workforce traingin facility Mix and mingle with fellow sustainability advocates over cocktails and food