Solar One Environmental Education Center

On September 9th, 2025 the Solar One Environmental Education Center (S1EEC), New York City’s new epicenter for climate education and sustainability, celebrated its opening with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony and our “People-Power for the Planet” Community Social.

Nestled within native plants park, Stuy Cove Park, the Center will be the new home for our K-12 STEM education and teacher development program, as well as NYC’s newest and most sustainable waterfront event venue called The Brant.

Solar-powered and flood-resilient, the S1EEC is the first ground-up solar with battery storage building in NYC, designed to serve people and planet.

Energy Generation and Resiliency

The building features a solar photovoltaic array alongside the FDR Drive, visible to tens of thousands of New Yorkers every day. It generates off the grid solar electricity allowing the building to serve as a community disaster relief center in the event of future storms. Energy storage will enable the building to be fully resilient.

Due to its location in a V-Zone, the building is elevated 10 feet, with mechanicals, steel structure, and foundation that are hurricane, tornado, and seismic resistant.

The S1EEC will encourage New Yorkers to make energy efficiency and renewables investments in their buildings and businesses, while the beautiful setting of Stuyvesant Cove Park, the Center’s backyard, will support a myriad of learning, recreation, and arts opportunities. Starting in October, the Center will be an education destination for the thousands of NYC public school children who participate in Solar One’s Green Design Lab programs each year. It will provide indoor and outdoor experiences for learning about sustainability, climate change, and resiliency as students engage in hands-on activities and demonstrations in our state-of-the art classrooms.