On Wednesday January 27th, Reusable Solutions will join the Brooklyn Borough President's office, during The Clean Power Hour. The Clean Power Hour is a virtual renewable energy showcase that will help us learn how NYC can transition to 100% clean power.

Following opening remarks from the Brooklyn Borough President's office, we will hear from four companies that are working to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Participants will have a chance to ask questions and discover what our fossil fuel free future looks like.

Live music provided by Ben Kogan of Reusable Solutions.

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About the hosts

Reusable Solutions

Reusable Solutions promotes companies and policies to transition New York City from a linear economy to a circular one. In addition, we also are working on the transition to a fossil fuel free economy. We organize events and get the word out through our existing relationships with NYC and national environmental organizations such as Sierra Club, 350 Brooklyn, Beyond Plastics, Reusable NYC, Clean Bushwick Initiative, Clean Up Collective, Echoed Voices, 350NYC and Surfrider.

Brooklyn Borough President Office

Mission: a strong, healthy One Brooklyn where families and businesses have a safe place to grow and flourish.

About the presenters

Clean Choice Energy

CleanChoice Energy makes sure all the electricity you use is replenished on the grid with 100% wind and solar from your region.

Your utility company stays the same, and they will still maintain your lines and provide your bill. No service calls, equipment, or installation are needed — you’ll simply see a line on your electric bill that says your “Supplier” is CleanChoice Energy.

BlocPower

BlocPower is a Brooklyn-based energy technology startup rapidly greening American cities. Since its founding in 2012, the company has completed energy projects in nearly 1,000 buildings and delivers results ahead of schedule and under budget. BlocPower utilizes its proprietary software for analysis, leasing, project management, and monitoring of urban clean energy projects and its customers are saving 20-40% on their energy bills each year. The company is backed by the world’s top investors, including Kapor Capital, one of Uber’s first investors, Andressen Horowitz, early investor in Facebook, Twitter, AirBnB and Lyft, the former Chairman of Google, and American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact.

GroupHug

Grouphug makes ridiculously good looking solar panels that are easy to use. No roof required. Because we believe that renewable energy shouldn't be so complicated. Their flagship product is a Window Solar Charger, a solar charger that hangs in any sunny window and charges devices off the grid. Grouphug was founded by Krystal Persaud, a product designer based out of New York City. Krystal is obsessed with developing products that fall in the intersection of education, technology, and society.

Brooklyn Solar Works

Brooklyn SolarWorks was founded in 2015 by three seasoned industry professionals who shared a common mission: to make solar appealing, easy and available for Brooklyn’s urban homeowners.

For years most solar contractors in the area had embraced methods and practices that were developed for the suburban customer and home, making the unique features of the urban built environment a poor fit for conventional business models. As a result, the industry as a whole avoided the borough’s dense residential neighborhoods and iconic flat roof townhomes, even as nearby Staten Island, New Jersey and Long Island – just a bridge or tunnel away – achieved some of the highest solar adoption rates in the country.

As a business Brooklyn SolarWorks has been built from top to bottom to close this gap, and to extend to local homeowners the convenience, environmental impact and attractive financial return that solar ownership promises. Achieving this has meant much more than adding “Brooklyn” to our name or opening an office in Gowanus. It has meant pioneering entirely new design and installation methods that match the unique characteristics of the local housing stock. It has meant acquiring a deep and peerless mastery of the City’s complex code, zoning and permitting rules. And it has meant cultivating an approach to customer service that exceeds client expectations in one of the world’s most valuable and sophisticated real estate markets.