Solar Spring Break

Solar Spring Break 2017 highlights include Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, and two great installs

When undergraduate and graduate students spend a week at GRIDLA activities, everything from the site visits to the homeowner install is a step preparing them to have future impact beyond the university.

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KABC-TV - Students spend spring break volunteering to install solar panels

Dozens of college students across the country are giving up their spring breaks to help install solar panels for low-to-moderate income families.

SEIA - College Students Spend Spring Break Installing Solar on Low-Income Housing

Forget the beach. These students are spending their spring break bringing energy efficiency to low-income residents in Washington, DC.

Duke Blue Devils spend Spring Break installing solar

Spring is in the air bringing nature to its prime and gifting us with bountiful sunshine, green landscapes and Spring Break! This spring, seven college students from Duke University traveled over 2,500 miles to help install a solar system for a low-income family and learn about renewable energy with GRID Alternatives.

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WUSA9 - A group called GRID Alternatives is giving a public housing complex in Southeast D.C. an environmentally friendly facelift.

A group called GRID Alternatives is giving a public housing complex in Southeast D.C. an environmentally friendly facelift. It's all expected to cut residents' utility bills in half, while also reducing the carbon footprint. Instead of going to a tropical location for spring break, some University of North Carolina students have volunteered their time to work on this project.

Making Solar Accessible Sparks Environmental Policy Passion

Genesha Burton, a pre-law student from Michigan State University, shared with us how her experience volunteering with GRID Alternatives through the Solar Spring Break program stoked her growing interest in environmental justice.

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A snowy Solar Spring Break!

Nine University of North Carolina Chapel Hill students braved the cold during an unconventional Spring Break and volunteered for a week with GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic (GRID), installing solar on a multi-family apartment complex in Southeast DC.

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DCW50 - College Students use Solar Spring Break to Help DC Families

About one dozen students from the University of North Carolina braved this past week's winter weather in Washington DC to help families in Southeast DC. They were part of a Solar Spring Break program which uses students and professionals to install solar panels in existing homes and housing complexes.

Beloit Solar Spring Breakers champion climate change issues in their fight for a better tomorrow

Beloit College, a private liberal arts university in Southern Wisconsin, has educated renowned theorists, authors, scientists, and athletes.

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Celebrating Solar for Richmond Renters

For many renters on limited incomes, access to solar - and it’s cost-saving benefits - is something they don’t expect to achieve anytime soon. Because renters don’t own the roofs over their heads, they’re usually unable to go solar on their own, even if they can afford the upfront costs. But as we place the final solar panels at the end of March, solar will be a reality for nearly 100 families in Richmond, CA.

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