{"id":6824,"date":"2019-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/looking-back-how-it-all-began-five-years-later\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:58:18","slug":"looking-back-how-it-all-began-five-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridalternatives.org\/es\/the-current\/looking-back-how-it-all-began-five-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirando hacia atr\u00e1s, cinco a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, c\u00f3mo empez\u00f3 todo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>por Serena Bruce<br \/><\/em><em>Gerente de Construcci\u00f3n Residencial de GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic<\/em><\/p>\n<p>El 19 de septiembre, celebraremos el D\u00eda de GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic. <a href=\"https:\/\/gridalternatives.org\/es\/regions\/midatlantic\/grid-mid-atlantics-solar-soire%C3%A9-five-year-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\">aniversario de cinco a\u00f1os en nuestra Gala Solar Soir\u00e9e<\/a>... y mirando hacia atr\u00e1s, hemos recorrido un largo camino.<\/p>\n<p>Hace cinco a\u00f1os me mud\u00e9 a D.C. y comenc\u00e9 mi viaje con GRID MId-Atlantic. Comenzamos este despacho con un personal reducido de tres personas y un almac\u00e9n casi vac\u00edo. Pero ten\u00edamos una misi\u00f3n inspiradora: llevar los beneficios de la energ\u00eda solar a las familias de todo el Medio Atl\u00e1ntico. Pasados unos a\u00f1os, encontrar\u00e1 un personal diverso de casi 40 personas talentosas, fuertes alianzas con diversas organizaciones, organismos gubernamentales, empresas y un almac\u00e9n repleto de todo el equipo necesario para instalar sistemas solares en viviendas y unidades multifamiliares en la regi\u00f3n. <\/p>\n<p>Hemos logrado mucho en cinco a\u00f1os: 247 instalaciones para familias con recursos limitados, 859 participantes capacitados para instalar paneles solares y la prevenci\u00f3n de aproximadamente 47.000 toneladas de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero \u2014equivalente a aproximadamente 1 mill\u00f3n de autos retirados de la carretera durante un a\u00f1o. Pero a\u00fan nos queda mucho por hacer para garantizar que todas las personas, independientemente de su ingreso o raza, tengan la oportunidad de ahorrar en su factura de electricidad y sumarse al movimiento para combatir el cambio clim\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n<p>Mi experiencia en GRID Mid-Atlantic me ha permitido crecer enormemente, tanto personalmente como profesionalmente, desde que abrimos nuestras puertas por primera vez. Me ha dado una fuerte sensaci\u00f3n de pertenencia al trabajo que hacemos. Lo m\u00e1s importante es que nuestro impacto ha trascendido m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de nuestros empleados: hemos formado v\u00ednculos profundos dentro de la comunidad, con nuestros aprendices de la fuerza laboral \u2014muchos de los cuales se han unido a la familia de GRID Mid-Atlantic\u2014 y con voluntarios y donantes como ustedes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Todo esto vale la pena celebrar! Estoy emocionado de brindar con todos los que han hecho posible nuestro trabajo y est\u00e1n listos para unirse a nosotros en la construcci\u00f3n de un futuro sostenible con energ\u00eda solar. Espero que puedan estar presentes cuando honremos a las personas cuyas acciones han impactado en los valores de GRID Mid-Atlantic respecto a la diversidad laboral, la justicia social y ambiental. No olviden comprar sus entradas hoy mismo, \u00a1con ganas de verlos all\u00ed!.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/grid-mid-atlantics-solar-soiree-a-five-year-anniversary-tickets-59975865428?aff=website\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a1Compra tus entradas para la Solar Soir\u00e9e hoy mismo!<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/donate.gridalternatives.org\/give\/218288\/#!\/donation\/checkout\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a1Done una donaci\u00f3n a GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic!<\/a> <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 19,  GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic will celebrate its five-year anniversary at the Solar Soir\u00e9e Gala. 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