Environmental Justice

Press Release: GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic Wins "Best In Air" Award for Outstanding Leadership to Improve Air Quality

Clean Air Partners 20th Annicersary awards recognizes GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic for long-standing commitment and impact on regional air quality.

Shelterforce - Solar Installation Brings New Power to a Community

Located in the southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., Parkchester Apartments was not unlike some other affordable housing developments in the city. NHPF enlisted the expertise of GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, an affiliate office of a national nonprofit that focused on bringing solar power and energy efficiency to underserved communities.

Press Release: GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic and NAACP Partner to provide solar to underserved communities in Baltimore, Maryland

The NAACP is teaming up with GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic to help install solar panels on a single family home in Baltimore, MD owned by Mr. Wade Watkins. The 3.43 kW rooftop system will provide an estimated savings annually of $689 a year on his energy bills, and will prevent 89 tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the systems' lifetime.

One House at a Time: NAACP Solar Installation in Baltimore

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) volunteers joined GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic staff for a 3.4 kW solar installation on Baltimore homeowner Wade Watkins’ home.

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Press Release: Lending a HAND Community Day with NHPF, HAND, and GRID Alternatives

The NHP Foundation, the Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers, and GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic team up to install solar panels for Washington, D.C. affordable housing residents on Earth Day. The solar will provide the residents with clean, local power and cost savings.

Press Release - GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic and Constellation Team to Install Solar Panels on St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center's Affordable Senior Living Center

GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic staff and Constellation volunteers began installing a 90 kW solar system today that will assist St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center in funding renovations at its senior living center, Aigburth Vale.

GRID Outreach Coordinator Finds Roots of Empowerment

GRID Alternatives Outreach Coordinator Katie Webster discovered a love for nature and animals growing up in Adairsville, Georgia, but upon graduating from Auburn University, she realized that she wanted to eschew scientific research for environmental work that would create more immediate change.

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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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Three years later, solar enthusiast shares what going solar with GRID meant for him

Gary, a homeowner and father from the Clayton neighborhood in Denver, has always been fascinated by alternative energy. “I always admired the technology back in the 80s and 90s,” he says, referring to the time when solar panels were first becoming popular. Gary received his solar array from GRID in 2013, which allowed him to fulfill his longtime wish of going solar. “I always thought about going solar when I was younger but it never was a reality because of the cost. It has always lingered in the back of my mind.

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First of its kind: Solarizing a Pinoleville Pomo Nation prototype home

Nine Mendocino College students installed a 20-panel PV solar system for a member of Pinoleville Pomo Nation residing in a culturally-inspired and sustainability-minded prototype home.

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