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Opportunity with EarthKind

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in EarthKind® in the News Posted in July 18, 2012 | No Comments

Sales Performance-Equity Partner

Job Details

EarthKind Solar Energy is ready to hire an experienced sales professional whose performance will lead to an equity position in the company.

You must have proven sales success in the development of commercial solar projects. You will close direct sales of your own and build a successful sales organization; will be financially established and desire a highly performance based compensation; and will aspire to turn your performance into a significant equity position in the company.

EarthKind’s Chairman, Ron Kamen, has 25 years of leadership in developing public/private partnership investments in energy, alternative energy and sustainability, and is a respected leader in driving the green power movement in New York State. EarthKind’s CEO, Doug Polley, is an entrepreneurial executive leader who successfully built and sold two high tech companies.

EarthKind has evolved our business model and is now seeking a sales powerhouse who can drive the company to the next level of success.

Send cover letter & resume to sales@EarthKindSolarEnergy.com.

Requirements

Qualifications are proven success in solar sales; experience building a sales team; motivation to excel; desire to make a difference by building renewable solar energy.

New York Solar Jobs Coalition holds Job Fair

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in EarthKind® in the News Posted in May 25, 2012 | No Comments

Clean energy advocates gathered May 24th at Cornell’s Industrial and Labor Relations School in Buffalo to call for an expansion of solar power across the state. Holding a Solar Jobs Fair, members of the New York Solar Jobs Coalition along with business leaders and environmental advocates outlined the many opportunities for quality jobs that the solar industry can and will create.

With more than 300 solar power related businesses in New York State, this is a rapidly growing economy with a solid job creation potential. Studies show that within 10 years, solar will be the most cost effective energy resource, which will lead to even more skilled, high paying and sustainable jobs.

“The goal of this coalition is to bring together and put together state policy that can have New York be in the leadership of that development instead of tagging along at the end,” said Ron Kamen, Chairman of EarthKind.

Ron Kamen works extensively with the government at local, State and Federal levels to ensure a favorable climate for solar development. EarthKind is assisting the solar adoption goals of NYS by participating in Governor Cuomo’s NY-Sun Initiative which estimates a quadrupling of customer-sited photovoltaic capacity by 2013 and are supporting the master plan for accelerating energy-saving improvements in state facilities. That plan will call for substantial investment in cost-effective energy efficiency measures in state buildings over the next four years. State lawmakers have introduced legislation to implement a long-term solar plan and it has passed the energy committee in the Assembly.

The Boiler Dilemma – What Are The Alternatives to Converting to Gas?

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in Solar Power Posted in May 8, 2012 | No Comments

The Boiler Dilemma -Kamen presentation

On March 22nd, EarthKind’s Chairman spoke at a discussion series on Renewable Energy in NYC organized by RenewNEWYork. The City’s new heating oil rules require buildings to stop using heavy oils by 2030, and building owners are tempted to convert to gas, due to its current low price. But what is the true cost of “cheap” gas, when fracking could ruin our air and water, and bring radon-laden shale gas to our stoves? Are conservation, solar thermal and biodiesel realistic alternatives?

Starting off with energy facts, Kamen details the power of renewables: in one second the Sun generates more energy than has been used in all of human civilization, realistically all of that does not reach the Earth, however roughly 23,000TW/year of usable Solar Power does. With the entire world’s energy use of about 16TW/year, Solar is an option that we could and should take advantage of. Kamen also reminds us that almost 80% of the CO2 emissions in NYC come from buildings and 51% of all NYC building emissions are from heat and hot water usage. This presents a clear opportunity for Solar implementation.

Kamen discusses the Solar Hot Water as well as Solar Air Heating systems, both relatively simple and inexpensive solutions for residential and commercial use. He also discusses Solar Electric PV, which though at this time Solar PV costs a bit more than utility delivered electricity, there are current incentives that help bridge that expense and he predicts that in 10 years Solar will be the cheapest source of electricity in the world.

Other panelists were Chris Benedict, from Architecture and Energy Limited and Dehran Duckworth from TriState BioDiesel. The Moderator was Dan Miner of Beyond Oil NYC.

This discussion series is sponsored bythe following groups:The Environmental Task
Force of The Congregation of Saint Saviour; The Green Sanctuary Committee of the
Community Church of New York, UU; NYC Friends of Clearwater; Tri-State Food
Not Lawns/Neighborhood Energy Network; NY Climate Action Group; Sane Energy Project; United for Action; and WBAI’s Eco-logic.

Central Hudson Solar Summit: Solar Advocacy

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in Solar Energy Solutions Posted in March 1, 2012 | No Comments

Ron Kamen, February 1, 2012

EarthKind: Renewable Energy Credits Experience
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Bard College Shines by Gerhard Klier

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in EarthKind® in the News, Solar Energy Solutions Posted in February 9, 2012 | No Comments

Reprinted with permission from the *January/February 2012* issue of Facilities Manager magazine, the magazine of APPA, Alexandria, VA.

With its park-like campus location overlooking the Hudson River and Catskills Mountains in New York’s Hudson Valley, it’s no wonder that Bard College is committed to being green.

At the liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, students learn and live in 25 geothermal buildings on campus that don’t burn fossil fuels on site. Instead of driving to class, they walk, take shuttles, or even can borrow electric bikes. When their old light bulbs blow out, they trade them in for compact fluorescent light bulbs supplied by the college, which has given out more than 1,000 of the more efficient bulbs.

New York Awards Solar Developers $30 million for Solar Projects

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in Commercial Solar, EarthKind® in the News Posted in February 8, 2012 | No Comments

EarthKind is included in a select group of eligible developers to implement Governor Cuomo’s Solar initiative. Funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the state Public Service Commission (PSC), a total of $30 million has been allocated to support PV installers and developers.This is the first year of funding for a $150-million, five year program.
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A Changing Energy Landscape: Why I Choose Green Energy

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in Buy Wind & Hydro Renewable Energy Posted in January 31, 2012 | No Comments

Concern for the long term well-being of the planet, and the reduction of fossil fuel costs for our future, is the resounding message of this week’s submission to the Why I Buy Green Energy Contest.

Going Green: Hollywood and Energy Efficiency

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in EarthKind® in the News Posted in January 24, 2012 | No Comments

Going Green in New York

By Claire McCurdy
First published in the Journal of Foreign Relations
January 23, 2013

Reprinted with Permission

After months of monitoring the disasters in Japan, it is a refreshing change to cover a story about a positive energy vision. Filmmaker, Antonio Saillant, and his friends and mentors, Ron Kamen and Ted Kotcheff, are committed to making the movie business sustainable and are working towards a greener world through clean, green and sustainable energy in the energy hungry movie industry.
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Investing in Solar Energy: NY State Gov. Cuomo Calls for Quadrupling Solar Capacity by 2013

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in EarthKind® in the News, Solar Energy Solutions Posted in January 12, 2012 | No Comments

“In its first year, the NY-Sun Initiative will be capable of doubling the customer-sited photovoltaic capacity that was installed in 2011. By 2013, we estimate that NY-Sun will quadruple the 2011 capacity.” ~New York State Gov.Cuomo

According to Clean Energy Authority:
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Going Green & Staying Green: A Sustainable Movie Industry

Posted by adminearthkind Posted in EarthKind® in the News Posted in January 10, 2012 | 1 Comments

How can it be that the movie industry be sustainable: an interview with Antonio Saillant, US producer and director, by Alma Daddario on Sustainability International Forum.

Excerpt from “Meeting a Green Director”

“Q – Are you implementing any kind of project (as conferences, meetings with associations and governance) to spread and condivide [sic] this idea?

A – I will be setting up future meetings with studio executives in film and television to discuss ways the industry can be more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly and if money is an issue, I will work with State, City and utilities to develop rebate incentives in order to help in the green efforts.
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