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Awards & Accomplishments
Our graduates have worked with local vendors to install large-scale solar systems including a 500 kW commercial building in Richmond, a 175 kW wastewater plant in Marin, a solar thermal system at a Richmond fire station, a 1 MW system on a low-income housing complex, a 28 kW church in Walnut Creek & a 16 kW church in Oakland.
- Our graduates have worked with local vendors to install large-scale solar systems including a 500 kW commercial building in Richmond, a 175 kW wastewater plant in Marin, a solar thermal system at a Richmond fire station, a 1 MW system on a low-income housing complex, a 28 kW church in Walnut Creek & a 16 kW church in Oakland
- Highlighted in Van Jones’ bestselling book, The Green-Collar Economy, as groundbreaking leaders in the green jobs field
- Placed over 25 graduates in permanent solar jobs
- Initiated a solar thermal rebate program with the City of Richmond which requires local green-collar labor
- Completed 14 installations for low-income Richmond homeowners
- Created a successful resolution to solarize Richmond’s City Hall with a 200 kW array
- Highlighted in O Magazine, TIME, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, NPR, The New Yorker, the San Francisco Chronicle and on the cover of Solar Today
