Stanford GRID hosts Energy Efficiency Workday in East Palo Alto

Submitted by Tracie Troxler on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 10:32am.

Last Saturday, the Stanford Campus Chapter of GRID Alternatives held a very successful Energy Efficiency Workday. 27 students retrofitted 26 homes in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, Menlo Park, and Mountain View. These Stanford GRID volunteers cut energy use and saved homeowners money by installing water heater blankets, insulating water pipes, weather-stripping, installing efficient fixtures, and much more. Click here to see photos from the event.
Stanford GRID

Volunteer Social and Appreciation Event - May 16th

Submitted by Tracie Troxler on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 4:12pm.

Come join GRID Alternatives this Friday, May 16th from 6:30- 8:30 p.m. for our first volunteer social and appreciation event held in San Francisco. Details can be viewed by clicking on the link above. Hope to see you there!!!

GRID Alternatives Installation with Options Recovery Services

Submitted by Tracie Troxler on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 2:02pm.

GRID Alternatives recently completed a solar electric system installation with the residents of Options Recovery House. Under the supervision of the GRID Alternatives Construction Staff, the residents of Options Recovery Services had a chance to get their hands dirty up on the roof of their residential recovery center. Click here to see photos of the GRID team and the Options Recovery residents teaming up to install the system.
Options Recovery Services

Radio Bilingüe visits a GRID Alternatives installation

Submitted by Zach Franklin on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 1:27pm.

For those of you who speak Spanish, Radio Bilingüe, a non-profit Latino radio network that distributes Spanish-language programming to public radio affiliates around the country, recently completed a Spanish-language profile of a GRID Alternatives project in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Fresno County. Read and listen to the piece at radiobilingue.org

GRID Alternatives on Facebook

Submitted by faisal on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 1:14pm.

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GRID Alternatives has a "Cause" on Facebook - an informal, volunteer-run place for GRID Alternatives' friends and supporters to communicate with each other.

Causes on Facebook let you start and join the causes you care about. Donations to causes can benefit over a million registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits and major presidential campaigns.

Help by joining, donating, or inviting your friends!

Stanford Campus Chapter of GRID Spreads the Word about Solar Through Salsa Dancing Event !

Submitted by Tracie Troxler on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 3:03pm.

A huge thank you goes out to the Stanford Campus Chapter of GRID Alternatives for hosting the "Salsa for Solar" fund-raiser last Saturday. Thanks to the amazing dance teachers from Stanford's Salsneros, a crowd of students and community members learned many new salsa moves at this fund-raiser. The proceeds from the event will go towards equipment and related installation costs for a solar electric system that the students will install for an East Palo Alto family.

If you were unable to attend, but still want to contribute to the fund-raising efforts of the Stanford Campus Chapter, you can make a secure online donation on their Firstgiving fund-raising webpage.

Thanks again to the Stanford Campus Chapter of GRID Alternatives for all of your hard work!

GRID Alternatives Leads Installation with Treasure Island Job Corps

Submitted by Tracie Troxler on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 11:27am.

GRID Alternatives recently led a successful solar electric installation in San Francisco with The Treasure Island Job Corps job trainees. Click on the link below to see this homeowner's solar installation and the partnership of GRID Alternatives with the dedicated job trainees at Treasure Island Job Corps.

Another successful job trainee installation with Richmond BUILD and Solar Richmond

Submitted by Tracie Troxler on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 2:22pm.

GRID Alternatives installed another successful solar electric system with the job trainees at Richmond BUILD, in partnership with the great folks at Solar Richmond. Led by the GRID Alternatives construction team, this enthusiastic and hard working group of trainees installed a system for a low-income Richmond family - click here to see photos of the installation process from start to finish. Thank you to all of the job trainees at Richmond BUILD for a job well done!

Photos from Fresno Installation March 2nd & 3rd

Submitted by Tracie Troxler on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 12:40pm.

Click on the photo below to see pictures from GRID Alternatives recent installation in Fresno. Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers for making this installation a success!

Fresno Installation 3/2/08

Photos from the Brentwood Installation (Contra Costa County) Feb. 15 & 16

Submitted by Tracie Troxler on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 1:53pm.

A big thank you to all of the GRID Alternatives' volunteers who installed two solar electric systems in Brentwood, CA (Contra Costa County) this last weekend. To see pictures from the installation, click on the photo below.

Brentwood (Contra Costa County) Installation