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Donnel Baird, BlocPower

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

26 – There was no heat in the building in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where Baird grew up, so he and his sister. The post Donnel Baird, BlocPower appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, Feb.

Watt It Takes: BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird Wants to Electrify Buildings for Everyone

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird is on a mission to clean up old, inefficient buildings in America’s cities -- and help people who are exposed to the worst pollution. As a black founder, Donnel was turned down 200 times before any venture firms were willing to back his vision. That’s because Donnel has lived it himself.

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Elemental Excelerator spins out Earthshot Ventures with $60 million for inclusive climate tech

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

8 – Honolulu-based Elemental has built a track record over the past decade backing entrepreneurs like BlocPower’s Donnel Baird and ChargerHelp’s Kameale. ImpactAlpha, Sept. The post Elemental Excelerator spins out Earthshot Ventures with $60 million for inclusive climate tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The Brief: Global impact goes local, upcycling grocery waste, refugee impact bond, residential solar acquisition, optimizing impact (video)

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Growing up in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, Donnel Baird and his sister had. Greetings, Agents of Impact! The Call: Building an inclusive green economy.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Block power

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Featured: The Week's Agent of Impact Donnel Baird, BlocPower. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Block power appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Electrifying everything should start with the masses

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

"We have to start with the mass market and communities of color, and offer them services and projects that make sense to their budget in order to reduce greenhouse gases on a time frame that makes sense," BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird recently said on the podcast Watt It Takes. Keeping economic benefits of clean energy local.

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Impact Briefing: Week of February 26

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken chats with ImpactAlpha’s Roodgally Senatus about Bitwise Industries’ big raise and BlocPower’s Donnel Baird, this week’s. The post Impact Briefing: Week of February 26 appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Impact Briefing: August 13

Impact Alpha

AUGUST 13, 2021

13 – On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken connects with BlocPower’s Donnel Baird about infrastructure opportunities and climate emergencies. ImpactAlpha, Aug. The post Impact Briefing: August 13 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Ithaca, New York launches first city-wide electrification effort in the U.S.

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

"We applaud the City of Ithaca's bold vision and progressive plan to reduce fossil fuel dependency, improve the health and quality of life for its residents, embrace environmental social justice issues and fight the effects of climate change today to build a better tomorrow," said Donnel Baird, CEO and co-founder of BlocPower.

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Full Throttle: Nonprofit Investor Elemental Excelerator Accelerates $43 Million into Funding Gaps

Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 16, 2023

BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird stated: “Climate change is impacting ALL communities. Elemental is the best in the business at supporting clean energy solutions that prioritize vulnerable and frontline communities.”

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Google launches its first climate change accelerator for European start ups

Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Donnel Baird, founder of BlocPower, said the accelerator programme was "incredibly valuable, helping us refine our software solutions to reduce city onboarding for clean energy projects from four months to four weeks".

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Meet our new COO Avra van der Zee

Elemental Excelerator

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Connective tissue” is how the CEO of BlocPower, Donnel Baird, has described Elemental. I lived this truth every day while scaling new transportation technologies at micromoblity companies JUMP and Superpedestrian; the intersection of policy, technology and community is where the change happens.

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Electrifying everything should start with the masses

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

. “We have to start with the mass market and communities of color, and offer them services and projects that make sense to their budget in order to reduce greenhouse gases on a time frame that makes sense,” BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird recently said on the podcast Watt It Takes.

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Brooklyn startup addresses gun violence with climate jobs

Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Donnel Baird, the company's CEO, and Kinch founded BlocPower in 2014. Like Jevon Rock, Baird grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood with a history of activism and a hotbed of hip-hop culture. Like Jevon Rock, Baird grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood with a history of activism and a hotbed of hip-hop culture. "I

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It’s time to collaborate on climate and economic justice solutions

GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

For example: Donnel Baird, founder of BlocPower , partners with governments, utilities, building owners and community members to generate energy bill savings and reduced carbon emissions. Already, environmental and climate justice entrepreneurs are paving the way.

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Is America Halfway to a Zero-Carbon Grid?

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2021

BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird joins Katherine and Stephen as our guest co-host this week. What will it take for the Biden team to stitch it back together before COP negotiations this fall? Finally: a ton of specific policy ideas that can help us expand solar to the people who need it most. Looking to grow your career in solar tech?

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The war to electrify: America can do it

GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Rewiring America’s team includes co-founder Alex Laskey, formerly of Opower; BlocPower Founder Donnel Baird; SunRun CEO and co-founder Lynn Jurich; Property Brothers co-host and producer Jonathan Scott and other high-profile names in business, academia, policy and labor.

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Interactive Rewind — Engaging with climate policy

Elemental Excelerator

MAY 25, 2021

” Donnel Baird, CEO of BlocPower, talks about the power of storytelling. ” In this moment when so many across the country may have lost hope — from the climate crisis to social inequity to the opioid epidemic — people need a shared vision to wrap their arms around, said BlocPower (Cohort 7) founder and CEO Donnel Baird.

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The war to electrify: America can do it

Business Green

MAY 28, 2021

Rewiring America's team includes co-founder Alex Laskey, formerly of Opower; BlocPower Founder Donnel Baird; SunRun CEO and co-founder Lynn Jurich; Property Brothers co-host and producer Jonathan Scott and other high-profile names in business, academia, policy and labor.

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Decarbonizing Buildings to Make Communities Healthier — and Wealthier

Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Overview Donnel Baird’s family had to weigh impossible choices to stay warm when he was young. Now, Baird is a pioneering climate technology entrepreneur who understands that making sure no family needs to make that choice again is the same mission as ensuring no family is locked out of the clean energy transition.

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The war to electrify: America can do it

AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2021

Rewiring America’s team includes co-founder Alex Laskey, formerly of Opower; BlocPower Founder Donnel Baird; SunRun CEO and co-founder Lynn Jurich; Property Brothers co-host and producer Jonathan Scott and other high-profile names in business, academia, policy and labor. “This is going to save American money.

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It’s time to collaborate on climate and economic justice solutions

AGreenLiving

APRIL 19, 2021

For example: Donnel Baird, founder of BlocPower , partners with governments, utilities, building owners and community members to generate energy bill savings and reduced carbon emissions. Already, environmental and climate justice entrepreneurs are paving the way.

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The case for buying climate tech from BIPOC and women-owned suppliers

GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Donnel Baird, Founder. Etosha Cave, Founder and CSO. Carbon Economy. Lisa Dyson, Founder and CEO. Carbon Economy. Donna Sanders, Founder and CEO. Energy Efficiency and Buildings. Energy Efficiency and Buildings. SaLisa Berrien, CEO and Founder. Energy Efficiency and Buildings. COI Energy. Ugwem Eneyo, Co-founder.

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The Clash Over Gas Bans in Buildings

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 20, 2021

Katherine Hamilton and Stephen Lacey are joined by Donnel Baird, the CEO of Blocpower. Plus: it’s been a year since the start of the pandemic. What transformed, and what didn’t? What did we get right and wrong? We’ll revisit the last 12 months. Resources: Mother Jones investigation on gas industry front groups.

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From Climate Exhortation to Climate Execution

Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Now is the time for the doers, the implementers, the people ready to roll up their sleeves and dig,” Donnel Baird, the founder and C.E.O. Baird advised the Department of Energy on the creation of green jobs under the Obama Administration, which also set aside money—albeit, considerably less—for renewable energy.

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Donnel Baird, BlocPower

Watt It Takes: BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird Wants to Electrify Buildings for Everyone

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Elemental Excelerator spins out Earthshot Ventures with $60 million for inclusive climate tech

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The Brief: Global impact goes local, upcycling grocery waste, refugee impact bond, residential solar acquisition, optimizing impact (video)

The Week in Impact Investing: Block power

Electrifying everything should start with the masses

Impact Briefing: Week of February 26

Impact Briefing: August 13

Ithaca, New York launches first city-wide electrification effort in the U.S.

Full Throttle: Nonprofit Investor Elemental Excelerator Accelerates $43 Million into Funding Gaps

Google launches its first climate change accelerator for European start ups

Meet our new COO Avra van der Zee

Electrifying everything should start with the masses

Brooklyn startup addresses gun violence with climate jobs

It’s time to collaborate on climate and economic justice solutions

Is America Halfway to a Zero-Carbon Grid?

The war to electrify: America can do it

Interactive Rewind — Engaging with climate policy

The war to electrify: America can do it

Decarbonizing Buildings to Make Communities Healthier — and Wealthier

The war to electrify: America can do it

It’s time to collaborate on climate and economic justice solutions

The case for buying climate tech from BIPOC and women-owned suppliers

The Clash Over Gas Bans in Buildings

From Climate Exhortation to Climate Execution

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