EcoMotion

Check out #flanigansecologic featuring Kameale C. Terry, co-founder and CEO of ChargerHelp, a cutting-edge #techcompany launched in 2020 that tackles the issue of inoperable #electricvehiclechargingstations. Under her leadership, ChargerHelp has raised over $21 million, amassed the nation’s largest #dataset of #evservice work orders, and #servicesstations across 17 states. Kameale C. Terry formed ChargerHelp with her co-founder Evette Ellis to create a reliable #evcharginginfrastructure. With the mission to leverage #technology to promote #economicmobility within all communities, ChargerHelp uses data to identify and provide #maintenance and #repairservices for #evchargingstations. Kameale's innovative approach blends real-world data, #predictiveanalytics, and #machinelearning to provide industry-leading solutions to ensure #evchargingreliability. She is also deeply committed to #workforcedevelopment, helping to create high-paying jobs through partnerships with organizations like the #societyofautomotiveengineers and the #usdepartmentoflabor. Her background in #operationsandtechnology, combined with her commitment to #empowering historically #marginalizedcommunities, has positioned her as a thought leader in the #cleanenergy and #mobilitysectors. https://lnkd.in/gZbCfURf

Check out Part 3 of #flanigansecologic Climate Resolve Series, featuring Jonathan Parfrey, Founder and Executive Director at Climate Resolve, LA's leading #climateadvocacy organization, committed to #localclimatesolutions to #reducegreenhousegases and improve the lives of #angelenos. Jonathan highlights the actions Climate Resolve has taken to curb the #heatislandeffect and #keeplacool. He and Ted discuss LADWP's dilemma (where Jonathan served as a commissioner from 2008-2013), and the tension of reaching 100% #carbonfree #electricdelivery by 2035, especially with the potential for using #greenhydrogen in #peakerplants. They also discuss nonprofits' role in #electoralcampaigns, specifically Climate Resolve's stance on #proposition4, and the best way to protect folks from #heatwaves. Jonathan concludes by sharing the numerous plans that Climate Resolve has helped develop for LA, including the LA County Climate Vulnerability Assessment, the LA County Sustainability Plan, the Long Beach Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, the California Climate Adaptation Planning Guide, and the Fourth California Climate Change Assessment. He shares the difference between #planning and #implementation, and what his feelings are between the two approaches. https://lnkd.in/gFVSpPFc

Check out #flanigansecologic featuring Curt Johansen, a pioneer in #conservationcommunities. He is the Development Director for Triad Communities, President of Council of Infill Builders, and has dedicated years to blending economic growth with #environmentalpreservation. In his own words, he is advancing the art of finding balance between #environmentalprotection, #socialresponsibility, and #economicprosperity. Curt and Ted dive right into his work building out Lagoon Valley, the Bay Area’s first #conservationcommunity, where #sustainability is not just a goal but a way of life. Curt oversees all aspects of #communitydevelopment, which features over 700,000 square feet of office space, an #organic farm, #wildlifepreserve, 1,015 homes consisting of fourteen neighborhoods, ranging from #affordablee to #agequalified and #executivehousing, a vibrant Town Center, numerous #parks, with over 70% of the Specific Plan area conserved for #openspace and #recreational use. He and Ted discuss the #sustainabledevelopmentprinciples that are at the core of the #community. He emphasizes the importance of incorporating live, work, and play. He also mentions the #conservation work and #preservation that has been done and is unique to the #community. This includes a #golfcourse that will not only serve as a championship-level course, but will act as a fire and flood buffer for the area. https://lnkd.in/geWxH4qT

In this month's edition of #Econet News, Ted Flanigan highlights EcoMotion's #solar work onsite in the Central Valley conducting an inspection at a massive #UtilityScaleSolar installation. He compares the really large with the really small, marveling at the simplicity of #balconysolar in Germany. He also highlights Australian #rooftopsolar providing 50% of demand on the country’s main grid, Scandinavian #heatpumps at scale, #solar-based #solarpower, #bidirectional #evcharging, #homedepot purging plastics, and #ucsandiego requiring all students enrolled this fall and from here on to take a course on #climatechange. Read the articles on our website, or listen on #flanigansecologic. https://lnkd.in/g4vN_xuV https://lnkd.in/gxRa-JB6

Check out #flanigansecologic featuring Barry Cinnamon, CEO of Cinnamon Energy Systems, a leading #residential and #commercial #contractor providing #solar, #storage, #heatpumps, and #electrification services, and host of the The Energy Show Podcast. He is a long-time #advocate of #renewableenergy and is widely recognized as a #solarpower and #batterysystem industry leader. His Podcast, The Energy Show, delves into a wide range of #energy-related subjects. These topics encompass the evolving #politicallandscape influencing the future of #energygeneration and consumption, as well as valuable money-saving advice for trimming #energy use in both #residential and #commercial settings. He and Ted dive right into the politics behind the state of #distributedsolar in California. They discuss the role that the #utilities have played in the change in #regulations and stripping down #incentives, #griddefection, and the path forward for all of California’s #electricitycustomers. https://lnkd.in/gxiyRbcv

Check out #flanigansecologic featuring Richard Hansen, Senior Consultant and President of both Soluz, Inc & Soluz Honduras. Richard founded Soluz Inc., a Massachusetts corporation in 1993, and then established Soluz in Honduras in 1994 to #commercializesolar for #ruralelectrification. He is a pioneer in the application of #solartechnology combined with #microfinance to #increaseenergyaccess in rural areas of Honduras, having introduced #solartechnology in the country starting in 1989 under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy. Richard has provided #advisoryservices for major institutions including USAID, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in Bangladesh, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and elsewhere. He has also been an invited speaker in countries ranging from Argentina and Honduras to Senegal and the Philippines. He and Ted dig into his early works, pioneering the use of #solar for #ruralelectrification in the Dominican Republic with small systems installed by #localsolarcompanies combined with #microfinance, a breakthrough that made #solarsystems #affordable for rural families. This led to him introducing #solar for #ruralelectrification in Honduras, where he continues to lead efforts as President of Soluz Honduras. Soluz continues to work to advance the #globaltransition to #sustainableenergy, with a special commitment to #increasingaccesstoelectricity using #solar #photovoltaictechnology. He highlights his focus on #universalaccess, and not leaving anyone in the dark. https://lnkd.in/gjT5fDHh

Check out #flanigansecologic featuring Dr. Robert Kay, Founder of 319Climate, a boutique consulting and innovation firm dedicated to accelerating the transition to a #lowcarbon, #climateresilient and #equitablefuture. Robert is an #internationalclimateexpert with a mission to spearhead initiatives that foster a #climateresilient, #lowcarbon future. He offers 33 years of experience in #climatechange, #sustainability, and #resilienceplanning, demonstrating throughout his career that he has brought people together to solve complex problems. He is a sought-after #facilitator and #engagementspecialist, specializing in topics such as #greenhousegasemissions, #sealevelriseadaptation, and #sustainablefacilitiesmanagement. Robert has worked in a variety of roles in the #government, #consulting, and #academic sectors providing advice on #sustainability for various #energyresilience projects throughout California. Since the late 1980s, he has either led or participated in #climatechange projects globally, ranging from local-scale projects worldwide (including for local, state, national, and multilateral agencies) to global analysis for the United Nations. He shares highlights from providing expert guidance to #PacificIsland delegations to the #UNFrameworkConventiononClimateChange (COP) including #COP15 (Copenhagen), #COP21 (Paris), #COP22 (Marrakesh), #COP23 (Bonn), and #COP25 in Madrid. https://lnkd.in/gzYS-Yhz

Check out Part 2 of #flanigansecologic Climate Resolve Series, featuring Enrique Huerta, Legislative Director at Climate Resolve. Enrique brings strong skills in #policyanalysis and #collaborationbuilding to the organization, focusing on #climatechange, #adaptation, and #resilience to champion #equitableclimatesolutions. Prior to joining Climate Resolve, Enrique advocated for historically #marginalizedcommunities through his work as a #community #greenspace #organizer. As the Legislative Director at Climate Resolve, Enrique Huerta forms #strategicpartnerships with other statewide organizations, cultivating relationships to move #legislation. He is a master of #buildingcollaborations, doing the work on the ground, knocking on legislators’ doors, often with parties who have different agendae, bringing in potential #coalitionpartners to the state capitol to #advocate on behalf of #extremeheat and the need to #adapt to this rising threat. He and Ted discuss Climate Resolve #extremeheatbill, which is one of the few that actually looks to help #marginalizedcommunities #adapt today and focuses on #societalfixes. Enrique shares how his experience of #communityorganizing opened his eyes to the #resilience that lots of these communities have, and how #communitycohesion is already in place - and often #womenled. https://lnkd.in/gGJiz_Z5

In this month's edition of #Econet News, Ted Flanigan highlights his perspective on the #nuclear shotgun wedding, sharing that #AI is using so much #data and #energy that its purveyors – like #microsoft and #oracle – are seeking #nuclearpower solutions for their #datacenters, and questions whether this path is the best way to #power #AI. He also shares his #travelog of his second round of #sailing the #mainecoast, massive #solarprojects at #JFK and #sixflags in Los Angeles, #maglev #automobiles, the #restoration of the the #klamathriver from #cofferdams, and #skywind #microturbines. Read the articles on our website, or listen on #flanigansecologic. https://lnkd.in/g9dvBkvn https://lnkd.in/gicTyEFC

Check out #flanigansecologic featuring Maria Cho, CEO of Triplebar, a #biotech firm using #advancedtechnology to tackle the urgent issues of #food and #drugsupply. She leads a team in a mission to heal and sustain people and the #planet by removing a key bottleneck in the #bioeconomy. This is being achieved with a proprietary #screeningplatform to accelerate and #innovate #food and pharma product #discovery. She has worked in various industries, including #sales, #research, #biopharmaceuticals, and #skincare. In her current role as CEO at TripleBar, she is leading a team focused on #innovation and #strategicgrowth to address some of the world’s most challenging #sustainability problems around #food and #healthcare by developing products that can meet current and future unmet needs for #healthynutrition and better #diseasetreatment outcomes on a #globalscale. She and Ted delve into how they apply this in #food and #nutrition to #bioactive, functional #foodproteins and #culturedmeat, and in pharma to better and novel #biologics. Maria also discusses the broader implications of these technologies for the #futureoffood and #healthcare industries. She emphasizes the potential for #bioengineering to not only solve current issues, but also to foresee and mitigate future challenges. Her vision includes fostering a more #resilient and #healthconscious #globalcommunity through the application of #science and #technology. https://lnkd.in/dp8_PdkM