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| Company type | Charity |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Chris Collins, Executive Director |
| Website | http://www.solar1.org |
Solar 1 is New York City's only self-sustaining solar powered building. It houses educational facilities for Solar One, a non-profit organisation concerned with green energy, arts, and education.[1] The Solar 1 building is located at the north end of Stuyvesant Cove Park, the city's only all-native plant park, which Solar 1 actively maintains. Situated on a brownfield site, Stuyvesant Cove Park offers opportunities for the local community to become involved in the park and learn about its special features. The Park has been designated a Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation for providing a quality habitat by virtue of its standards of conscientious planning, landscaping and sustainable gardening. More than 250 volunteers and 80 student interns have spent more than 5,000 hours working in the park, planting, watering, and weeding the thousands of new plants that have been added over the years.
Solar 1 is a prototype for Solar 2, planned as the first building in NYC to generate power in excess of what it uses,[2] thereby putting more power into the grid than it takes out. It will be a landmark and a model for future NYC buildings.[3]
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