Link: http://www.sustainablemilton.org/TheCube.html

Here is what one ton of carbon looks like. Now stack thirteen of these together and that is the volume of carbon that the PEMCO roof has saved from being released into the atmosphere since the Solar Pie roof was installed.

Link: http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2011/pr-jacobson-world-energy-012611.html

Encouraging news from two researchers Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University researcher, along with Mark A. Delucci UC-Davis researcher.
The world can be powered by current alternative energy technologies in 20-40 years. Sounds imposible you say? "But it is possible, without even having to go to new technologies," Jacobson said. "We really need to just decide collectively that this is the direction we want to head as a society."

How do we decide and act collectively to move to safe, clean renewable energy? Many have compared this to the scale of an Apollo moon landing. We at Solar Pie think it can happen faster and moreeffectively with the large scale desemination of knowledge and awareness building to accelerate market forces.

What do you think?

Link: http://www.onearth.org/article/hitting-new-yorks-mean-streets-in-a-pint-sized-electric-vehicle

Sign us up for this fun ride. We are looking forward to renting this all electric ride for two.

Link: http://www.energyrace.com/commentary/what_does_a_ton_of_co2_look_like/

What difference can one solar roof make in the world? Last night the PEMCO Solar Pie roof broadcast that twelve tons of carbon had not been released into our shared airspace. TWELVE TONS? What does that mean for you and me? What does that look like? Why does that matter?

We thought we would take a minute to reflect on that.

How do we quantify the good that a Solar Pie solar roof produces? How do we get our arms around the volume of carbon not being released into the atmosphere?

Dave Ames a science teacher at Cohasset High School in Cohasset, MA set out to demonstrate what a ton of carbon looks like. In 2007 Dave Ames along with his 9th grade physics class built a cube 27 feet wide by 27 feet high by 27 feet deep. One ton of carbon would fill this cube.

Just imagine how big a cube we would need to hold twelve tons of carbon. Try to visualize a cube 324 feet wide by 324 feet high by 324 feet deep filled with carbon. That is the amount not being released into our atmosphere, in our neighborhoods, not being washed into our waterways.

That is the power of Solar Pie thirty-six panel roof on top of the PEMCO building.

Way to go PEMCO. It's all good.

May seventh was a red letter day for Solar Pie. After working with Judy Andrews our non-profit attorney we completed and filed our IRS Form 1023 to become a tax-exempt non-profit.

We are anxiously awaiting IRS approval of our application to become a 501(c)3.