Donnel Baird, 34
Founder and Chief Executive, BlocPower
New York
It’s not unusual for small businesses and houses of worship located in old New York buildings to spend 30 percent of their budgets on energy. But banks aren’t willing to lend them the money to make their sites energy efficient.
Donnel Baird’s answer to the dilemma is BlocPower, which develops community energy projects, aggregates them into portfolios big enough to attract environmentally minded investors, and hires local residents to make the improvements.
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