Pure Power
was in San Diego recently, invited to an Executive Roundtable Discussion “Going Green” at the San Diego Daily Transcript. The topic of the day: “Local businesses, government say long-term foresight, not bottom line, key to sustainability” – - and an action shot here.
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Pure Power in San Diego
Monday, March 21st, 2011Why Mobile Solar Matters
Sunday, March 13th, 2011A recent trip by our VP of Marketing, Christopher Smith, to the San Diego Daily Transcript for its Green Business Executive Roundtable, provided an excellent opportunity to summarize why Mobile Solar Matters:
SAVE MONEY
A construction company that rents a portable diesel generator, for example, might might budget the rental rate as its cost. “The actual cost of a fossil fuel system is much higher. With solar, the contractor can eliminate fuel cost, fuel delivery, refueling time, engine tune-ups, even remediation costs when fuel is spilled. “That money can be used to preserve or create jobs, or make a project profitable” says Smith, “Solar generators can also produce valuable LEED points, and reduce the need for noise permits.”
SAVE LIVES
With the military, using renewables is quickly becoming a no-brainer. An Oct 4, 2010 article in the NY Times mentioned that 1 US soldier is killed for every 24 convoys delivering supplies in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that diesel fuel accounted for between 30% to 80% of the loads. By reducing the amount of fuel delivered, lives are saved. And, at that time (before fuel prices spiked 30%), it is estimated that it actually cost about $400 per gallon to deliver fuel to the front.
SAVE THE PLANET, SAVE CHILDREN
Using mobile solar instead of diesel has positive impacts on communities. “When a feature film goes on location, each big diesel generator is creating about a ton of carbon dioxide each day,” Smith says, using figures from the EPA, “But that exhaust also contains 40 cancer causing compounds and soot particles to carry them – a very localized impact for families, neighborhoods, and schools.”
(SAVE MORE MONEY)
What’s the upside for a feature film to choose solar? “With diesel costing about $5.50 or more per gallon delivered to a film location – our biggest solar generator saves over $500 a day in fuel costs.”
SAVE AMERICAN JOBS
“Besides, our mobile solar generators are designed and built in California, developing new technology and jobs. Governor Schwarzenegger got it, Governor Brown gets it, and President Obama is profoundly aware of the local benefits of solar. It’s clearly time to make changes in the way we do things.”
Pure Power Gets a Place at the Table
Friday, March 11th, 2011Mar 11, 2011 – A bright red streetcar wends its way through downtown San Diego, and that’s not the only sign of environmental efficiency in this California city of just over 1 million. At a March 9th Executive Roundtable Discussion at the San Diego Daily Transcript, leaders at all levels of municipal, tribal, defense organizations and private companies discussed their intense focus on keeping the environment in the forefront all of decisions. What they’re finding is that these “green” decisions always yield financial, organizational and community results.
For Christopher Smith, of Pure Power Distribution (www.PurePowerD.com), the “Triple Bottom Line” is a foundation of the company, so these results are quite obvious.
Read the press release here.
Pure Power’s “Sexy” Opportunity Green presentation online
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010For those unlucky few who were not at the Opportunity Green event in Downtown Los Angeles last week, the Pure Power presentation (had to be very few slides, as the pitch was 1 minute 15 seconds) is here.
Now you’ll know why Mobile Solar Power is sexy…
Mobile Solar is Sexy at SolarFeeds
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
The folks at SolarFeeds are quickly building one of the biggest and best news resources in the solar industry. So it’s a VERY GOOD THING when a story about Pure Power shows up there – in this case, our blog post “Mobile Solar is Sexy”.
The story was about Pure Power being named a finalist by Opportunity Green for its Green Business Startup
Competition. (Don’t think we won the competition, but it was tremendous to be recognized by Opportunity Green!)
“Mobile Solar is Sexy”
Monday, September 27th, 2010As reported last week, Pure Power was selected as a finalist in the Opportunity Green – Green Business Startup competition. In fact, Opportunity Green founder Karen Solomon told us how much time and effort went into selecting this elite group, so it was quite an honor to be on that stage. 
On Friday Pure Power’s VP of Marketing & Sales Christopher Smith presented at the annual conference (which had outgrown its former home at UCLA and was held in the downtown studio where Mad Men is filmed – (no star sightings, though).
The speech was more like a pitch, actually – like all the finalists, Smith had 1 minute 15 seconds to sway the audience, who then cast their votes online. “Like many of you, we’re in the solar business. But mobile solar is sexy…”
Mobile solar is not sexy because of what it does, of course, but what it doesn’t do – - which is to trash our planet. Because Pure Power’s mobile systems are used to replace diesel generators – which produce 22 lbs of carbon dioxide per gallon, PLUS 40 cancer-causing compounds AND soot - mobile solar is VERY SEXY indeed.
And having worked on 5 features over the past 18 months, Pure Power is definitely ready for our close-up.
Honored: Pure Power is named Finalist at Opportunity Green
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Pure Power Distribution, Santa Monica-based designer of Mobile Solar Power Systems™ for commercial and military uses, has been named as a Finalist in the Green Startup Competition, sponsored by Opportunity Green (www.OpportunityGreen.com).
The 2nd annual Green Startup Competition recognizes twenty-five of the most innovative eco-startups in the United States. Pure Power, along with other finalists, will be presenting its 1-minute business summary at the 4th Annual Opportunity Green Business Conference on September 24th.
“We are humbled to be honored by this esteemed organization, and look forward to telling our story at Opportunity Green conference” said Norris Lozano, CEO of Pure Power.
Christopher Smith, VP of Marketing & Sales for Pure Power will be presenting at the conference.
Opportunity Green, a Los Angeles-based sustainability organization, is missioned to create innovation, collaboration and inspiration amongst industry leaders and the next generation of thought leadership to develop and implement sustainable business solutions.
Pure Power was also a finalist in the Investor’s Circle startup competition earlier this year.
Here’s the press release:
Building Products Magazine is “All Charged Up” about Pure Power
Friday, August 20th, 2010Washington DC, August 21, 2010: Hanley Wood Media, publisher of numerous leading construction industry publications, has featured Pure Power Distribution and its Mobile Solar Power Systems in the Summer 2010 issue of Building Products Magazine.
The construction industry trade magazine whose cover features “The 2010 MVP Awards”, highlights Pure Power in an article titled “All Charged Up”. The article mentions smaller portable solar systems along with Pure Power’s commercial-grade equipment.
Using the link above (or view the Pure Power Press Release here) you can see the entire magazine online – turn to page 50 to see the article “All Charged Up”
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