Comments on: A Hybrid Model: Co-op and Nonprofits Launch Energy Efficiency Company

By: Back from a great trip to Holyoke « From the Ground Up

Back from a great trip to Holyoke « From the Ground Up — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:10:04 +0000

[...] as learn some new tricks. This was the perfect place for Nuestras Raices’ latest venture, Energia, to introduce itself to the [...]

By: Suellen Nakhle

Suellen Nakhle — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:50:14 +0000

I have visited your posts before. The more I take in, the more I keep coming back!

By: Cimbria

Cimbria — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:05:37 +0000

TomR at EnergiaUS.com

By: Cimbria

Cimbria — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:04:52 +0000

http://www.energiaus.com contact Tom at TomRenergiaus.com.

By: Alex Wise

Alex Wise — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:01:15 +0000

I don’t think Energia has a site yet, David. I couldn’t find one either, at least! -Alex

By: David Levesque

David Levesque — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:18:11 +0000

Great podcast and concept. Does Energia have a website yet? I cannot find one? Thanks, D

By: Erik Hoffner

Erik Hoffner — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:38:13 +0000

Great show! Nice to hear the story of how the nonprofit and forprofit are working together to benefit all, triple bottom line wise. As a member of Coop Power, it makes me proud of our work to build a better world through renewable energy and efficiency. The Coop about to launch another small energy efficiency business, which will focus on homeowners. Stay tuned for that… http://cooppower.coop

Erik
Orion Grassroots Network

By: Peter Burgess

Peter Burgess — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:52:05 +0000

The metrics that drive capital markets and the allocation of capital are fatally flawed with ownership the most important stakeholder. I argue that the customer, the community, the employees, the environment are way more important. The entity needs enough “money” to be able to transact its business (money as a medium of exchange) but its performance is about how much “value” is being created. This depends on productivity … a function of technology and of smart deployment of resources. Value is subjective and not particularly easy to quantify, but it is way better as a measure than simply amount of money. The prices on the stockmarket would be very different if corporate performance was based on value adding rather than money profit … and the view of the US economy and government finances would be different if key values on our society were quantified and put into national and government balance sheets!
Peter Burgess
Community Analytics

By: Lavinia Weissman

Lavinia Weissman — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:13:03 +0000

I am glad to see this story here.

I believe coops have something important to do in terms of creating local economies. This coop can also create local health. It is my hope that someone in public health can show a reduction in environmental illnesses, especially for children as Tom’s company leads new formats of energy use in practice through out Springfield.

BTW, Cary Krosinsky is creating a data base of community banks and I would watch for this closely since I believe this idea can influence new banking patterns in products they offer local communities and will help to identify banks that assure their lending products and patterns will impact local communities for the environment and health. I have signed on to this initiative.

My company is now forming into a non-monetary incubator and innovation center to build our portal for education WorkEcology.com and we have asked Cary to select our bank.

Best,
Lavinia

By: Carlos R. Nunez Jr.

Carlos R. Nunez Jr. — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:32:38 +0000

Hello Tom Rossmassler, I work at the YMCA in Holyoke, IM 31 and want to learn how to make the world safe. I don’t work Full Time so I have some time to help and learn at the same time. I would like to learn how to build a solar hot water heater. Thanks Carlos R. Nunez Jr.

By: Marc Sternick

Marc Sternick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:02:46 +0000

Tom –

I didn’t have time to listen to the interview yet, but it sounds exciting. Congratulations.

Can you do your work in Brattleboro, VT?

Marc

By: Tom Rossmassler

Tom Rossmassler — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:37:52 +0000

Cimbria,
Esco’s most definitely operate all over the country. Thanks for listening.

By: Cimbria

Cimbria — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:43:25 +0000

Bill, Kelsey and Tom, great job. I wasn’t clear on ESCOs operate in states other than Massachusetts? It’s great you’re working with Pathways Out of Poverty, what a great resource! Good luck!