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By admin on Aug 27, 2012

by Rachel Simmons The battery system at the recent Sun Pavilion exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, housed there this summer.[/caption] Blackout in India On July 31st, citizens of India were thrust into a massive, enduring blackout – an experience that is unfortunately all too common there. In fact, the New York Times reported that it “helped highlight a […]

By admin on Aug 20, 2012

by Rachel Simmons In the gritty Crossroads district of downtown Kansas City, red brick buildings contrast with the sleek glass-faced sky-rises of central downtown. Vintage painted advertisements still make their mark. Restaurants, lofts, and businesses abound, filling up a once-vacant neighborhood that now thrives in its cowtown feel. It’s where we call home in Kansas City, in the third floor […]

By admin on Aug 13, 2012

by Rachel Simmons The Sun Pavilion at dusk, with the Nelson-Atkins Sculpture Garden and Bloch Building in the background. Photo credit: Prosser Wilbert Construction, Inc.[/caption] There’s something in me that is intrinsically drawn to 1890 – 1910 Edison bulbs, and to other beautifully created functional pieces of the time. That function can also be form strikes a chord with me, […]

By admin on Aug 01, 2012

August 1, 2012 Brightergy’s Cindy Bambini stepped in front of the camera to talk about the power of solar energy, and St. Louis’s Parkway School District solar panel installations at all their campuses. Parkway will also be integrating their solar panels into the classroom to provide their students a hands-on, interactive learning experience about electricity and energy.

By admin on Jul 30, 2012

by Rachel Simmons Solar Energy and Electricity One of the best illustrated aspects of the Sun Pavilion at the Nelson Art Museum is the input and output of electricity. Sunlight goes into the solar panels, and energy goes out in the form of lighting and air conditioning. But clearly, these two forms of energy are very different. So how is […]

By admin on Jul 24, 2012

by “Green Jean” Ponzi of Missouri Botanical Garden Resource Advisor to the Green Challenge Preface by Brightergy Green Team Leader, Cindy Bambini In my last post I reported that we were launching the RCGA Green Business Challenge in our St. Louis office. With this post I’m pleased to report that we are in the thick of it…actively implementing change in […]

By admin on Jul 16, 2012

by Rachel Simmons and Alex Norman Generator Studio’s Sun Pavilion, on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, deconstructs the way solar panels are viewed – and puts the solar system on display for all of us to see (and learn from).[/caption] Have you ever seen one of those clear phones? The old kind-the handheld, corded kind-whose transparent outer core […]

By admin on Jul 09, 2012

With a new office in St. Louis and a company commitment to energy efficiency, Brightergy assesses our sustainability situation, and answers the St. Louis RCGA’s call to go green. by Cindy Bambini (image: freedigitalphotos.net)[/caption] The Green State of the STL Office In February of this year, Brightergy Solar Solutions came home to the St. Louis County city where we were […]

By admin on Jul 05, 2012

Excerpt from STL Today: “Under an appropriately blazing summer sun, a crowd gathered Tuesday to celebrate the placement of the first solar panel in what will be the largest single installation of solar electricity in the state of Missouri. When completed, the array will contain 327 solar panels, which will sit atop a steel structure over the parking garage for […]

By admin on Jul 03, 2012

by Rachel Simmons One of the questions the Sun Pavilion poses to its visitors is, “What innovation would you create for the future?”[/caption] Rarely do I think about how I get my electricity – or perhaps receive it is a better term. I simply know that I do – and quite reliably. Except, of course, in the case of last […]