Solar Ivy
Solar Ivy is bringing to market a novel solar energy generating system. This new system pairs the latest in smart materials (thin-film photovoltaics) with the beauty of biomimicry (resembling natural leaves) to help people live a green lifestyle.
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Parent company: SMIT - Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology, LLC
 
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Solar Ivy SOLAR IVY is to be featured in our German partner, Officium's presentation during 'The Future of "Green Buildings": 2nd German American Energy Efficiency Conference... Today! Please see more information on the conference below

Source: www.gacctexas.com
In the United States alone, buildings account for 72% of electricity consumption, 39% of energy use, 38% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and 14% of potable water consumption. In their Green Outlook ...
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Solar Ivy GROW featured in 'Third + Bond' condominiums in Carroll Gardens (Brooklyn), NY - seen here on NY1's news story

Source: ny1.com
Pratt Community Creates Sustainable Art For Apartment Complex | NY1 News is Time Warner Cable's 24-hour newschannel in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs.
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Solar Ivy Chief Design Officer and Pratt alum, Samuel Cochran, featured in video for Pratt Legends Event, Thurs. October 29th, 2009, 6pm - 9:30pm

Source: www.pratt.edu
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Chief Design Officer, Samuel Cochran met NY Governor David Paterson, who visited our studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (featured on NY1)

Sam is on the far right in the video (from 18 - 27 seconds), in glasses and a dk grey suit with a blue shirt, and see if you can spot our 'Solar Ivy' prototypes in the bkgd!

Also, see ...the Head of Sustainability at Pratt, Debera Johnson, with the ponytail and gray scarf, and our friends from the Pratt Design Incubator, Kevin McElroy and Diane Ruengsorn!Read More

Source: ny1.com
Navy Yard, Brooklyn Brewery Awarded “Green” Grants | NY1 News is Time Warner Cable's 24-hour newschannel in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs.
Jenie Fu
Jenie Fu
NICE :)
October 26 at 7:42am
Susan Peterson
October 27 at 6:31am
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Solar Ivy Solar Ivy featured in Hinge Magazine, v170.

Daniel Brown
October 21 at 7:47am
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Solar Ivy Yay! Thank you fan number 900...now let's work on 1000!

October 21 at 7:09am
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Solar Ivy
Thanks! :)
October 21 at 7:45am
Paul Searles
Paul Searles
I told everyone I know about your product! I think it's both creative and a great idea for renewable energy.
October 21 at 8:23am
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Solar Ivy Just reached 899 Fans!! Become our 900th fan today!

October 20 at 5:18pm
Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly
Come on 900!!!! pretty soon it will be 100k, so be able to say you were one of the first!
October 21 at 2:06am
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Solar Ivy Solar Ivy/GROW featured in Dr. Dayna Baumeister's presentation on 'Biomimicry' at the 2009 Build Green Conference in Philadelphia today!

Source: www.buildgreenconf.org
In a world that needs one brilliant idea after another, it’s good to be surrounded by genius. Biomimicry – the process of finding sustainable ideas by emulating nature – is finding ...
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Solar Ivy Join us tonight in celebrating Emily Pilloton's 'Design Revolution' book party at the Cooper Hewitt!

Oct 6th, 2009 - 6:30pm at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum!

Christine Shim
Christine Shim
Wish I could join...congrats on all the wonderful press/traction!
October 6 at 10:38am
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Thanks, Christine!
October 9 at 9:09am
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Solar Ivy featured on ddmagazine, a French online magazine: September 29th, 2009.

Source: www.ddmagazine.com
Développement durable, Des cellules solaires photovoltaïques à base de polymère organique permettent de créer des façades productrice d'électricité avec une grande liberté esthétique
Lauren
Lauren
Sam, this is awesome press. Congrats!!!
October 6 at 9:47pm
Connie Kastelnik
Connie Kastelnik
C'est magnifique!
October 16 at 7:50am
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Solar Ivy Teresita Cochran and Samuel Cochran will be guest presenters on “Inventing Our Way Out of the Climate Change Problem? Innovative Youth Tackle the Issue”, a Smithsonian Online Conference today.

Jenie Fu
Jenie Fu
great job guys!
October 1 at 9:51am
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Solar Ivy is featured on the cover of Emily Pilloton's new book "Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People" (foreward by Allan Chochinov)

See write-up on Inhabitat's blog below.

Source: www.inhabitat.com
A Green Design Blog, Sustainable Design Blog, Future-forward design for the world you inhabit - your daily source for innovations in sustainable architecture and green design for the home.
Dan D'Heilly
Dan D'Heilly
About time Solar Ivy got onto a cover!
September 23 at 6:38pm
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Solar Ivy will be at the Urban Green Expo at the “Green Garage Inventors Showcase” in NYC Sept 22nd-23rd (tomorrow and Wed!)...come by and say Hello!

Source: www.urbangreenexpo.com
Urban Green Council, U.S. Green Building Council of New York is proud to announce the first annual green building conference and trade expo.
Sara
Sara
Will you be at Greenbuild?
September 21 at 8:07pm
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Solar Ivy featured in The New York Times: T Magazine's 'The Moment' blog on Aug 31, 2009

Connie Kastelnik
Connie Kastelnik
Wow I am so impressed and proud!
September 18 at 6:48pm
Anna Avellar
Anna Avellar
congrats
September 18 at 8:05pm
Madeleine Müller Lightner
Madeleine Müller Lightner
Solar Ivy is so cool! I would love to use it in a project sometime. Are there any reference projects yet?
September 19 at 12:49pm
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Solar Ivy featured on NCIIA's website.

We were given a grant from NCIIA in 2006 to build our first working prototype of Solar Ivy/GROW, and an additional grant to help build our 'GROW' prototype which was featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 2008.

Source: nciia.org
The GROW Solar Ivy phenomenon continues! Fox's 'Start-Up Summer' show features GROW inventors and founders Teresita and Samuel Cochran.
Eddie Chu
Eddie Chu
wow. good job, teresita and brother cochran.
September 10 at 6:52pm
Anne Jesser
Anne Jesser
Hi - What came of the trip to Copenhagen? Send details!
September 11 at 7:46am
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The trip to Copenhagen was great! We were featured in local news broadcasts, and got very positive feedback to Solar Ivy!
September 22 at 10:52am