Bringing jobs and health benefits, BlocPower unlocks energy efficiency retrofits for low-income communities
Retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient and better at withstanding climate change-induced extreme weather is going to be a big, multibillion-dollar business. But it’s one that’s been hard for low-income communities to tap, thanks to obstacles ranging from faulty incentive structures to an inability to adequately plan for which upgrades will be most effective in which buildings.
Enter BlocPower, a New York-based startup founded by a longtime advocate for energy efficiency and the job creation that comes with it, which has a novel solution for identifying, developing and profiting off of building upgrades in low-income communities all while supporting high-paying jobs for workers in the communities the company hopes to serve.
Bringing jobs and health benefits, BlocPower unlocks energy efficiency retrofits for low income communities
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Crains New York Business has released its 2021 list of notable black leaders and executives and they include a handful of people working at leading banks. However, there are also - in our opinion - plenty of banking/finance names missing from Crain s assessment.
Here are some of the top banking names from Crain s list, plus several other black bankers at the top of their game in NYC.
Carla Harris, Morgan Stanley
Harris is on Crain s list. The vice chairman of wealth management and a senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley, she joined the firm in M&A in 1987. If you re looking for career advice, Harris may be willing to offer it. I am able to provide general career advice and guidance to a lot of people I have not gotten to know personally, but who seek counsel or ask for an opinion, she said in a piece for Morgan Stanley s website. Harris added that she expects people she helps to give something back: For both those whom I mentor and whom I sponsor, I expect them to do as e