Home Start
TYPE SOLAR FOR NONPROFITS
SIZE 3.1 KW
LOCATION SAN DIEGO, CA
PROGRAM SOLAR MOONSHOT
YEAR 2023
FUNDING GRANT
The Project
Home Start, a non-profit child abuse prevention and treatment agency, has strengthened and developed San Diego’s families and communities since 1972. To effectively prevent and treat child abuse, Home Start addresses the conditions that can contribute to risky or abusive situations – poverty, unsafe neighborhoods, lack of affordable housing, and unemployment - while concurrently addressing individual self-sufficiency and emotional needs.
BQuest proudly supports Hammond Climate Solution’s Solar Moonshot Program with individual grants that help nonprofit organizations across the United States afford the switch to clean energy. With the help of a grant through the Solar Moonshot Program Home Start has the opportunity to invest the finances they save in utility expenses into their community instead. The installation reduces the organization’s carbon footprint and offers the community educational opportunities to learn more about sustainable living.
What They Are Saying
“All of us at Home Start are most grateful for this grant to have solar panels installed at our newest multi-unit property. This location will soon be occupied by young women and children who are coming out of homelessness. Savings from having solar power will go directly back into supporting our life-changing programs to serve more families in need.”
- Laura Tancredi-Baese, LCSW, Home Start, Chief Executive Officer
The Impact
79
METRIC TONS CO2 MITIGATED
$19,250
LIFETIME SAVINGS
Carbon Equivalencies
18
Number of gasoline-powered cars off the road for 1 year
88,512
Avoided emissions from burning 88,512 pounds of coal
94
Carbon sequestered by 94 acres of forest in 1 year