Americans putting solar power on the White House.

The White House in Washington DC is one of the most famous residential buildings in the world. Presidents and their families move in, live there and after several years they move out again. It is only normal that they bring their own clothes, books and pictures to make the White House their home. When they move out, of course, they take their belongings with them. That's what everybody does, right?


Jimmy Carter took it a step further. He didn't only bring his own stuff, he brought solar to the White House. In 1979 Carter already wanted to create awareness for renewable energy sources and clean tech. So when he moved out of the White House, he took his personal belongings, but he didn't take the solar installation with him. It was meant to stay.


Unfortunately, the system was removed from the roof of the White House only a couple of years later. Learn more about this "road not taken"...




We think it is about time to utilize all of our power to help President Obama to get solar power back on the White House's roof! Fortunately some friends and solar industry authorities have already built the foundation. Look at this and more importantly... BE PART OF IT!

Facebook fan page - 
"Americans Putting Solar Power On the White House" 
This fan page is growing every day. As off now it has 263 fans! Please join, too!

Renewable Energy World - 
"A crash course in solar guerilla marketing"
The initiative was started by the wonderful "Solar Fred" aka Tor Valenza. We've introduced him a while ago in the Sunny Lounge, but can't stop talking about him and his great work at SolarPowerRocks.com He tweets as @SolarFred and you should follow him! He and his team are running the Facebook page, too.

Applied Materials -
"Turning the White House into the Green House" 
This is a wonderful blog post that explains a bit more about the history of solar & the White House. Also, Applied Materials' blog is always worth a visit. Follow them on Twitter as well @applied_blog

Please join the quest and give solar a well deserved boost by (re)installing it on the most beautiful and important house in the nation!