Cities generate over 70% of emissions driving climate change. Yet crumbling inner-city buildings stay trapped in the fossil fuel age – wasting energy and harming disadvantaged residents’ health. BlocPower upends this inequity through holistic retrofitting aligning sustainability with social justice.
This certified B-Corp optimizes outdated urban housing stock for the green era ahead. Its end-to-end platform installs efficient electric heating systems while insulating buildings to radically lower energy spend. Bespoke solar and battery storage options boost resiliency too.
But BlocPower stands apart by intentionally targeting underserved neighborhoods often lacking climate solutions. Local green workforce training then completes the virtuous cycle – funneling investment into both people and places frozen in time.
The model quickly won converts. Hundreds of retrofit projects now power jobs and drive savings from Brooklyn to Denver. Lucrative contracts electrifying shuttles and training laborers reveal adjacency growth as well. Yet profitability remains elusive while converts question promised cost reductions.
Nevertheless, BlocPower’s potential seems boundless. By ambitiously synergizing climate action with economic mobility, it tackles two immense challenges long dominated by inertia and incrementalism. Expect its movement to keep gaining force if execution matches vision.
Because this emerging superpower understands what leaders must. Our collective future on a livable planet for all rests on transitioning entire systems, not just parts. And pioneering models molded by public purpose – not just shareholder return – will light the path forward.