About Us

LED Savings Solutions is a national energy reduction company that saves tens of thousands of dollars each month for our clients, with cash flow positive results in the very first month. We have recently established some ground-breaking international production and financing relationships that reduce up-front costs to $0 for property owners. Our ‘best-of-breed’ approach is simply based on matching the most cost-effective next generation lighting products with the needs of our clients.

Our parent company GREENandSAVE, LLC was the first to offer comprehensive Return on Investment (ROI) rankings and Take Action recommendations on multiple ways to ‘Go Green' and save money for both residential and commercial energy initiatives. The four years of research starting in 2003 culminated with the groundbreaking online offering to the public in 2007. The lighting division, LED Savings Solutions, is the industry leader that has also spearheaded multiple ‘FIRSTS’ in the Lighting Marketplace. Our clients come from a diverse range of industries including: Commercial, Retail, Education, Industrial, Hospitality, and Health Care. The scope of the engagements ranges from several thousand square foot properties to ones that are over a million square feet. When it comes to performance results, the proof is in the cost reduction. See this sample CASE STUDY with our clients pre and post retrofit Utility Bills.

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LED Saving Solutions LEADERSHIP TEAM

Our team of Architects, Lighting Professionals, Certified Energy Auditors, LEED Accredited Professionals, Mechanical Engineers, Researchers and MBAs simply focus on performance and matching the best-of-breed lighting products to our clients needs.

Charles Szoradi, President GREENandSAVE

Charlie Szoradi brings multiple decades of hands on experience to the culture of sustainable living and cost-savings for property design and remodeling. He focuses on ‘high performance’ architecture, and in the early 90s, he wrote his Masters of Architecture thesis on sustainable design, entitled ‘Eco-Humanism’. He is a LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Accredited Professional), a Certified Building Performance Institute (BPI) Energy Auditor, and he has taken an eco-leadership role at the national and regional level. In 2009, Charlie was elected to the Board of the Sustainable Business Network and selected as a member of the Green Economy Task Force, with direct participation on the Capitol Hill Delegation. Charlie is the founder and President of GREENandSAVE, which was chosen as one of the finalists of the Sustainability Awards, and he also serves as the Chief Instructor of the company’s Eco Academy. From the cover profile of Inventors Digest Magazine to the Energy Expert for US Magazine, Charlie has simply dedicated his career to green innovation.

Charlie was inspired by the potential of environmentally sensitive architecture to become accessible to mainstream Americans. Rather than just defaulting to techniques from 1970s technology and aesthetics, he created a platform to produce active/passive integrated systems. The design solutions focus on function, style, significant cost-savings, and environmental sustainability. Charlie encourages the adaptive re-use of existing structures and materials, all while maintaining an overall aesthetic that appeals to the traditional as well as contemporary aesthetics. Charlie, his wife Cynthia, and their son have recently completed the transformation of a formerly in-efficient 1950s residence that they were able to ‘re-use’ and transform rather than tear down. The home focuses on saving money as well as the environment, and it is one of the most energy efficient homes in America.

Charlie is a sought-after thought leader and speaker on adaptive re-use and sustainable design with appearances at a diverse range of leading institutions such as the Green Building Council, Brain Reserve Think Tank, and the Wharton Business School. He has served over multiple years as the Senior Lecturer at the University of the Arts, where he has created programs such as Urbitec, which focus on innovative product design through recycling and re-use. He has also been featured in a documentary film that received the Director's Award at the Black Mariah Film Festival. The film specifically profiles his vision and follows the process of adaptive re-use in converting a massive 22,000 square foot abandoned church complex into a mixed use residential and commercial property. Charlie has also served as a consultant to the Philadelphia Office of Recycling across multiple years. He created the education kiosk program and the website as the cornerstone of the interactive marketing initiative.

1993 and 1994 were benchmark years that 'seeded' the growth of GREENandSAVE. In 1993, the company's founder, Charlie Szoradi completed his Masters Thesis on ‘Eco Humanism’ and secured US Patent #5,215,490 on the Building block set of tenon engaging edge connecting members. The thesis set the stage for the groundbreaking new approach to energy efficient and environmentally sustainable architecture, and the invention set the stage for the development of a new generation of Educational Building Construction Sets, High Performance Concrete as well as Structural Insulated Panels that are used today for wall as well as roof construction - now referred to as SIPS.

In 1994, Charlie conceived and produced a pilot Eco-Culture/Recycling show “Fix the Hut” . The show was the culmination of over twenty-five interview segments shot across the country over a two-year period. The show focused specifically on people that had created innovative habitats, furniture, fashion, and lifestyles related to adaptive re-use and environmental sustainability. This interest in communicating through eco-education programs, speaking engagements, and media has coincided with Charlie’s ongoing work in architecture and real estate development. Charlie has purchased over 200,000 sq. ft. of urban space that he has had a hand in converting from ‘left for ruin’ factories, warehouses, and schools into mixed-use residential and commercial property. Transforming neighborhoods and salvaging urban landscape has been an integral part of overall sustainability in his career.

Charlie’s early inspiration to focus on sustainability came at the end of the 1970s when he sat at a young age in a gas line with his Dad during the gas crisis. His father, who is also an architect, introduced him to colleagues that were then pioneering active and passive solar powered houses. He learned that Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House, and Charlie teamed up with two friends at St. Albans School for Boys and proceeded to build ‘Omega – The Boat of the Future’ and subsequently won the Grade School Science Fair Popular Prize with the solar powered ship. Years later, major influences have also included working in Northern California’s bay area, working in Japan for the celebrated eco-architect Kenya Maruyama, living in Eastern Europe hubs like Budapest and Prague, and rural villages and Amish communities that rely almost exclusively on sustainable living practices.

Over his academic and professional career, Charlie has traveled extensively throughout Asia, Africa, Central and North America, and Central and Eastern Europe, where he has studied specifically how people build cost-effective and environmentally sensitive homes and communities. Charlie grew up in Washington, DC and graduated from St. Albans School for Boys. He then earned his undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia and went on to earn a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Charlie is a registered architect and currently lives in Greater Philadelphia with his wife and son in their self-sustaining home that inspired the development of ‘GREENandSAVE ’.

IN THE NEWS: CISCO Systems recently selected Charlie Szoradi for their One Million Acts of Green. See the video profiles: Small Acts, Big Rewards and The Most Energy Efficient Home.

James Porter, Chief Operating Officer

Jim Porter is an experienced transaction-oriented manager who has taken several businesses to the next level. He has been the CEO of both a public (in which he did the IPO) and private company in which he not only managed large numbers of employees but also raised significant sums of debt and equity capital. His career has been centered around identifying, negotiating, purchasing, financing and closing on assets or companies. These transactions have ranged from big ticket, tax-sensitive leveraged leases, to project financing for cogeneration energy plants, to acquisition of mortgage banking companies.

His management style is to understand all aspects of the business such that he could run any area of the company day to day. However, he looks to his management team to fill that role so that he can focus on the strategic direction, the growth (either organic or through acquisitions) and the financial relationships necessary to ensure stability for the company.

Jim’s last venture was as Chairman and CEO of a Mortgage Banking Holding Company licensed in forty-seven states comprised of three major subsidiaries. He supervised the operation of between 250-450 retail offices and approximately 1500 employees. In this capacity, he increased annual origination volume from $200 million to over $6 billion. He was also responsible for the sale of this paper to several Wall Street firms and banks. To grow this business he acquired four companies and started five companies. To provide the financial stability he negotiated lines of credit totaling in excess of $425 million and arranged a working capital line of credit of $5 million. A subsidiary spin-off structured by Jim raised $135 million in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Previous to this venture, Mr. Porter had his own investment banking boutique that worked with start-up or early stage companies either as an advisor or as a placement agent for debt or equity.

Jim co-managed the start-up of OESI Geothermal and all of its projects which grew into the third largest geothermal power company in the United States. In his capacity as CEO, he was responsible for developing, the construction and operation of ten power plants in California, Nevada, and Hawaii (the first commercial geothermal plant in the state). These activities required meeting with public officials ranging from U.S. senators, governors, and mayors. In addition, he was the lead negotiator in arranging over $500 million of project financing, closing a $25 million revolving credit agreement with a major NYC bank and structuring a $50 million recapitalization between shareholders, banks and creditors.

Shortly after assuming this responsibility, he completed a very successful Initial Public Offering with Kidder Peabody as lead underwriter that valued the company at approximately $100 million.
Jim earned his Masters of Business Administration in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and his undergraduate Bachelor of Science from The School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

Sean Darras, Chief Engineer

Sean Darras brings to GREENandSAVE the best combination of mathematical rigor from his engineering background and big picture insight from his professional certifications in environmental design and energy auditing. Sean’s ability to effectively research and communicate Return on Investment initiatives has earned him opportunities ranging from ‘Strategies in Light’ Conference participation to speaking engagements at the ‘Go Green’ Expo.

Sean runs point on sourcing, testing, and reviewing products and their specifications. He also oversees GREENandSAVE’s measurement and verification services. Simply, when it comes to sub-metering on site at client properties, Sean manages the sourcing and installation of the right hardware for the right applications. On the control front, as an example, Sean works with clients and third party testing laboratories to ensure that for high performance lighting clients, the dimming, occupancy sensor, and light harvesting hardware and software work seamlessly with LED lighting retrofits.

Following a great interest in the new Green Economy, Sean joined GREENandSAVE in April of 2009 after successfully completing the GREENandSAVE Certified Home Efficiency Consulting program along with the RESNET Certified Energy Auditor program. Sean has gone on to earn LEED AP status (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Accredited Professional). As a skilled craftsman and a mechanical engineer, Sean brings a deep understanding of the unique requirements necessary to differentiate a building project from a Green building project. At GREENandSAVE Sean focuses on the company’s high performance lighting division LED Savings Solutions and also supports the Eco Academy and overall ROI energy initiatives of the Company.

While obtaining his Mechanical Engineering degree at the University of Delaware, Sean held positions with a large deck builder, a missile defense company, and a sustainable real estate developer. After graduation Mr. Darras worked as a full-time Project Engineer at one of Philadelphia's largest energy companies, where he was routinely responsible for the successful execution of multi-million dollar projects.

Kain Johnson, Director of Business Development

In the complex US marketplace of energy reduction, effective logistics is key to earning client trust and generating sustainable operational cost savings for each property. Kain Johnson has the background with the US Air Force, and we applaud his logistics and ‘Chain of Command’ approach in managing over 120 of our ‘field agent’ Channel Partners across 26 states and growing. Since our logistics is the management of the flow of energy reduction products, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of installation…this ‘ground support’ aspect of our business is not an option but a requirement.

Kain literally helps ‘deploy the troops’, and he makes sure that they are equipped with the tools and techniques to fight the good fight. The military rigor and oversight of the pipeline and the phased processes from energy auditing to installation and then measurement and verification is all part of his ongoing work. Kain helps streamline the integration of sales information, scheduling and transportation, and security when applicable. With Kain’s organizational work, we take a literal approach to serving as ‘foot-soldiers’ in the American Energy Revolution.

Pete Musser, Director of Inventory Control

Growing up in California, Pete Musser has always been environmentally minded. Beginning as a journalist for GREENandSAVE NEWS, Pete gained insight into the clean energy market and quickly moved to become more involved with the service side of the business. Pete started working directly with the Company’s energy auditors on commercial client energy saving initiatives. Bringing progressive approaches to the sales and inventory process, Pete earned the role as Director of Inventory Control for GREENandSAVE’s lighting division, LED Saving Solutions. Pete specifically works with the company’s Account Managers and Channel Partners on the inventory, purchase orders, material-handling, and high-performance demonstration products. Pete has also had direct involvement with the client outreach and he supports GREENandSAVE in the continuing education and training of the Account Managers and Channel Partners. Pete’s fresh perspective and insight adds value across the organization in the rapidly changing energy reduction marketplace.

Pete’s leadership experience has ranged from serving as the General Portfolio Manager of the Peggotty Investment Club to founding and organizing a sustainable beach-recycling program for the East Beach Association in Rhode Island, that ran for three years under his watch. Given that GREENandSAVE sees American Energy Independence as a ‘team sport’, we also applaud Pete’s legacy of team work with four years of Varsity Lacrosse in Division 3 NCAA, while earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Connecticut College.

Paul Prior, High Performance Lighting Design

Paul Prior has established himself as a leader in the international lighting industry. Paul has engineered and headed up the development and research of 10 Light Emitting Diode (LED) products that replace commonly used traditional lighting products in various industries and applications. One of these applications has been for a product to replace the 250 Watt Metal Halide’s. Taking the clients’ required lighting levels and the existing fixtures, Paul has been able to develop an LED product to fit all the requirements of the client while utilizing only 10-20% of the electricity of the previous product. Paul was one of the first to initiate the development and sale of multiple ground-breaking LED replacements including: 4ft fluorescent tube using 15 Watts total electric and generating 1,600 Lumens, a dimmable PAR (Parabolic Reflector) using the existing fixtures and switches, a fluorescent U-Tube replacement, and a LED High Bay solution delivering 15% more light than the Metal Halide or a fluorescent alternative. Multiple manufacturing facilities currently produce his designs which are included in their overall product lines.

Catharine Swan, Executive Director

Catharine Swan has more than twenty-five years of experience working in the environmental sector with corporate and non-profit organizations in program development, strategic planning, community outreach and fundraising. Catharine brings a wealth of life and professional experience to GREENandSAVE; she provides an outstanding perspective and base in helping GREENandSAVE shape the green economy.

Catharine most recently served as the Executive Director of Green Valleys Association. She has managed programs and government contracts pertaining to land use management, watershed management and pollution prevention, including a twelve-year span of work in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Her background includes developing national and regional environmental action plans in Africa and Russia, and annual strategic plans for companies. She has led business development efforts, including proposal teams for contracts ranging from $2 to $8 million.

Catharine served as the Executive Director, Green Valleys Association, Pottstown, PA:, technical and managerial support to The World Bank, U.S.AID, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).; Geographic Information Service (GIS) analyst for the MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Annapolis, MD; Project Manager for the African and Central and Eastern European Regions CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL INC., Washington, DC; Environmental Policy Analyst WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE, Washington, DC; Trade and Investment Specialist DAC INTERNATIONAL, Washington, DC; Fund Raiser and Publications Manager for CARE, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY; Assistant Curator for THE BALCH INSTITUTE FOR ETHNIC STUDIES, Philadelphia, PA; Community Development Coordinator U.S. PEACE CORPS, Cameroon, Africa; Exhibition Manager for THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, Philadelphia, PA. Catharine is trained in GREENandSAVE Certified Home Efficiency Consulting program, and is a member of the Downingtown Area School District Waste Management Committee and Chair of Uwchlan Hills Elementary School Environmental Awareness Program.

Jake de Grazia, NEWS Editor-in-Chief

Jake de Grazia heads up the GREENandSAVE team of researchers and writers. Given the dynamically changing nature of the new Green Economy, GREENandSAVE is committed to constantly monitoring the trends in product development, service tactics for energy savings, and socio-political national and international legislation and trends. Our research and daily news content is so well respected that in 2009 GREENandSAVE was selected by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to serve as their Strategic Partner to provide news and Return on Investment Data to support the ‘Green Designees’ and their Green ReSource Council. NAR currently serves over one million real estate agents and brokers, so this outreach is part of changing the inertia within such a key industry of property influencers. In 2009 GREENandSAVE was also approved as one of only three ‘Green’ trusted feed content providers for Google News, which reaches millions of homeowners across the US and the world. Staying on top of the evolving green industry and serving as an eye-in-the-sky is core to our mission. The research and news benefits the visitors to GREENandSAVE.com, the property owners that are served through Home Efficiency Checkups and Commercial Energy and Lighting Audits, and the Consultants that are trained though our Eco Academy.

Jake de Grazia brings global perspective and industry insight to GREENandSAVE. Jake grew up in Chadds Ford, PA, and his grass roots connection to the ‘green economy’ dates back to his childhood summers selling tomatoes and raspberries at SIW Vegetables, his uncle's roadside stand. Years later, he graduated from Brown University, where he studied a lot of literature, economics, and creative writing but majored in Eastern Religion.

Jake spent the four years following his undergraduate studies abroad. First he went to tropical northeastern Australia, working on an organic mangosteen orchard and teaching snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. Then he went to China, where he studied Chinese, translated, interpreted, worked with microfinance institutions, and became addicted to the internet while working for the founders of a dot com startup project.

At the end of 2007, he returned to the United States to develop a consumer education tool called The Carrot Project, which compares brands on their relative social and environmental responsibility. The project's goal is to help create an economy in which people buy the things they buy from businesses that they actively choose to support. Jake has also worked with companies like Acorn Energy, a venture capital firm that invests in energy infrastructure technologies, and this work has given him the breadth of insight starting back in his childhood with ‘local’ produce sales to the new American Energy Revolution. For article submissions on new products, services, trends, or people that are saving money and the planet, please Click Here.

Select ACCOUNT MANAGERS and CHANNEL PARTNERS

GREENandSAVE has in-house Account Managers as well as Energy Auditors and Channel Partners across 26 states and growing. With over 180 trained Efficiency Consultant Energy Auditors from 2009 and over 120 Channel Partners, we are pleased to share just some samples of their diverse background and experience. We are…the ‘foot soldiers’ of the American Energy Revolution.

Carrie Kaltwasser

Carrie Kaltwasser brings to GREENandSAVE an outstanding combination of sustainability and business acumen. Prior to joining the GREENandSAVE team, she ran Evergreen Office Interiors (EOI). EOI was based on a commitment to be good stewards of the environment—preserving natural resources and choosing recycling and waste reduction practices whenever possible. Evergreen Office Interiors looked first to the reuse and reconfiguration of office furnishings, and then followed up with a wide range of furniture offerings designed for sustainable life. Since 1983, Carrie has been involved in all aspects of furniture. This includes Sales, Sales Administration and Supervision, Project Management, Installation Management and, Furniture Management. This depth of experience specifically with commercial office clients gives Carrie the ability to add tremendous value to GREENandSAVE’s clients specifically when it comes to operating cost reduction through the company’s high performance lighting division LED Savings Solutions.

Carrie understands and anticipates the issues involving the coordination process from the point of sale to the final phase of the order. On the lighting front, she works with clients to manage all aspects of the purchasing process. This includes, preparing detailed proposals and Saving Reports, verifying the correctness of an order and specifications, reviewing the manufacturer’s acknowledgements and resolving discrepancies, execute changes and amend purchase orders, coordinate shipments/deliveries between the factory, warehouse, installer and the end user.

Carrie has also brought her management skills to GREENandSAVE. During her tenure with the largest Steelcase dealership in Detroit, she supervised a department with fifteen sales administrators. Carrie wrote the company’s first procedure manual and trained all sales employees (account executives, customer service representatives, and project managers) in the systems and procedures. Prior to joining GREENandSAVE, Carrie also worked as a department manager for a Knoll dealership. Her department was responsible for the competitive bidding process for large projects, and this skill set directly applies to the LED Saving Solutions initiatives. The logistics of any energy efficient installation demands a rigorous attention to detail, and Carrie has also worked for a local (union) installation company. She gained practical knowledge and expertise to understand the details for a successful installation. This included working with various trades, project-specific site conditions, construction delays and conflict resolution. Carrie was the Contract Administrator for GE Aerospace with sites nationwide. From her company’s headquarters they evaluated reuse, refurbishment and redeployment of excess products to sites throughout the country. Given the increasing pace and complexity of the American Energy Revolution, Carrie’s multiple decades of experience…simply give our clients a key advantage in operating cost reduction.

Michael Wischnia

Michael Wischnia is an Energy Consultant with extensive experience in Account Management, Technology and Sales. At GREENandSAVE, Michael focuses on servicing Commercial and Institutional accounts. He earned his MBA from Temple University, and over the course of his career, he has Co-Owned an Electrical Contracting Business and worked at Hay Associates in the Business Strategy Group. The combination of his business background and lighting experience position him very well for his work within GREENandSAVE’s high performance lighting division, LED Saving Solutions.

Michael also has a profound understanding of Business to Business Technology and Sales. For more than twenty years, Michael worked in Telecommunications as an Account Executive for AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Avaya and several Avaya Business Partners selling complex hardware and software solutions. Michael is dedicated to customer service and works diligently to help customers reduce energy consumption with realistic paybacks for their investments. Outside of the office, Michael is an avid tennis player and string musician, and he has coached both baseball and basketball.

Terry O’Neill

Terry O’Neill has over fifteen years of experience working with industry leading clients to develop solutions that reduce operating costs. Since GREENandSAVE focuses on leveraging the right type of new technology to reduce operating and energy costs, Terry’s career experience serves as solid platform for helping our clients take the steps toward American energy Independence. From high performance lighting to smart metering, measurement is the key to management, and Terry understands first-hand the value of connectivity to data. Terry has worked in the wireless LAN sector, providing technology solutions to Fortune 1000s in healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail and distribution sectors. These wireless solutions focused on creating mobility for the worker within the four walls for both white and blue collar applications.

During this chapter of his career, Terry was instrumental in driving the growth of Prologix, a system integrator that grew from a start up in 1997 to a $40 Million company in just five years. Terry managed the technology sales force that had strong partnerships with Cisco, Motorola and Intermec, three premier manufacturers of wireless and mobility solutions for the workplace.

Frank Patton

Frank Patton brings to GREENandSAVE a profound understanding of distribution systems within the construction marketplace. Prior to joining GREENandSAVE, Frank worked with Bradco Supply over the majority of the past decade. Bradco is one of the nation’s largest distributors of building materials, and Frank had a hand in a diverse range of business operations ranging from introducing new energy saving initiatives like windows and doors to handling billing, delivery tickets, and the bank deposits and cash. Frank also established and managed relationships with customers, and in so doing shaped the proposals for the dedicated accounts. This experience directly translates into his work as an Account Manager for GREENandSAVE, and his attention to detail and hands-on-knowledge ensure the best results for each client. Frank’s background working with Commercial and Residential property owners also includes prior experience with TruGreen, the tree and shrub care and landscaping service, as well as Plan-It Granite, the granite and marble resource for homebuilders, designers, general contractors, and homeowners.

This perspective across the distribution chains and the different types of clients gives Frank the ability to effectively ‘match-make’ the clients’ needs with the appropriate products and services to help save them money and reduce their environmental impact. Frank’s academic career centered around Business Administration, Accounting, and Statistics at both Delaware County Community College and West Chester University. The mindset and of accounting and statistics coupled with the construction industry experience also plays very well with GREENandSAVE’s approach to Return on Investment in this new Green Economy.

Christopher McMeekin

Chris McMeekin is one of the newest members of the GREENandSAVE Account Management Team for LED Saving Solutions. Chris is not only dedicated to helping the environment, but also committed to providing clients money saving solutions for their businesses. With connections in the Health Care field, Chris is helping to reduce the operating costs of hospitals and pass the savings onto the patients. Chris has lived in the Philadelphia area for twenty years and currently lives in Bryn Mawr, PA on the western Main Line of the city. He attended the Episcopal Academy for fourteen years and earned his undergraduate degree from Hampden-Sydney College. While attending Hampden-Sydney College, Chris was a member of the student admissions committee and was responsible for helping students make an easy transition into college as well as giving tours for prospective students. During his time at HSC he co-founded S.H.A.R.C., an organization that helps SPCA pets find homes. Chris truly believes that “green is the new red, white, and blue” and his intellect and enthusiasm to embrace the new eco-economy is contagious.

Douglas White

Doug brings almost 40 years of experience in Construction and Energy Conservation to GREENandSAVE. He has worked in Energy Conservation Sales, Design and Implementation, Air Pollution Reduction Techniques for consumers and industry, and General Construction Services and Consultation. Well before the current popularity of the ‘green’ movement Doug took a leadership role. In the 1980s he founded and ran a successful Solar Energy Design, Sales, Installation and Service business (SunEarth, Heliotherm, DHW Systems, Lamco refrigerant charged systems, small scale P.V. systems)

Parallel to his professional career, Doug has also taken a leadership role in the ‘green’ community. Doug is Currently the Environmental Advisory Commissioner for the Schuylkill Township in Pennsylvania, and he is a founding member of Citizens for Open Space ( Schuylkill Township ). Doug is also the creator of the online resource www.friendsofSedgley.com an educational website focused on awareness surrounding the Development Disturbance of American Bald Eagles in Schuylkill Township. He is an active Member of the Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife. Doug simply ‘walks the talk’ in this new Green Economy with a passion as an Inventor, Artist, Musician, Environmentalist, Entrepreneur, Woodworker, Recycler, Builder, and Alternative Energy Researcher and Developer.

Paul Hughes

Paul Hughes has over twenty-five years of experience in the sustainability marketplace plus selling, buying, managing and investing in real estate. He has been a Dealer/ Installer for Astropower and BP Solorex, and the Creator, Host and Research Director for "The Great Green Home Show” - a Green Information Variety Show radio show, where GREENandSAVE President Charlie Szoradi has been a repeat guest. Over the course of his career, Paul has also been a Passive Solar consultant and design research for MGZA architects in Wilmington, DE.

Paul is a widely sought after as a lecturer and educator on energy efficient homes, green jobs, socially responsible investment, and energy saving technologies. As founder of Green Fox Energy Group, Paul formed an alliance of skilled green professionals including GREENandSAVE President, Charlie Szoradi, to pool their skills to deliver green services to consumers, acquire rebates and tax credits for clients, and educate and train others for the new green economy. Paul partnered with Clear Channel in 2008 and 2009 to present the “Great Green Expo” event in Wilmington, DE with Ed Begley, Jr., serving as the host in 2009 and Szoradi as a speaker in 2008. Paul has been widely recognized for his work, having received the Henry B. Folsom Award for Research and the Mayor’s Youth Service Award. Paul earned a Master Degree: College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy (Environmental Policy) from the University of Delaware.