Greenlight Energy and Arbor Day Foundation at Nasdaq.
New York, NY— June 9, 2015—Greenlight Energy, a New York based ESCO (Energy Service Company) that provides cost-effective energy options to businesses and homes in New York, New Jersey and Maryland, is the first ESCO to partner with the Arbor Day Foundation to bring the foundation’s EnergySaving Trees program to customers. Energy-Saving Trees is an energy-conservation initiative developed to reduce energy use through strategic tree planting.
The Arbor Day Foundation has partnered with 20 different utility partners in 18 states, with Greenlight Energy designated as its first ESCO (Energy Service Company) partner. The Arbor Day Foundation launched Energy-Saving Trees in 2011 to help conserve energy, reduce peak demand and lower utility bills through strategic tree planting. As of 2014, nearly 80,000 trees have been distributed nationwide, engaging nearly 50,000 homeowners and yielding a projected cumulative environmental impact of 171,397 MwH sav