Baltimore Rooftop Solar Farm to
Offset Energy Consumption


installing solar panels on roof

MD Energy Advisors (MDEA), a commercial, utility, and financing energy solutions company, recently identified an opportunity to maximize existing structures and solar energy to power multiple properties and offset energy consumption for buildings connected to The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, an organization with the goal to strengthen and nurture Jewish life by engaging and supporting community partners in Greater Baltimore, Israel and around the world.  

In collaboration with Luminace, a leading fully integrated decarbonization-as-a-service provider in North America, sponsoring accessible, reliable, and renewable energy infrastructure to empower the zero-emissions future, MDEA identified an opportunity to produce more than an estimated 4 million kWh in the first year alone, across two rooftop solar farms, to support energy production to eight organizations. 

This solar project is one component of The Associated’s larger community sustainability initiative. The organizations that will benefit from the rooftop solar farm in Baltimore include: 

“The Associated system has long prided itself and been publicly recognized as a leader in environmental and sustainability efforts. The addition of green power from solar is not only advancing organizational value but will have a clear positive economic impact on our system as well,” said Marc B. Terrill, president of The Associated. 

 The Associated is one of the founding members of the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition, led and formed by the national organization, Adamah, headquartered at Pearlstone in Reisterstown, Maryland. As a founding member, The Associated has released its Climate Action Plan, outlining its strategic priorities, one of which is an emphasis on solar power, specifically to use solar power for 100% of its System’s utility needs.  

“Part of our mission at Pearlstone is to mobilize the Jewish community to respond to climate change at the pace and at the scale that this crisis demands. This new project advances these goals, reducing our energy footprint and increasing our community impact, so we’re very pleased to see this new project come to fruition,” added Jakir Manela, Chief Executive Officer of Adamah. 

“This project with MD Energy Advisors to support the environmental sustainability initiatives of The Associated is yet another example of Luminace’s diverse portfolio of customer-centric decarbonization solution sand our commitment to the communities we serve in Maryland and throughout the US,” said Brendon Quinlivan, CEO of Luminace.   

Participating in a solar energy project has numerous benefits including, but not limited to: 

  • Mitigating energy-related risk; offering a fixed-rate term of 20 years and avoiding the impact of price changes of volatile energy markets.  
  • Providing maximum protection on a financial investment, including reaching long-term carbon reduction goals.  
  • Environmental benefits including supporting reducing emissions, achieving corporate sustainability goals, and accumulating LEED points. 

Further, the offsite solar option leveraged in this instance also has numerous advantages including:  

  • Solar energy project participation including benefits of receiving the electricity production output without the infrastructure, sunlight exposure, building ownership or capital expenditure requirements of on-site solar energy. 
  • Costs savings up to 30% 

“Throughout the last few years, we’ve been very fortunate to support multiple projects with The Associated,” said Jason Schwartzberg, President & Co-Founder of MD Energy Advisors. “Their ability to be forward thinking and their commitment to environmental and sustainability initiatives deserved to be both recognized and applauded.”  

About MD Energy Advisors 
MD Energy Advisors is a customer-centric energy management, marketing, and efficiency firm providing energy, commercial and financial solutions to utilities, private companies and residential clients. Since 2010, the Company has identified opportunities to reduce energy-related operating expenses, outlined and implemented strategies that improve environmental impact and provided financial vehicles to help execute these strategies for customers throughout the country. MD Energy Advisors’ solutions have demonstrated improved quality and costs savings, including identifying innovative financing solutions for energy-related projects that meet clients’ strategic and funding needs. For more information, please visit MDEnergyAdvisors.com.  

About Luminace 
Luminace is a leading fully integrated decarbonization-as-a-service provider in North America, sponsoring accessible, reliable, and renewable energy infrastructure to empower the zero-emissions future. Luminace has an operational and development portfolio of more than 3,200 megawatts of distributed energy resources, serving hundreds of customers in the educational, commercial, industrial, utility, and municipal sectors across the U.S. and Canada. Luminace offers a full suite of decarbonization solutions including solar, energy storage, electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and energy efficiency upgrades and retrofits as well as grid-resiliency options, all at no upfront cost. 

Luminace is a Brookfield Renewable company. Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world’s largest publicly traded platforms for decarbonization technologies. For more information, please visit luminace.com/.  

About The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore 
The Associated: Jewish Community Foundation of Baltimore strengthens and nurtures Jewish life by engaging and supporting community partners in Greater Baltimore, Israel and around the world.  


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