[Bloominglabs-announce] Sunverge Donation Announcement

Fri Aug 7 14:22:01 EDT 2015

If you haven't heard yet, Bloominglabs received $80K worth of embedded
computers from Sunverge Energy. It was the result of being in the right
place at the right time. The computers are Logic Supply AG150s, and they
come with SSD drives and WiFi, but no antennas or power supplies.

Please help us disseminate this information. Thanks! And come by the space
some time and check them out. We'd love to hear what projects you'd use
them for.

Jenett

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*Sunverge Donates Equipment to Bloomington Makerspace Bloominglabs*

Sunverge Energy, Inc., the leading provider of smart energy storage
systems, has donated more than $80,000 in equipment to the
Bloomington-based nonprofitBloominglabs <http://bloominglabs.org/>, the
first makerspace founded in Indiana.

The donated Sunverge embedded computers will be used in Bloominglabs’
community partnership programs, which provide learning and maker activities
to community groups including Bloomington-based children’s museumWonderLab
<http://www.wonderlab.org/>and the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL). At
the library, Bloominglabs hosts a monthly Hack Night where the public is
allowed to drop in and work with computer and electronic equipment provided
by the library while Bloominglabs members provide expertise and guidance.

The Sunverge equipment will be used to create nodes in a peer-to-peer
alternative internet called MeshNet (https://projectmeshnet.org/), a new
security system designed by Bloominglabs members, and a host of other
educational and creative projects.

If your makerspace or hackerspace is interested in learning more about the
Sunverge donation, please contact Bloominglabs atcontact at bloominglabs.org.
It's great! I'll send this out to our members to disseminate.

Jenett

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Sarah Singleton <ssingleton at sunverge.com>
wrote:

> Hi, Jenett – Let’s go with the version below. I swapped your name for
> Bloominglabs’ email and made a few minor edits for clarity. We’ll promote
> via social today. We’d love to see any coverage or comments that result
> from your outreach to the makerspace community.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> -Sarah
>
>
>
> *Sunverge Donates Equipment to Bloomington Makerspace Bloominglabs*
>
> Sunverge Energy, Inc., the leading provider of smart energy storage
> systems, has donated more than $80,000 in equipment to the
> Bloomington-based nonprofit Bloominglabs <http://bloominglabs.org/>, the
> first makerspace founded in Indiana.
>
> The donated Sunverge embedded computers will be used in Bloominglabs’
> community partnership programs, which provide learning and maker activities
> to community groups including Bloomington-based children’s museum
> WonderLab <http://www.wonderlab.org/> and the Monroe County Public
> Library (MCPL). At the library, Bloominglabs hosts a monthly Hack Night
> where the public is allowed to drop in and work with computer and
> electronic equipment provided by the library while Bloominglabs members
> provide expertise and guidance.
>
> The Sunverge equipment will be used to create nodes in a peer-to-peer
> alternative internet called MeshNet (https://projectmeshnet.org/), a new
> security system designed by Bloominglabs members, and a host of other
> educational and creative projects.
>
> If your makerspace or hackerspace is interested in learning more about the
> Sunverge donation, please contact Bloominglabs at contact at bloominglabs.org
> .
>
> *About Sunverge Energy*
>
> San Francisco-based Sunverge Energy was founded in 2009 with the vision of
> integrating solar, storage and smart management software to maximize value
> for both electricity consumers and providers. The company makes the
> Sunverge Solar Integration System (SIS), a distributed energy storage and
> management appliance comprising powerful storage batteries, power
> electronics and system-management software running in the cloud. The
> Sunverge SIS lowers costs, increases energy reliability, strengthens the
> grid and accelerates the adoption and integration of distributed renewable
> energy. Investors include Southern Cross Venture Partners, Siemens Venture
> Capital, Softbank China Venture Capital and Total Energy Ventures
> International. For more information, please visit www.sunverge.com.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Jenett Tillotson [mailto:jtillots at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 6, 2015 11:47 PM
> *To:* Sarah Singleton <ssingleton at sunverge.com>
> *Cc:* Stuart Statman <sstatman at sunverge.com>; contact at bloominglabs.org
> *Subject:* Fwd: [Bloominglabs-members] Fwd: Donation Announcement
>
>
>
>
>
> We tweaked this just a bit to make things clearer and a bit more polished.
> Also, I would like to list our contact mailing address instead of my
> personal address if that's okay. In fact, we would prefer you tell them to
> "email Bloominglabs at contact at bloominglabs.org" instead of listing my
> name at all.
>
>
>
> Send me a link to what you finally post and we'll spread it around.
>
> Jenett
>
>
>
> *Sunverge Donates Equipment to Bloomington Makerspace Bloominglabs*
>
> Sunverge Energy, Inc., the leading provider of smart energy storage
> systems, has donated more than $80,000 in equipment to the
> Bloomington-based nonprofit Bloominglabs <http://bloominglabs.org/>, the
> first makerspace founded in Indiana.
>
> The donated Sunverge embedded computers will be used in Bloominglabs’
> community partnership programs, which provides learning and maker
> activities to community groups including Bloomington-based children’s
> museum WonderLab <http://www.wonderlab.org/> and the Monroe County Public
> Library (MCPL). At the library, Bloominglabs hosts a monthly Hack Night
> where the public is allowed to drop in and work with computer and
> electronic equipment provided by the library while Bloominglabs members
> provide expertise and guidance.
>
> The Sunverge equipment will be used to create nodes in a peer-to-peer
> alternative internet called MeshNet (https://projectmeshnet.org/), a new
> security system designed by Bloominglabs members, and a host of other
> educational and creative projects.
>
> If your makerspace or hackerspace is interested in learning more about the
> Sunverge donation, please contact Jenett Tillotson at BloomingLabs (
> contact at bloominglabs.org).
>
>
>
> *About Sunverge Energy*
>
> San Francisco-based Sunverge Energy was founded in 2009 with the vision of
> integrating solar, storage and smart management software to maximize value
> for both electricity consumers and providers. The company makes the
> Sunverge Solar Integration System (SIS), a distributed energy storage and
> management appliance comprising powerful storage batteries, power
> electronics and system-management software running in the cloud. The
> Sunverge SIS lowers costs, increases energy reliability, strengthens the
> grid and accelerates the adoption and integration of distributed renewable
> energy. Investors include Southern Cross Venture Partners, Siemens Venture
> Capital, Softbank China Venture Capital and Total Energy Ventures
> International. For more information, please visit www.sunverge.com.
>
>
>
> Sarah Singleton, VP of Marketing
>
> Sunverge Energy, Inc.
>
> M: +1 415 290 8045
>
>
>
>
>
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