As United Nations Climate Summit Gets Underway, NRG Home Solar & Airbnb Partner to Make Solar More Affordable
November 30 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
As world leaders gather in Paris to discuss global
sustainability goals, NRG Home Solar, one of the country’s leading
residential solar companies, and Airbnb, the world's leading
community-driven hospitality company, announced a new partnership
to increase the adoption of rooftop solar.
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Through the collaboration, the companies will provide incentives
to existing and new members of the Airbnb community to further
increase the savings from going solar, and travel credits to
encourage individuals to experience this more environmentally
sustainable method of travel.
Studies have shown that home sharing, in comparison to staying
in traditional accommodations, significantly reduces energy and
water use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste generation.
“This is the perfect example of two like-minded companies
teaming up to make solar more accessible to a sustainability-minded
community, creating a social solution to the societal problem of
climate change,” said Steve McBee, CEO & President, NRG Home.
“It’s a first for our industry and will allow us to help more
Americans generate clean, renewable power and in turn, cut their
electricity costs.”
“There is a natural connection between home sharing and using
your home to generate energy for your community,” said Joe Gebbia,
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Airbnb. “This partnership
is a win, win, win: it will allow hosts to generate supplemental
income, reduce the carbon footprint for homeowners and provide
travelers with a lodging option that is even more sustainable.”
This partnership is part of NRG Home Solar’s and Airbnb’s
efforts to develop wide-ranging programs that increase the
availability of rooftop solar, enabling more people to join the
fight against climate change while reducing their utility
bills.
Starting December 1, 2015 this program will be available in
California and New York, with an intention to expand the offering
to other states in the coming months.
Current Airbnb hosts who go solar with NRG Home Solar through
this promotion will receive a rebate on their solar lease. The
amount of the lease rebate will vary by location. Homeowners who
both go solar and become new Airbnb hosts will receive the lease
rebate as well as a travel credit from Airbnb to experience the
company’s unique home sharing service.
If a current NRG Home Solar customer becomes an Airbnb host,
they will also receive a travel credit from Airbnb to use on its
platform. To receive an invitation to participate in the promotion,
homeowners can visit go.nrghomesolar.com/airbnb
About Airbnb
Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco,
California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to
list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world –
online or from a mobile phone. Whether an apartment for a night, a
castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people
to unique travel experiences, at any price point, in more than
34,000 cities and 192 countries. And with world-class customer
service and a growing community of users, Airbnb is the easiest way
for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an
audience of millions.
About NRG Home Solar
NRG Home Solar is one of the country’s leading solar companies
specializing in the installation of residential solar. NRG Home
Solar designs, installs and maintains solar systems that help smart
homeowners bring their homes into the future with cleaner, cheaper
energy. The company is a division of NRG Energy and has offices
throughout the US. NRG Home Solar empowers its customers to control
their own energy destiny through clean self-generation. For more
information please visit www.nrghomesolar.com or follow us on
Twitter @NRGHomeSolar.
Safe Harbor Disclosure
This communication contains forward-looking statements that may
state NRG Home Solar’s or its management’s intentions, beliefs,
expectations or predictions for the future. Such forward-looking
statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions, and typically can be identified by the use of words
such as “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “forecast,” “plan,”
“believe” and similar terms. Although NRG Home Solar believes that
its expectations are reasonable, it can give no assurance that
these expectations will prove to have been correct, and actual
results may vary materially. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contemplated above include,
among others, risks and uncertainties related to the residential
solar business generally.
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Media (NRG)Erik Linden, 609-524-4519orMedia (Airbnb)Casey
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