Anthony O. Pereira

President & CEO

altPOWER

Anthony O. Pereira has more than 14 years of experience in leadership, building
renewable energy projects throughout the New York Metropolitan area with some
of the leading architectural, engineering and construction management firms in
the world.

An accomplished corporate strategist and marketer, his vision and expertise in
renewable energy have driven solar energy issues to light. His achievements
have been featured in professional papers on renewable energy and he has
been a speaker on the topic at numerous events and conferences throughout the
world. He has also been a featured guest on several local, national and
international radio and television programs.

His interests for the environment grew whilst attending Warwick University in
England, where he was undertaking courses for his BA in Economics from
Fordham University. Upon receiving his degree, he began fundraising and
activist work with Greenpeace Action in New York City. Following a year with
Greenpeace, Anthony decided to fall back on his experience in the construction
industry. Coming from a family of contractors, which to this day provide services
in Connecticut, he decided to take his experience and his interest focus to
improve a very wasteful sector of the economy. While working for his family
business he attended a semester of courses in architecture at City College New
York in Harlem and upon finishing began work with David McAlpin Architect P.C
in Manhattan. After 5 years in the New York City architecture and general
construction industry he began to work again with his family contracting firm
while pursuing projects in solar electricity.

In 1998, Anthony founded altPOWER, Inc., a renewable energy design and
construction firm based in Manhattan with a primary focus on solar electric
systems. Within the past 10 years he has built altPOWER into one of the most
successful and well respected renewable energy businesses in the Northeast.
Following is a list of advisory positions Anthony as held within the renewable
energy industry:

• March of 2000 , Anthony was elected to the Board of Directors for the New
  York Solar Energy Industries Association he remains a board member
  today, serving as president of the Board for 4 consecutive terms from
  2002-2006.
• July of 2004, Anthony was asked to serve on the New York City Model
  Building Code Advisory Committee on Sustainability.
• October of 2005, Anthony was asked to serve on the State of Connecticut
  Photovoltaic - Examination Review Committee as the state implemented
  its new photovoltaic licensing program.
• December of 2005, Anthony was asked to serve on the Board of Directors
  of Alliance for Clean Energy NY for a 2 year term.
• January of 2007, Anthony was selected to be a Presenter for The Climate
  Project, former Vice President and Noble Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore’s
  climate change education organization. Anthony was trained in person by
  Al Gore in Nashville TN
• September 2007, Anthony was selected to join the NYC Economic
  Development Corporation and Mayor of Bloomberg’s Office of Long-Term
  Planning and Sustainability’s - New York City Solar City Advisory Board
• January of 2008, Anthony was selected to join the U.S. Green Building
  Council New York City Chapter Board of Directors
• February of 2008, Anthony was selected to join the NYC Electrical Code
  Revision and Interpretation Committee (ECRIC)

Following is a list of recent awards and acknowledgments Anthony has
received:

• July 2006, Anthony was awarded for Energy Professional Development by
  New York Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).
• May 2007, Anthony was awarded the Association of Energy Engineers
  2007 Renewable Energy Innovator of the Year, an international award.
• Jan 2008, Anthony was recognized as American Business Entrepreneur
  with a permanent display at the Museum of American Finance, located on
  Wall Street, New York, NY.
• February 2008, Anthony was honored as a young leader in the
  architectural glass industry by Glass Magazine’s with their annual 20
  under 40 Awards.
• October 2008 Anthony will be recognized by the Association of Energy
  Engineers as a “Legend in Energy”.
• October 2008 Anthony was featured as the North American entrepreneur
  for the CNBC production ‘’A MEETING OF MINDS’’ a documentary about
  4 leading global entrepreneurs one each from Asia, Japan, Europe and
  North America.
• February 2009 Anthony received the U.S. Department of Energy’s
  Transformational Energy Action Management Special Achievement Award
  for Technology Demonstration, in recognition of outstanding energy
  management in DOE facilities.