Jonathan Hollander earned an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2003. Prior to attending Stanford University, Jonathan Hollander secured undergraduate degrees through Tufts University. He graduated magna cum laude from the University’s School of Engineering in 1997. Jonathan Hollander also held memberships in the Pi Tau Sigma and the Psi Chi honor societies.
Pi Tau Sigma serves as the premiere international honor society aimed for those active in all mechanical engineering-related fields. Pi Tau Sigma remains an exclusive scholastic organization, with candidates required to meet a series of qualifications prior to gaining membership. A Pi Tau Sigma applicant must rank in the top 35% of his or her class in his senior year, or in the top 25% during his junior year. Additionally, he or she must possess a winning personality, strong engineering acumen, and high potential for career success. Pi Tau Sigma maintains three level of membership, including honorary, graduate, and active. For more information regarding Pi Tau Sigma please visit www.pitausigma.net.
Psi Chi serves as the field of psychology’s international Greek honor society. Established in 1929, Psi Chi actively advocates for and strives to advance the field of psychology, while supporting a standard exceptional academic achievement. Psi Chi maintains ongoing professional relationships with the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. Additionally, the international organization remains constituent of the Association of College Honor Societies. Operating from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Psi Chi presently commands nearly 2,000 international chapters. For more information regarding Psi Chi visit psichi.org.
Through Chesapeake Advisory Group, LLC, I provide funding to a variety of clean-energy and environmentally friendly business ventures. One of these is Phoebus Energy, an Israeli company that manufactures the Hydra™, an innovative system for heating water. Founded in 2007, Phoebus Energy has developed a method of reducing water heating costs by 40 to 70 percent for commercial installations. The Phoebus Energy system has the capacity to service both medium- and high-demand facilities, including hospitals, condominium complexes, hotels, and resorts.
At the core of the Phoebus Energy system is a proprietary algorithm that calculates the best way of providing a facility’s water needs. Adapting to conditions in real time, the Phoebus Energy algorithm considers the ambient temperature and humidity, the cost of electricity and heating fuels, the amount of water required, and time-based demand patterns. The system considers more than 20 different factors at any given time, and the algorithm constantly refreshes its data sources through a connection to the Internet.
A retrofit system, Phoebus Energy’s Hydra™ hybrid water heating method can be added to existing facilities at very little additional cost. In fact, Phoebus offers a shared savings model where customers pay nothing for the system. The end result is a product that automatically adjusts itself to the most cost-efficient method of hot water production, leading to seamless service and substantial savings. Using the Phoebus Energy Web dashboard, customers are able to view their water consumption, energy savings, and make adjustments as needed. Learn more about the Phoebus Energy hybrid system by watching the following information video:
I am excited to be a founding Board Member of Innovation Africa, a nonprofit organization that facilitates African development through renewable technologies. Innovation Africa works closely with many of the world’s most exciting clean technology startups to improve the quality of life on the African continent. Innovation Africa provides rural African villages with renewable technologies to help provide food, water, medicine, and power to villagers. Currently, we operate in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Uganda, driven completely by donor generosity.
Project Sol, Innovation Africa’s first major initiative, provides and installs solar power systems in villages to power schools, clinics, and water pumping systems. Project Sol utilizes the sun’s free and clean energy to refrigerate medicines and vaccines, light schools and medical clinics, pump water, and provide a microfinance platform. Since 2008, Project Sol has completed over 30 installations, giving over 100,000 individuals access to power.
Another initiative, Project Agro, brings innovative agricultural technologies to reduce famine and spur economic growth. Project Agro installs technologies that improve agricultural production during droughts and increases crop yields throughout the year. Through these technologies, villages now become self-sustainable through the production surplus crops which are sold externally. For more information about Innovation Africa and its inspirational efforts, please visit www.innoafrica.org.
