Project Bright was founded in 2011 to educate ourselves and the community about solar energy via training sessions and hands-on projects, with the goal of expanding solar capacity at Yale and in the surrounding community.  Project Bright began by hosting educational solar sessions as well as bringing a solar installer to campus to train students on solar installations, and has since morphed its focus to include solar engineering, communications, finance, research, education, and advocacy. In its short history, Project Bright has undertaken and completed a number of projects including the submission of written reports to the Yale Administration on the economics of particular solar sites; canvassing to provide preliminary solar proposals to New Haven residents in a national SolarList competition, which Project Bright won; installing various types of solar panels on the roof of the Kline Geology Lab (KGL) for assessment of applicability in the New Haven climate; and continuing to host solar training sessions in the process of forming an interdisciplinary community centered on solar energy.  Current projects include photovoltaic research on the KGL solar panels; a solar ambassador program promoting residential solar in New Haven; continuing renewable energy outreach events; and installations for a school in Haiti, a sustainable food cart in New Haven, and Yale’s West Campus Farm.