Anthony Giannetti Has Volunteered

It is always nice when we see that someone is willing to work for a cause to help other people. And there are a number of ways that people can help the communities around them. Most people help their communities by donating to charities or organizations. This is probably the easiest way that people, and businesses, help the communities around them. However, there are also people who like a more hands-on approach to helping people beyond simple monetary donations.

Anthony Giannetti is proud to have experience working as a volunteer. And in many ways the volunteer work that he has performed is more unique than some of the more common volunteer services people perform. Instead of working in a soup kitchen for the homeless on Thanksgiving or reading to the elderly, Anthony Giannetti had used his burgeoning professional skills when he volunteered in the fall of 2008 for the Community Energy Modeling Project.

The Community Energy Modeling Project was a project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In his volunteer work for the project, Anthony Giannetti used the MARKAL energy modeling software to conduct an energy assessment for a local municipality. Based on the assessment, Anthony Giannetti was able to provide recommendations on how the municipality could reduce energy consumption. 

It was less than a year after his work on the Community Energy Modeling Project that Anthony Giannetti performed his next act of volunteer work. In the spring of 2009, he volunteered for a project in Maquipucuna, Ecuador for Plascteco Microenterprise that produced thatching for low income housing from recycled plastic bottles. And the notion of using recycled bottles for building projects is not a new concept. 

There are many people driven to helping the world’s impoverished while being environmentally friendly. And in both acts of volunteer work, Anthony Giannetti has demonstrated his ability to help different societies in an environmentally friendly way. Anthony Giannetti is proud of the work he’s done and grateful for the unique experiences.