Peter Page
AMENERGY
Santa Fe, NM USA
"If you’re exposed to something and you can see it’s directly connected to you, act on that. You can go to school for this, but [learning] hands-on is really the best way to do it."
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Peter's work combines: Environment & Nature, Entrepreneurship, and Building Things
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
Decide if you just want a paycheck or do you want a career that makes you happy. I would caution people who are interested in starting a construction business because it is really challenging. Make sure that you are willing to take on those challenges. Get practical experience in the field.
Here's the path I took:
High School
Certification
Construction Management, General
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Born and raised in New York City.
2.
His father died when he was 4 years old, but he credits him with sparking his interest in renewable energy.
3.
In the 1960s, he spent a lot of time on an island off the coast of Greenwich, CT, where his father had built up a property that had no access to electricity but was powered by wind energy.
4.
After graduating high school, he spent several years traveling and studying art in Italy and attending art schools like the Pratt Institute and Columbia University.
5.
Visited his sister in New Mexico and decided he was going to move there to get away from the chaos of New York City—he bought a rural piece of land with no electricity or running water.
6.
He taught himself how to activate the water well on his property using pumps and power his trailer using solar panels—he began helping other rural properties in the area do the same.
7.
Moved to Santa Fe and started a company designing and installing a variety of solar powered products.
8.
As the company grew, he decided to expand their offerings and services—he now runs AMENERGY, which creates custom renewable energy solutions.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Myself:
All of this information is useless to me because I don't understand what it means.
How I responded:
When I first moved out to my land in New Mexico, I had no idea how to fix the water pump or power my trailer without electricity. I bought a lot of books and manuals to try to teach myself, but it was full of information I didn't fully understand. I didn't give up and just kept trying until I eventually figured it out.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I recognized I had a problem and worked through it.
My father died when I was 4 years old.
Running a construction business is hard. There are people that have to be managed, financials that have to be monitored, overhead like trucks, materials, etc. You also have a lot of competition. Staying in business is a challenge.