Seth Leitman

My name is Seth Leitman and I had always been known in “green circles” as THAT GREEN LIVING GUY. I am that guy that answers questions “people are afraid to ask” about Going Green. I guess that’s why they call me The Green Living Guy.

Author and Editor

I am the Author and Editor of the following books with McGraw-Hill Professional.

Build Your Own Electric Vehicle by Bob Brant and Seth Leitman

Build Your Own Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle by Seth Leitman

Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle by Carl Vogel

Green Lighting by Seth Leitman, Brian Clark Howard and Bill Brinsky

Solar Power For Your Home by David Findley

Renewable Energies For Your Home by Russel Gehrke

Do-it-Yourself Home Energy Audits by David Findley

and more green living books to follow.

These guides focus on implementing environmentally friendly technologies and making them work for you.

How I have Helped New York and The World Go Green

I worked for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on marketing and managing alternative-fueled vehicle (AFV) and electric vehicle (EV) programs throughout the State of New York. At NYSERDA, I was the Project Manager for the Clean Fuel Bus Program that funded over $100 million to the incremental cost of alternative fueled vehicle buses.

I learned about green buildings and indoor air quality in schools and how it children and asthma rates; having an indirect impact on environmental justice. Then I knew: school buses and the school own energy consumption affect the bottom line, indoor air quality for the students and pollution from power plants.

In 2000, I worked for the New York Power Authority (NYPA) where he created the NYPA/TH!NK Clean Commute Program which leased 100 electric vehicles in the New York Metropolitan Area. This program was covered by USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters, New York Times, CNN, Good Morning America, the Today Show, and others. This is the largest electric vehicle station car program worldwide. While at NYPA, Seth also worked on the donation program for low speed vehicles.

I also worked with the two large low speed electric vehicle companies in the United States. They were Global Electric Motor Cars (GEM) and the TH!NK Neighbor (previously from Ford Motor Company) all across New York State. From Brooklyn to Western New York we placed thousands of these cars to spread them around for people to see and appreciate electric cars (in one shape or form).

While at NYPA, I even had the pleasure to work with New York City of Transportation staff on alternative fueled vehicles to help and ensure that the New York Power Authority could change all the traffic lights from incandescent to light emitting diodes (LED). Yeah, those were great times!!

LED Traffic Light in London from Wikipedia. I did it to help NYC. Cool.

Green Celebrity, Reporter, Eco Consultant and More

Recently, I was even interviewed for Take Part, a web site that offers “in-depth, unbiased information to a diverse audience in a way that lets people learn, form opinions, reach out to others and take actions that have real impact in the world.”