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Sunlight Solar was founded in 1988 in Sacramento, CA, and has been serving Oregon customers with solar installations since 1993. Last year while other companies in the construction industry were struggling with the depressed economy, Sunlight Solar Oregon saw its biggest growth in the history of the company. From 2008 to 2009, the number of installations completed increased by over 400%. Throughout 2009, Sunlight Solar installed approximately 16% of all the solar installations completed for Energy Trust of Oregon customers statewide. In December 2009, Sunlight Solar installed a 31.46-kW solar electric array atop SEKO Worldwide using panels from local manufacturer, Grape Solar, and they recently completed an installation made possible by federal stimulus funding on the new St. Helens Armory.

Chance Currington has been with Sunlight Solar since July 2007, and as Project Manager for Sunlight Solar (Bend), Chance managed several significant commercial and residential PV projects including Home Federal Bank’s Mill Quarter branch and the first LEED-certified Platinum home in Central Oregon. Chance has presented on a variety of topics including Commercial PV Installation Design at the 2008 Joint Engineering Conference in Bend, Oregon. He is a NABCEP Certified PV Installer and an Oregon Department of Energy Tax Credit Certified Technician, allowing him to offer turn-key system installation with the completion of incentive and tax credit applications.

For more information, visit the Sunlight Solar website at http://SunlightSolar.com or contact Chance Currington at (503) 724-0767 or Send Email.

About Sunlight Solar Energy (http://SunlightSolar.com): Sunlight Solar provides system design and turn-key installation of grid-tied solar electric, solar domestic hot water, radiant floor, and pool heating systems for homes and businesses throughout Oregon, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Sunlight Solar received the 2008 COBA Green Building Subcontractor of the Year Award, the SunPower Intelegant Award for Excellence, and Central Oregon’s Best Green Business of the Year by The Source Weekly in 2008 & 2009. Sunlight Solar is a Licensed Electrical Contractor in the state of Oregon, and has (2) NABCEP-Certified PV Installers on staff.

Queena joined Sunlight Solar in mid-October 2009 with over 10 years of experience in administrative support, data analysis, light bookkeeping, training and special projects. Queena has a Bachelor of Science degree in Aquatic Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has worked as an Investigative Assistant and Project Assistant for Hall & Foreman, a Civil Engineering, Land Survey, & Urban Planning firm in California. She has also worked at Aerotek in Oxnard as a Lead Auditor/Trainer. Queena is looking forward to being a part of the solar industry in Central Oregon.

Kimmberly joined Sunlight Solar in October 2009 with substantial experience in the residential construction industry. She worked with Palmer Homes for seven years starting in February 2001 as a Receptionist/Administrative Assistant, Construction Assistant, then as the Estimator/Purchaser from 2005-2008. Prior to that, she worked for the City of Corvallis Finance Department as the Accounting Specialist for the Water Department. She grew up in the Willamette Valley and graduated from Lebanon Union High School. A native Oregonian, she has also lived and worked in Maine, and graduated with her Secretarial Studies Certificate from Washington Technical College in Calais, Maine.

About Sunlight Solar Energy, Inc.: Sunlight Solar Energy (SunlightSolar.com) was founded in 1988 and has been serving Central Oregon since 1997. Sunlight Solar provides system design and turn-key installation of grid-tied solar electric, solar domestic hot water, radiant floor, and pool heating systems for homes and businesses throughout Oregon. Sunlight Solar is the proud recipient of COBA’s Green Building Sub Contractor of the Year award for 2008 and the SunPower Intelegant Award for Excellence in design.

Paul Israel, president of Bend-based Sunlight Solar Energy, Inc., shed some light on why solar companies would be interested in Crook County.  Read the full article.

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Over the past two years, the Bend-area Habitat For Humanity has built eight houses featuring solar electric panels.

This year, they will build their first in Prineville.

Habitat For Humanity has been providing low-cost housing to low-income families for more than 30 years. Thanks to a partnership started in 2007 with Bend-based Sunlight Solar, Habitat in Bend has begun installing solar panels on their homes.

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