Posted on March 1st, 2010.
Lynn Minnick, a.k.a. The GREEN CT Realtor, posted a recent blog entry that featured her solar site survey performed by Sunlight Solar’s very own Dan Britton. Lynn speaks of the application process she will begin with the CT Solar Lease Program, as well as her first impressions of Dan. Lynn was impressed that Dan’s company vehicle was a hybrid and that his business card was printed on 100% PCW paper. Click here to read the full article and view pictures of Dan performing the site survey.
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Posted on February 19th, 2010.
A recent article in the Bend Bulletin highlights the upturn of the PV industry in Oregon. Sunlight Solar Energy, with locations in Bend and Portland, has quadrupled its number of installations in the last year. Read the full article.
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Posted on February 17th, 2010.
On December 21, 2009, the 31.46-kW PV system was commissioned atop SEKO Worldwide in Portland. Paul Burkhart, owner of SEKO Worldwide in Portland, says that with the Energy Trust of Oregon cash incentive and the state and federal tax credits he’ll receive for the system, “It was a no brainer. It just made good business sense.” Sunlight Solar installed the solar electric system consisting of 134 220-watt panels from Eugene, OR-based Grape Solar and 1 30-kW inverter from Bend, OR-based PV Powered. Read the full article.
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Posted on February 16th, 2010.
Sunlight Solar Energy is proud to announce that is the recipient of the Green Building of America Award. The award is given for Excellence in Green Building. View the award here: Green Building of America Award.
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Posted on February 3rd, 2010.
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Posted on January 11th, 2010.
Prineville’s newest Habitat for Humanity house comes complete with solar panels.
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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Posted on January 5th, 2010.
(Bend, OR) Sunlight Solar Energy is proud to announce the addition of three new employees- Marc Chambers as Supervising Electrician, Rob Doughtie as Residential System Designer, and Jason Offutt as Construction Coordinator.
Marc Chambers joined Sunlight Solar as the firm’s first Supervising Electrician in mid-October 2009. He has served as Supervising Electrician for Redmond Electric in Redmond, Owner of Rimrock Electric in Terrebonne, and as an Electrical Inspector for the City of Bend. Marc is a certified Oregon General Supervising Electrician, Oregon Electrical Inspector, Oregon 1 & 2 Family Electrical Inspector, ICC Residential Structural Inspector, ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector, ICC Residential Mechanical Inspector, and an Oregon OIC Inspector.
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Posted on December 3rd, 2009.
John Dorr Nature Laboratory - Washington, CT
(Milford, CT) Sunlight Solar Energy, Inc. was the proud solar installer to the 35 kilowatt solar electric system atop the John Dorr Nature Laboratory in Washington, CT. The solar electric system, comprised of 105 Sunpower 305-watt panels, is estimated to supply about one-quarter of the buildings electrical needs.
The installation was made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) which subsidized about half of the cost of the system for the school.
Glenn Sherratt, Director of the Horace Mann School’s Nature Laboratory, said that students at the Lab will be introduced to the solar electric system as early as the fourth grade and all the way through high school. “The students will be shown the inverters and monitoring display while being educated about the system. They will be instructed on how to record the production of the system and compare that to the usage of the building.”
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Posted on December 2nd, 2009.
(Milford, CT) Sunlight Solar Energy, Inc, located in Milford, CT is proud to announce the inauguration of its new Solar Thermal Division. The commencement of the thermal program was started for two important reasons.
First, many customers requested solar thermal installations along with their existing photovoltaic arrays. The company is proud to announce that it can now offer both types of solar technology to help CT residents make their homes more eco-friendly and sustainable.
Second, Gov. Rell announced on October 14th, 2009 that the state of Connecticut had designated $4 million of federal stimulus money to help fund solar thermal projects in Connecticut. The funds will be administrated through the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF), which estimates that money will be able to subsidize 600 residential and 120 non-residential solar heating projects. Sunlight Solar Energy has experienced a spike in customer interest in the program, particularly after the announcement of the rebate program.
The CT Solar Thermal Division at Sunlight Solar will be headed by current employee Joey Dorwart. Joey is a native of Colorado, and earned his experience in solar thermal while working there. Joey said, “I am very excited about the new thermal rebate program. It will give CT residents one more way not only to reduce their monthly bills, but to do something good for the planet; and Sunlight Solar is very happy to provide that.”
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Posted on November 6th, 2009.
John Dorr Nature Center - 32 kw Washington, CT
Outdoor education center reinforces student awareness of natural world by embracing solar energy alternative
Rocky Hill, Conn., November 6, 2009 — The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the Horace Mann School’s John Dorr Nature Laboratory in Washington, Conn., is completed and successfully operating. This installation was made possible, in part, by a $136,200 grant from CCEF’s On-Site Renewable Distributed Generation Program, which defrayed approximately half of the total project cost.
The 35-kilowatt solar PV installation at the nature lab consists of 105 solar panels mounted on the roof of the lodge, the education center’s main building, comprising office space, classrooms and a kitchen. Installed by Sunlight Solar of Milford, Conn., the panels are supplying approximately 24 percent of the electricity required by the facility. The solar array is among several steps that the education center has taken to improve its energy efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint. Other green initiatives on site include a geothermal heating and cooling system and a solar thermal system for heating water.
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