Siemens has just approached us to explore whether we are interested in working with them to present Solar Exchange, a one-day conference intended primarily to educate practitioners about the latest happenings in the solar industry. Participants will include photovoltaic researchers, utility representatives, manufacturers, developers, OEMs, integrators and others. Siemens will take responsibility for identifying and paying for the venue, and underwriting the cost of attendance for all attendees so that it can be offered as a free event. They have asked NESEA to help with the planning and promotion of Solar Exchange – i.e., providing our content for the event. They are planning to host the event in May at Rutgers University.
Tweet Can’t wait for BuildingEnergy12? Neither could we. Thankfully, one of our BE12 Gold Sponsors and NESEA Members, Renewable Sales, has volunteered to host a BE-caliber session at their showroom in Holliston, MA, February 16, 2012, starting at 5:30pm. RSVP here. An evening of networking and expert information … and it’s free! (And there will [...]
Tweet If you’ve been following the movement towards renewable energy, you probably know that Europe is way ahead of us. And you might feel that we’ve got a long way to go if we’re ever going to catch up. NESEA is hoping to change that with a new international collaboration. We’re proud to announce an [...]
I wanted to share with you all an email exchange that took place earlier this week that I believe goes to the heart of NESEA’s role as a membership organization.
Earlier this week we sent the following invitation out to all of our Green Buildings Open House hosts and prior years’ entrants to the NESEA Zero Net Energy Building Award:
Tweet I was excited to learn that our newest business-level member, Boston-area Distributed Energy Research & Solutions, Inc (DERS) has concurrently released EnergySage.com , the latest, greatest tool for researching renewable energy solutions. EnergySage, in brief, is a web platform designed “to make the case for clean energy” by helping everyone from home owners to facilities [...]
Tweet This was brought to our attention by a long-time BuildingEnergy exhibitor, Consulting Engineering Services. Gaylord Hospital is the first in the state of Connecticut to receive state funding through a Connecticut Clean Energy Fund grant for a solar-thermal hot water system. The $323,000 from the Energy Fund will be a tremendous boost to the hospital, [...]
Tweet Well, this was certainly inspiring. Friday’s Greenfield Recorder had a great article on a great local business, Real Pickles (they’re delicious) and their steps to cut their business’s carbon foot print. What’s even better? They used a local company to do it. Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics was contracted to install a 17kw array for real [...]
Tweet We get a lot of requests from professionals who are looking to start new solar companies or expanding their existing businesses into solar. With the last Massachusetts SREC aucton clossing at $535 MWh, and New Hampshire solar incentives coming online it’s no wonder so many companies are looking to it. For those in the [...]
Tweet Curious about zero net energy and high performance buildings? Ever wonder how zero net energy is possible? Interested in net zero/high performance building design and mechanical systems? Join us November 10th at the Mitsubishi Training Center in Southborough, MA to find out! RSVP HERE. Our hosts and sponsors Mitsubishi Electric have helped us pull [...]
At HeatSpring, we’re all about the solar contractors on the ground.
Lately there’s been a lot of debate about solar modules. Which ones are bankable? The most efficient? The best price? We’ve also been reiceving a number of questions from our alumni and readers about modules. While, I could spend plenty of time research modules and using my own experience to create some conclusions, it wouldn’t be very useful. WE WANT to hear from you, the installer and NESEA community, about the solar modules that you most prefer and why. No distributors or manufactueres will be allowed to vote and will make sure of this by requiring a name and valid email address and company name.
After the voting has concluded in one month, we will compile all the data and make it public for you the installers to see and use.
