Author Archives: Clean Energy Talk
Ballasted Solar PV Mounting System for Flat Roof – Part I
SBS Solar is very excited to begin installation this week on what is one of our largest residential solar systems, to date. Most of our customers go with a 2kW-4kW system. This one is a whopping 8.6kW – that is 36-panels at 240w per panel. A ballasted solar PV mount is a graceful, highly [...] Continue reading
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Demistifying Solar Tax Incentives
I recently gave a talk for the Montana Sustainable Business Council on the incentives available for energy conservation. I touched on federal and state tax credits, utility based grants and rebates and the state of Montana DEQ Revolving Loan Fund for renewable energy. In the talk I mentioned that there has been some question as [...] Continue reading
Posted in Blog, energy conservation, federal rebates, financing, incentives, marketing, rebates, Rebates & Financing, sbs, sbs-solar, Solar, solar financing, solar rebates, state rebates, tax credits, utility incentives
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SBS Solar Customer Testimonial for MT Audubon
What follows is a great Q&A with a recent install for Bert Lindler and Kristi DuBois: 1. Why did you decide to install solar panels? When we first bought our home, we realized that the south-facing roof offered an opportunity for solar photovoltaic panels and solar hot water. We want to minimize our environmental impact [...] Continue reading
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SBS-Solar is Moving!
We are moving. That’s right, SBS-Solar will have a new home by the end of November 2011! While we are super sad to be leaving our cool office cooperative on S. 4th W. (ho. hum.), we are very excited for our new office at 401 S. Orange St., Suite C on the corner of S Continue reading
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SBS is now SBS-Solar; With a New Website, Too
The advent of heavily reduced rates in solar, the increased interest in solar locally and solar subsidies from utility grants and tax credits means we are putting more time and energy in Solar PV than ever. As well, we have an additional owner/investor with a heavy interest in Solar. With this in mind, SBS is [...] Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Energy Efficiency, ground source heat pump, Marketing - Sponsorship, new name, new owner, sbs, sbs-solar, sbslink, Solar, solar PV, sustainable building systems
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Energy “Smart Home” a Reality with Passive House
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has a remarkable new exhibit. Coined the future of green building technology, the museum has sponsored a “smart home” that has been designed to meet Passive House standards and will seek Passive House certification when placed in it’s permanent location. The museum had over a hundred partners participate in [...] Continue reading
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Green Blocks – Final Phase
SBS has had a wonderful and successful time on the side-order list for the City of Missoula’s Green Blocks energy saving program. We began work back in the Fall of 2010 by getting 2-inters from the University of Montana’s COT Energy Program and got them fully trained on doing a basic solar site assessment. Our [...] Continue reading
Posted in Blog, carbon neutrality, efficiency, energy conservation, Energy Efficiency, energy efficienty, energy star, Energy Technology, federal rebates, financing, Green Blocks, incentives, intern, internship, internships, marketing, Marketing - Sponsorship, rebates, Rebates & Financing, retro fit, Solar, solar array, solar financing, solar PV, solar rebates, state rebates, tax credits, Usage Awareness, utility incentives
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SBS Summer Reading Heating Up: Solar? Conservation? Efficiency
While there certainly has been a lot of talk lately about the weather, and whether global warming is real or not, the concept of climate change is certainly on our minds (or should be). It seems that catastrophic weather events are more prevalent than ever: from tornadoes to floods to tsunamis, earthquakes, mudslides and volcanic [...] Continue reading
Posted in Blog, carbon footprint, climate change, Cool Technology, econmic stimulus, efficiency, energy conservation, Energy Efficiency, energy efficienty, Energy Technology, financing, global warming, jobs, marketing, rebates, Rebates & Financing, Solar, solar PV, state rebates, summer reading, tax credits, Usage Awareness, utility incentives
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SBS Intalls Solar for Ravalli Co Habitat for Humanity
According to the Bitterroot Star, last week the the fifth home by Ravalli County Habitat for Humanity was completed and keys handed over to the owners. The new home is on Cherry Street in Hamilton and now belongs to Travis Sanderson and his family. Much of the materials for the home were donating, including a [...] Continue reading
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Solar Prices drop up to 25%!
After a PV module industry wide cost reduction, sourcing a lower cost mount system and dealers giving better pricing on all balance of system components, SBS has new numbers for potential Solar PV customers in MT that represent up to a 25% reduction in installed costs for PV systems! If you couple the new lower [...] Continue reading
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