Ameresco
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Ameresco Inc. is an energy service company. Ameresco is the largest independent energy services company in North America. It has participated in energy projects in the government, healthcare, public, and education sectors. Ameresco claims experience in demand-side management, energy savings performance contracts, cogeneration facilities, renewable energy sources, energy procurement, risk management
, billing services and power plant development, financing, construction and operations.
The corporate office of Ameresco is based in Framingham, Massachusetts. They also have offices throughout the US and Canada.
These major acquisitions have fueled Ameresco's aggressive growth strategy:
Citizens Conservation Services, established in 1981, is the nation's preeminent energy services company (ESCO) serving private and public multifamily properties. Since the group was first capitalized in 1995, current Citizens staff have implemented contracts with project capital of over $64 million - more than any other North American ESCO in this sector. Citizens' personnel have improved 30,000 households under performance-based energy and water services contracts, from California to New York.
DukeSolutions, the former energy management subsidiary of Duke Energy, was established in 1997 to serve end-user needs in a deregulating energy marketplace. DukeSolutions was one of the industry leaders in providing ownership, operation and maintenance of utility systems in North America - one of the few energy services providers with a significant customer base of Fortune 500 industrials and commercials. DukeSolutions' acquisitions included two long established firms:
Ameresco and its component companies have successfully completed energy solution
s projects for approximately 300 customers involving over 9,000 facilities and resulting in substantial energy and operating cost savings.
Enertech, a former ESCO subsidiary of LG & E Energy, was founded in 1995. With customers that include industrial, commercial, educational and healthcare facilities, Enertech has become a leader in the educational and healthcare market, focusing its services primarily in the mid to southeast region and provides comprehensive service to upgrades and building modernization.
E·Three, formerly a Sierra Pacific Resources company, was founded in 1997 and is an energy consulting and services company with offices in Nevada and California serving the Western States. E·Three also did business as E·Three Custom Energy Solutions in Las Vegas, and independent Energy Consulting, Inc. in California.
Select Energy Services, Inc. (SESI). Founded in 1982, SESI was a fully integrated energy-services company and in energy-efficiency engineering. SESI provided comprehensive energy engineering, efficiency, design, installation, and maintenance services, as well as water improvement systems, to a wide range of government and private-sector clients. SESI developed projects valued at more than a total of $1.0 billion.
Southwest Photovoltaic (SWPV) was founded in 1986 and was one of the original Authorized Distributors in North America for Solarex Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amoco Corporation. Solarex had developed many cost saving manufacturing innovations centered on its patented SEMIX polycrystalline cell delivering the first significant cost savings for volume manufactured PV modules in North America. SWPV was then able to take the Solarex product line of PV modules and develop many new customers and innovative off grid applications within the industrial and rural electrification emerging markets within North America.
Then, in 1996 Amoco Corp. was merged into British Petroleum (BP) thus creating one of the largest PV module manufacturing and technology companies in the world. SWPV thus became a BP Solar Distributor and in 2002 was named a Premier Distributor for BP Solar. In 2006, SWPV was named the largest volume distributor for BP Solar in North America.
Southwest Photovoltaic is now known as Ameresco Solar.
Global Energy was a leading renewable energy distribution corporation. They offered the design and supply of renewable energy products. They offered turnkey system sizing and integration of balance of systems.
Global Energy is now known as PV Energy Solutions.
and Newburgh Free Academy
(High School) that design, build and race solar powered cars as part of the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge
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According to http://www.duedee.com/news/287221/Ameresco-Inc-Joins-Hundreds-of-Colleges-and-Universities-in-Fight-Against-Global-Warming, Ameresco has joined the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) as a sponsor in an effort to bring their sustainable, clean energy services to campuses across America.
television series Battleground Earth
starring Ludacris
and Tommy Lee
which airs on Planet Green
Risk management
Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities...
, billing services and power plant development, financing, construction and operations.
The corporate office of Ameresco is based in Framingham, Massachusetts. They also have offices throughout the US and Canada.
History
Ameresco was founded by George Sakellaris, industry pioneer and founder of two previous successful energy services companies.These major acquisitions have fueled Ameresco's aggressive growth strategy:
Citizens Conservation Services, established in 1981, is the nation's preeminent energy services company (ESCO) serving private and public multifamily properties. Since the group was first capitalized in 1995, current Citizens staff have implemented contracts with project capital of over $64 million - more than any other North American ESCO in this sector. Citizens' personnel have improved 30,000 households under performance-based energy and water services contracts, from California to New York.
DukeSolutions, the former energy management subsidiary of Duke Energy, was established in 1997 to serve end-user needs in a deregulating energy marketplace. DukeSolutions was one of the industry leaders in providing ownership, operation and maintenance of utility systems in North America - one of the few energy services providers with a significant customer base of Fortune 500 industrials and commercials. DukeSolutions' acquisitions included two long established firms:
Ameresco and its component companies have successfully completed energy solution
Solution
In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of only one phase. In such a mixture, a solute is dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent. The solvent does the dissolving.- Types of solutions :...
s projects for approximately 300 customers involving over 9,000 facilities and resulting in substantial energy and operating cost savings.
Enertech, a former ESCO subsidiary of LG & E Energy, was founded in 1995. With customers that include industrial, commercial, educational and healthcare facilities, Enertech has become a leader in the educational and healthcare market, focusing its services primarily in the mid to southeast region and provides comprehensive service to upgrades and building modernization.
E·Three, formerly a Sierra Pacific Resources company, was founded in 1997 and is an energy consulting and services company with offices in Nevada and California serving the Western States. E·Three also did business as E·Three Custom Energy Solutions in Las Vegas, and independent Energy Consulting, Inc. in California.
Select Energy Services, Inc. (SESI). Founded in 1982, SESI was a fully integrated energy-services company and in energy-efficiency engineering. SESI provided comprehensive energy engineering, efficiency, design, installation, and maintenance services, as well as water improvement systems, to a wide range of government and private-sector clients. SESI developed projects valued at more than a total of $1.0 billion.
Southwest Photovoltaic (SWPV) was founded in 1986 and was one of the original Authorized Distributors in North America for Solarex Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amoco Corporation. Solarex had developed many cost saving manufacturing innovations centered on its patented SEMIX polycrystalline cell delivering the first significant cost savings for volume manufactured PV modules in North America. SWPV was then able to take the Solarex product line of PV modules and develop many new customers and innovative off grid applications within the industrial and rural electrification emerging markets within North America.
Then, in 1996 Amoco Corp. was merged into British Petroleum (BP) thus creating one of the largest PV module manufacturing and technology companies in the world. SWPV thus became a BP Solar Distributor and in 2002 was named a Premier Distributor for BP Solar. In 2006, SWPV was named the largest volume distributor for BP Solar in North America.
Southwest Photovoltaic is now known as Ameresco Solar.
Global Energy was a leading renewable energy distribution corporation. They offered the design and supply of renewable energy products. They offered turnkey system sizing and integration of balance of systems.
Global Energy is now known as PV Energy Solutions.
Education projects
The company sponsors student teams from Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and Newburgh Free Academy
Newburgh Free Academy
Newburgh Free Academy is the public high school educating all students in grades 10-12Newburgh Free Academy is the public high school educating all students in grades 10-12Newburgh Free Academy is the public high school educating all students in grades 10-12((now 9-12) in the Newburgh Enlarged City...
(High School) that design, build and race solar powered cars as part of the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge
Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge
The Solar Car Challenge is an annual solar-powered car race for high school students.The event attracts teams from around the world, but mostly from American high schools. The race was first held in 1995. Each event is the end product of a two year education cycle launched by the Winston Solar Car...
.
According to http://www.duedee.com/news/287221/Ameresco-Inc-Joins-Hundreds-of-Colleges-and-Universities-in-Fight-Against-Global-Warming, Ameresco has joined the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) as a sponsor in an effort to bring their sustainable, clean energy services to campuses across America.
Planet Green
Ameresco is also involved with the new Discovery CommunicationsDiscovery Communications
Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39...
television series Battleground Earth
Battleground Earth
Battleground Earth was a 2008 television series on Planet Green hosted by rock star Tommy Lee and rapper Ludacris.-Show premise:The series is set on the road in a 10-city tour across America, in which Ludacris and Tommy Lee battle against each other to see who can keep their act “more green”...
starring Ludacris
Ludacris
Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings...
and Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee
Thomas Lee Bass , best known as Tommy Lee, is an American musician and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects...
which airs on Planet Green