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Illinois Solar Industry Update — Ten Things You Want to Know with Brian Haug & Lesley McCain of ISEA
Download the slides | view the Video Today (May 7, 2019) we break down the Illinois Solar Market with Brian Haug, Director of Energy Solutions at Continental Electrical, and Lesley McCain of ISEA (Illinois Solar Energy Association). Haug is the ISEA Board President...
Zero Energy Homes: Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You with Ann Edminster of Net-Zero Energy Coalition
View the Slides | Video Net Zero Energy homes are a rapidly growing segment of the construction industry with significant implications for residential designers, developers, and builders. This webinar will cover zero energy basics, trends in this housing sector to...
Midwest Solar Explosion with Christian Roselund, US Editor, PV Magazine | June 25, 2019 (12 noon CST)
Click to View the Video! Join us June 25 (noon CST), for an interview with the man who knows more about Midwestern solar than most of us: Christian Roselund, US Editor of PV Magazine USA | Future Events The Midwest is home to large open spaces, farms, former...
Five Things You Wanted to Know About Our Net Zero Future with Cathy Higgins and Alexi Miller of New Building Institute
Five Things You Wanted to Know About Our Net Zero Future Growth of the commercial net zero construction market is vital to the high performance and zero carbon future. Here, Cathy Higgins and Alexi Miller of the New Building Institute reports trends and case studies...
Illinois Shines – Adjustable Block Program (ABP) Launches Solar Incentive Application Period!
Chicago IL | by Tim Montague, Solar Expert, Continental Electrical Construction Co. | tmontague@cecco.com"Enough solar to power 100,000 homes is coming to a rooftop, field or farm near you in Illinois!" Sign up for updates from Continental | Register for our free...
Illinois Solar For All Program with Program Administrator Vito Greco of Elevate Energy
Our January 2019 Solar Works for Illinois webinar, we are grateful to have Vito Greco of Elevate Energy as our guest speaker. January 29th, 2019 | 12 Noon, Central | Future Episodes | Video | Slides The Illinois Solar for All Program is...
Maximize Your Solar Investment by Adding Battery Energy Storage with Travis Simpkins, PhD, founder of MuGrid
The installation of battery energy storage in behind-the-meter applications is poised for exponential growth over the next few years. Batteries can be combined with solar to form grid-connected microgrids meaning that these assets can be used for economic benefit when...
5 Ways Solar Reduces Operating Expenses
Solar Power is a way to make electricity from sunlight. Solar panels were invented in 1955 at Bell Labs and NASA has been using solar for decades to power satellites. Now solar technology is available to all business owners...
A Cash Crop Called Community Solar is Spreading to Fields and Farms of Illinois
“We currently have a very real opportunity to change our path and improve how we live, while helping our planet. With most things in life, economics, convenience or desire drive change. I believe community solar is an opportunity that will allow all of these to drive...