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    The Bella Energy 10 kilowatt solar system produces 100% of the Inn’s electrical needs and a geothermal energy borefield produces all its heat and hot water.

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Smart Grid house featured on Sunday’s solar tour

October 3, 2008 - By Caitlin Coleman, For the Daily Camera

Residents can get a look at one of Boulder’s first ‘smart’ homes

Boulder and the nation have been buzzing with talk of Xcel Energy’s new Smart Grid 

 

 

A Smart look at solar energy
A workshop for homeowners and small businesses who want to create a cost-effective solar energy system will be at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York St., at 6 p.m Wednesday, October 1st at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Visitors Center, 15013 Denver West Parkway in Golden. The workshops are sponsored by Smart Energy Living Alliance, Colorado Renewable Energy Society and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. For information, visit smartenergyliving.org.

 

Solar Week features energy-smart home
Workshops will cover money-saving and green techniques
10/4/2008 -- By Jason Gonzales - Longmont Times-Call
The center of attention at this year’s Solar Week, hosted by the Center for ReSource Conservation, is Andrew McKenna’s smart home, which runs off energy-saving grid-point technology.

 

Celebrate Lafayette takes on green living
10/3/08 - Daily Camera - By Amy Bounds

A block of "green" vendors, with power provided by solar energy from Bella Energy, rounds out the environmental offerings. On the more traditional side, ...

 

Springs' renewable energy role hasn't been realized
September 28, 2008 Andrew Wineke and Rich Laden
Renewable energy is responsible for employing thousands in Colorado - from the government scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden

 

Net-metering or Feed-in Tariff? Can They Co-exist?
by Glenn Harris, CEO, SunCentric Incorporated
September 25, 2008
U.S. solar market might get the stimulant to start the expansion the industry...

 

"We did it!"
September 23, 2008 - Ryan Morgan

Boulder celebrates cybercafe's hand over; Dushanbe mayor proud to have reminder of sister city

More than 25 years of work between two cities on opposite sides of the globe drew to a close

 

Delegation wants to ensure cybercafe will be for everyone
Daily Camera - CO,USA
By Ryan Morgan Sunday, September 21, 2008
... is almost complete — inside finish work remains to be done, and a
crew from Boulder-based Bella Energy will arrive early next month to
hook up solar ...

 

Solar energy training to prepare technicians
Contributed by: John Scarffe on September 16, 2008

A new solar energy training program will prepare those wanting a career in solar installation...

 

Bella Energy's "MoBella" electrifies race series.
Sep 3, 2008. YourHub.com

Solar energy company Bella Energy has designed "MoBella" a mobile solar generator that provides power at 5430 Sports 2008 race series.

 

Bella's Welch: State solar prez CU Grad Lands Solar Association Post, Hires Recent CU Grads as Well

Colorado Daily

By Richard Valenty, Colorado Daily Staff Writer

 

July 1, 2008

Daily Camera

Monday, June 2, 2008

TECHNOLOGY - Bella Energy introduces its new master electrician, Jeff Vezzetti, bringing knowledge from extensive experience in residential, commercial, industrial electrical installations. He founded Boulder-based Custom Electric and has installed thousands of kilowatts of solar photovoltaics. 303-665-2100


Watch out for Squirrels!

 

If you are one of our customers with a flush mount roof top solar system, you may have received our letter in the mail alerting you to a menacing problem with squirrels making their homes in solar arrays!

 

Fortunately, they don’t bother ground mounted systems. Bella Energy appreciates your business. Because we want to make sure your system operates for many years, we now provide a restricting wire mesh to prevent squirrels (and problem pigeons) from getting to the system’s wires. MORE

 

Boulder County Business Report - Online!

 

April 11, 2008

SUNNY LEASE: Bella Energy, a local renewable energy company, has moved its headquarters from Lafayette to Louisville. The company, formerly Sun Electric ...

 

Bright Future
Colorado Daily - Boulder,CO,USA

 

March 28, 2008
“The significance is that a citizen is producing energy-not a coal plant,” said Alison Picher, Publicist for Bella Energy. “What the significance might be ...


Bella Energy Ft. Collins customers receive their first renewable ...
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough, NH

 

March 30, 2008
Boulder, CO 2008 - Bella Energy, a Boulder-based solar energy company that installs and maintains solar energy systems in Coloradoand the Rocky Mountain ...

 

 

Lighting the Way - Fort Collins Local News | Fort Collins Now, Colorado

Lighting the Way. Incentives and pilot programs help increase demand for ... Bella Energy, a Boulder-based solar energy company that installs solar energy

 

 

Boulder alliance reaches out to Dushanbe: County News: Boulder

Boulder Daily Camera

 

February 22, 2008

The alliance has been working for nearly a decade to get a cybercafe designed ... To donate, write a check made out to Boulder Dushanbe Sister Cities/Food ...

 

VisionSun Design, Bella Energy Tackle Solar PV Project In Colorado

 

January 22, 2008

Bella Energy Inc. designs, installs and services renewableenergy projects throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.

Investing in Renewable Energy
January 15, 2008

by Isabelle Christensen, PhD

 

Here comes the sun : County News :

Boulder Daily Camera

By Dan Ray, For the Camera Monday, January 14, 2008
Here comes the sun. Boulder renewable-energy firms seeing big payoffs.

 

 

Affordable Housing Project Gets Solar Electric System Multi-Housing News
New York, NY,

Multi-housing News, January 23, 2008

Boulder, Colo.-- Boulder Housing Partners (BHP), the housing authority of the city of Boulder, in partnership with VisionSun Design, a design and project management consulting firm, has awarded a solar energy contract to Bella Energy to install 1.75 kilowatt solar electric systems at a 30-unit affordable housing project.

 

 

Mansion defies bid to go green

By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News

 

December 27, 2007

 

KGNU interview

"Hemispheres" with Nikki Kayser

December 18, 2007

http://kgnu.org/cgi-bin/play.m3u?show=Hemispheres&date=2007-12-18

 

 

Carbon offsets draw criticism from some

Colorado, October 26, 2007

Purchasing carbon offsets to lighten your environmental footprint,heralded by some as a way to go green, isn't being praised by allsustainability proponents.

 

Louisville home a green machine
The Denver Post, October 18, 2007By Sheba R. Wheeler

 

Solar power to light up library

County News, Boulder Daily Camera

October 18, 2007

Lafayette-based Bella Energy will help build a solar system that will power up to a third of the library's energy needs....The sun that shines down on the George Reynolds Library in south Boulder could soon be powering up to a third of the building's energy needs.

 

 

Groundbreaking idea saves plenty
Rocky Mountain News, October 12, 2007By Jerd Smith

 

 

New Colo. residences to be solar powered

UPI Energy Watch, July 9,2007

Sun Electric Systems is set toinstall a solar and thermal system in a new housing development inLafayette, Colo., cutting energy consumption in half.

 

 

Energy savings come built-in: County News

Boulder Daily Camera

By Eric Schmidt Sunday, March 25, 2007 ...

Energy savings come built-in. Local home builder adds features that are friendly to environment.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

EERE Network News covers national and international energy efficiency and renewable energy news and events.

 

2008 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by John Hickenlooper, Mayor of Denver, ColoradoDENVER, Aug 25, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX
MarketWatch - USA

 

Solar Energy Industries Association to Host SUNFEST 2008 at ...
MarketWatch - USA
Exhibitors include: Allied Building, American Solar Energy Society, Applied Materials, Apricus, ASES, Bella Energy, Cool Solar, Colorado Solar Energy ...

 

Energy debate lines drawn
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Meanwhile, Ritter held a news conference just outside touting new technology from Xcel Energy that he said will lead Colorado to a "clean energy future. ...

 


Colorado Energy News Launches "Energy Leadership Series"

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
"From traditional oil and gas developers on the Western Slope to new solar and wind power projects along the Front Range, Colorado-based companies are ...


NCRES hosting brewery founder talk

By Daniel Welch
... system on the roof to reach a net of zero energy usage. Socializing begins at 7, and the event begins at 7:30, located at the Odell Brewing Company - 800 E. Lincoln in Fort Collins. Here are some pictures from the Bella Energy site.