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• Alan Rushforth speaker at UMA solar conference
• Daniel Banks joins Rushforth Solar Advisory Board.
• PA's 1st commercial Sunshine Hot Water rebate approval for Rushforth Solar
project.
• CERA Official acknowledges “Peak Oil is Here”
• PA Department of Environmental Protection opens up the PA Sunshine Program
• Alan Rushforth presents at national ASES conference
• Rushforth Solar reaches out to apartment owners and condo associations at AAGP/ CAI Trade Show
• Rushforth Solar at the Haverford Township “Bring Earth Day Home”
• CFA approves bond financing to fund PA Sunshine program
• Alan Rushforth speaks on Alternative Energy at ‘09 Go Green Expo Phila Convention Center
• Rushforth Solar at The Enterprise Center in Philadelphia, PA
• Rushforth Solar at the Energy Expo in Aston PA
• Holger Stenberg joins the Rushforth Solar team
• Penn Future awards Rushforth Solar the 2009 Green Power Pioneer Award.
• PA passes legislation authorizing $650 million for solar and renewable energy
• Rushforth Solar approved for commercial hot water grant
• First NABCEP solar thermal installer certification in Philadelphia area goes to Alan Rushforth.
• Rushforth Solar LLC officially formed
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February 21, 2010:
Alan Rushforth Alan Rushforth speaker on Large Solar Hot Water Systems at UMA solar
conference in Bethlehem, PA. March 5th & 6th 2010, at the Best Western
Conference Center. More info available from Hickory Ridge Radiant
610-845-9360
August 10, 2009:
Daniel Banks, P.E. joins the Rushforth Solar Advisory
board. Dan is a senior member of the Association of Energy Engineers. He provides
structural, mechanical, and energy engineering consultations and designs for
architects, engineers, builders, and investors for the past 40 years in the
Delaware Valley. He has taught Building Inspections for Engineers,
Architects, and Contractors for the past 15 years. He holds advanced
degrees in Civil and Mechanical Engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania. We are extremely pleased that Daniel Banks has agreed to add
his wealth of knowledge and experience to the Rushforth Solar Advisory
Board.
July 7, 2009:
PA DEP approves their first commercial solar thermal rebate - $20,000 (the
maximum rebate) for a Rushforth Solar hot water installation for Rose Court
Apartments, a 36 unit Galman Group property located on Allens Lane in
Philadelpia.
June 8, 2009:
CERA Official Acknowledges “Peak Oil is Here” “Speaking at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington DC on 8 June, CERA Global Oil Group Managing Director Jim Burkhard began and ended his talk by stating that “CERA acknowledges that peak oil is here, you heard it from a CERA person.” Until now, CERA has been saying Peak Oil is decades off. For more see: http://www.peakoil.net/headline-news/cera-peak-oil-is-here
May 22, 2009:
PA solar rebate program opens: PA Sunshine program is now for applications for grants up to 25% for solar hot water systems. The first 1,500 approved solar thermal applications are to receive a 25% rebate (up to $20,000 rebate) then 20% for the next 1,500 applications, then 15% for the next 1,500, then reducing to 10% assuming any funds are left.
More info at
http://www.ahs2.dep.state.pa.us/newsreleases/default.asp?ID=5511&varQueryType=Detail
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May 14, 2009:
Alan Rushforth presents at national ASES conference. American Solar Energy Society accepted a white paper from Alan Rushforth entitled highlights of annual conference in Buffalo, NY on large solar hot water systems. more...
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April 29, 2009:
Rushforth Solar reaches out to apartment owners and condo associations at the AAGP/CAI trade show at Valley Forge, PA, to spread the word about new subsidies for solar hot water and how it can make good sense for apartment building owners. (Apartment Association of Greater Philadelphia and Community Associations Institute for condo communities).
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April 13, 2009:
CFA approves bond financing to fund PA Sunshine program.
Four delegates from Rushforth Solar travel to Harrisburg to encourage the Commonwealth Finance Agency to implement the PA Sunshine solar rebate program. CFA approves bond financing unanimously later that same day.
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March 15, 2009:
Alan Rushforth presents at Alternative Energy Panel at 2009 Go Green Expo at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Alan spoke on the Go Green panel for Alternative Energy: Powering the Future and the Future is Now. The 1pm panel included: Andrew Kleeman of EOS Energy; Sean Crane of Home Town Green; Jeff Smith of J.A. Smith Heating & Cooling; Alan Rushforth of Rushforth Solar; Ralph Avalone of the Green Energy Council; Rudolph Behrens of Solaris Cybernetics; and Rob Kratz of Sinton Geothermal.
http://www.gogreenexpo.com/events/speaker_directory.php?evid=4
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March 11, 2008:
Rushforth Solar participates at the 2009 Conservation and Alternative Energy Workshop
at The Enterprise Center in Philadelphia with a table and intro.
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February 26, 2009:
Rushforth Solar participates in the Energy Expo in Aston PA organized by PA State Rep. Stephen Barrar and State Senator Dominic Pileggi.
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January 20, 2009:
Holger Stenberg joins the Rushforth Solar LLC team as Director of Marketing on the day of the President Obama Inaugural.
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Sept. 16, 2008:
Penn Future awards Rushforth Solar the 2009 Green Power Pioneer Award. In photo at right, Tom Tuffey of Penn Future presents the award to Jan and Alan Rushforth of Rushforth Solar. (Congratulations also in order to Jon Costanza of Sunpower Builders for earning and receiving the same award.) A cheering section of friends and associates of Rushforth Solar celebrated at the luncheon. more...
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July 4, 2008:
PA passes legislation authorizing $650 million for solar and renewable energy.
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April, 2008:
Rushforth Solar approved for commercial solar hot water grant. In April 2008, TRF / Sustainable Development Fund formally approved Rushforth Solar LLC for a $25,000 competitive grant to be used to subsidize 4 large solar hot water systems for 20 units or up apartment buildings (or equivalent). In photo on 4/17/08, Roger Clark (on left) from TRF/ SDF presents Alan Rushforth a mock check in front of a Rushforth Solar commercial solar hot water installation – the type of installation this grant will subsidize
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October 30, 2007:
First NABCEP solar thermal installer certification in Philadelphia area goes to Alan Rushforth. North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners has the motto, “The One That’s Hard to Get” as their certification, which requires years of documented solar experience and completed projects to even qualify to sit for the test.
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July 26, 2007:
Rushforth Solar LLC officially formed: 30 years after Alan Rushforth’s first solar thermal installation, and after decades experience in contracting and apartment investing and energy efficient renovations, Alan and partners officially form Rushforth Solar LLC on a mission to get commercial solar hot water ‘going’ in the Philadelphia vicinity.
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