Ameresco

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company_name = Ameresco Inc.
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type= Private
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foundation = 2000
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location_city = Framingham, Massachusetts
location_country = United States
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key_people = CEO: George P. Sakellaris
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industry = Energy Services
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company_slogan = “Think. Act. Go Green”
homepage = [http://www.ameresco.com/http://www.ameresco.com www.ameresco.com]
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Ameresco Inc. is one of many ESCO's, an acronym for Energy Service Company. These companies base their businesses around providing clean, renewable energy for various institutions. ESCO's such as Ameresco began emerging across the United States in light of the recent scare of Global Warming, the energy crisis of the late 1970's, and the ongoing issue of America's dependency on fossil fuels. According to their website, they are the largest independent energy services company in North America. ["Ameresco: High Energy" [http://www.usitoday.com/article_view.asp?ArticleID=1662] ] Like other ESCO's, this company focuses on providing efficient, sustainable, and cleaner energy solutions to companies, government, and educational institutions.

ESCO companies such as Ameresco offer a broad range of comprehensive energy solutions including energy conservation, energy infrastructure outsourcing, power generation and energy supply, and risk management. Essentially, they help businesses and other institutions re-build their property to be more eco-friendly and energy efficient.

Many successful projects have resulted from the rise of ESCO companies. For instance, Ameresco in particular is responsible for many successful energy projects in the government, healthcare, public, and education sectors. [“Ameresco, Inc. Awarded Energy Conservation Contract with Arizona” [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS193089+17-Jul-2008+PRN20080717] ]

Their corporate office is based in Framingham, Massachusetts and they have been in business for over 30 years.

Education Projects

The company sponsors student teams from Stanford University and Newburgh Free Academy (High School) [”NFA Solar Car Teams Up with Ameresco on Discovery” [http://www.newburghschools.org/newburgh/subpages/district/news/5_16_08_SolarCar.cfm] ] that design, build and race solar powered cars as part of the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge. [”Winston Solar Challenge” [http://www.winstonsolar.org/challenge/] ]

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 campus' across America.

Planet Green

Ameresco is also involved with the new Discovery Communications television series Battleground Earth starring Ludacris and Tommy Lee which airs on Planet Green [”NFA Solar Car Teams Up with Ameresco on Discovery” [http://www.newburghschools.org/newburgh/subpages/district/news/5_16_08_SolarCar.cfm] ] [ “Planet Green: Battleground Earth Website” [http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/battleground-earth/] ]

External links

* [http://www.ameresco.com"Ameresco"]

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