by Tina Boniface | Jul 20, 2018 | Customer Interview, Educational, Featured Post, Project Spotlight
David & Emily Takahashi – Boulder, CO Emily and David Takahashi are committed to living a low-carbon lifestyle. In 2012, they moved into their 60-year-old, 900-square-foot Boulder, CO home with the dream of going “off the grid” and cutting the...
by Tina Boniface | Aug 4, 2017 | Educational, Featured Post
For the largest multi-tenant net-zero energy project at a commercially leased building in the United States, IPS was selected to design and install 575 kW of SunPower solar panels, which are integrated on to every available square foot of the roofs and east-facing,...
by Yolanda Duperret | Nov 20, 2016 | Educational
November 14, 2016 was the night of an extra-super supermoon. With voltmeter in hand, founder and owner of Independent Power systems, Tony Boniface, and I set out to answer the question: Does moonlight create a photoelectric effect on PV (photovoltaic, i.e. solar...
by Tony Boniface, PE | Mar 15, 2016 | Educational, Environmental, Technology
Over the years, I have been asked whether or not PV systems emit significant levels of electromagnetic radiation or in industry parlance, electromagnetic interference or ‘EMI’. EMI is also called radio frequency interference or RFI. Many electronic devices emit some...
by Tina Boniface | Mar 2, 2016 | Educational, Featured Post, Financial
Get solar on your commercial building, reduce greenhouse emissions, save money, and greatly increase the value of your building. The C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) program for commercial properties has launched in Boulder County. The program will...
by IPS Staff | Nov 5, 2015 | Educational
Let’s face it, electricity can be confusing. Electrons scooting through copper wires somehow illuminate your closet and charge your iPad. Things can get even more intimidating when you add solar panels into the mix, and you may think you don’t know enough about...
