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The energy efficient solar home: A cross-country tour of energy-efficient homes makes a stop in White Bear Lake, Minnesota
WCCO 4 TV
October, 2006
Some residents getting hot water via solar power
Minnesota Daily
September, 2006
Solar power offers alternative for local users
KARE 11 TV
July, 2006
Green Power
Minnesota Technology Magazine
July, 2006
Project Energy: Finding Alternative Energy Sources
WCCO 4 TV
April, 2006
Shades of Green
Midwest Home Magazine
March, 2006
Bright future ahead near U:
Solar energy is becoming a reality in one University neighborhood
Minnesota Daily
January, 2006
Waiting to plug in
Minnesota's demand for green energy has surged beyond industry's ability to keep up — yielding short-term delays but long-term opportunities.
Pioneer Press - Front Page
March, 2007
Solar Made Simple: Solar Heating and Electric Options for Your Home and Business
On Saturday, May 5, 2007, over 200 people attended this popular workshop at the Living Green Expo. Over 20,000 people attended the Living Green Expo this year - a 43% increase over last year! If you liked Living Green, make sure to check out The Eco Experience at the State Fair this summer! Tell them IPS Solar sent you!
New technology for an old building
Yorktown office building owner going solar and considering LEED certification.
Finance and Commerce - Construction Tuesday
May, 2007
Project Energy: Minneapolis neighborhood learns about the power of solar energy
WCCO 4 TV
June, 2007
Project Energy: Pitching in for power
WCCO 4 TV
June, 2007
Twin Cities Food Co-op gets into the electricity biz
KARE 11 TV
June, 2007
Dozens of stories and many more to come. Your story could be next.
Klobuchar honors local firm for environmental efforts
Inside a Bloomington company's high-performance, energy-efficient "green" building, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar presented her first "Carbon Buster Awards of Excellence" to showcase local efforts to combat global warming and climate change.
Bloomington Sun Current
August, 2007
Small Business Success Awards
This is the fifth year of the Small Business Success Stories program, which is presented by Associated Bank. The program is designed to recognize and celebrate the varied accomplishments of some of Minnesota's best small businesses. Dozens of companies were nominated, but only 9 were chosen.
Twin Cities Business
December, 2007
Award presented to IPS in January 2008 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel.
Mac house is model of green remodeling
Macalester College wants to help Twin Cities homeowners decide which green remodeling and energy saving home improvement projects make the most sense for them. So the college has turned a former rental house at 200 Vernon St. into Eco-House, a "live-in laboratory" where four environmental studies majors will live this year and consider how best to educate the public about "sustainable living".
Villager
September, 2007
Solar flare-up
With new federal tax credits and restored emphasis on renewables, demand is rising for solar energy products.
Finance and Commerce
Real Estate Thursday
Green Design and Construction Issue
September, 2007
IPS Solar website in the TOP 1.5%
of the most popular sites on the net
Our website received over 3,000 unique visitors and over 18,000 page views in April and has an Alexa ranking in the
TOP 1.5% of all the sites on the net.
Alexa.com (An Amazon.com company)
May, 2008
IPS Solar designed and installed 41% of the 2007 Solar Tour Sites
MRES (Minnesota Renewable Energy Society)
October, 2007
Macalester's eco-house is both student housing and lab
Students at St. Paul's Macalester College interested in ecologically sustainable living now have a house to do it in. One instructor is guiding a project to make a house into a living laboratory where students use state-of-the-art materials and ideas to minimize energy consumption and waste. Four students now reside in the college-owned "Eco-House" project open for the first time this semester.
IPS Solar installed the solar water heating system for the Mac Eco House.
Minnesota Public Radio
October, 2007
IPS Solar is a member.
Quality Bicycle Parts hosts Gov. Tim Pawlenty at USGBC Annual Meeting
The evening featured Governor Tim Pawlenty as keynote speaker and included tours of the LEED-Gold QBP facility.
QBP has one of the largest solar electric systems in the area (tied for the #1 spot with Pellco Machine).
U.S. Green Building Council
Mississippi Headwaters Chapter
October, 2007
University scientist owns 'green' house
University scientist Rich Huelskamp owns a wind and solar-powered house on an eight acre bluff lot just north of Red Wing.
Minnesota Daily
October, 2007
2008
2006
Project Energy
Tour Showcases Solar-Powered Twin Cities Homes
IPS Solar designed and installed both the solar electric and solar heating systems for Nancy Hone and Greg Schmidt.
WCCO 4 TV
October, 2007
Showcase Minnesota
Blueprint for Green" Series
IPS Solar designed and installed both the solar electric and solar heating systems for Kyle and Emily Maclaury.
Whole Builders was the general contractor.
KARE 11 TV
November, 2007
Solar energy just waiting to be tapped
IPS Solar designed and installed the solar electric system on the Science Museum's Science House.
KARE 11 TV
February, 2007
An energy model for all to see
Article features Great River Energy's new wind turbine.
IPS Solar is the supplier and consultant for GRE's 72 kW solar electric system - the largest in the Midwest.
StarTribune
November, 2007
Photo: Bruce Bisping, StarTribune
2007
Minneapolis neighborhood a shining example for solar
A new report from the Green Institute documents the experience of a group of "solar pioneers" in one Minneapolis neighborhood.
Minnesota Monitor
January, 2008
Photo: Minnesota Monitor
The sun shines on the solar industry's quest for 'grid parity'
Ralph Jacobson, chief executive of Minneapolis-based Innovative Power Systems, a solar power installation company, says there is now a "buzz" about the solar industry...
London Financial Times
January, 2008
Wayward Sun
The entire United States — even the northern regions — has more than adequate solar resources. Minnesota ... has as much sunlight available to solar energy systems as many parts of Texas, Florida, and California.
EC & M Magazine
May, 2007
There is now an unprecedented confluence of political, economic and environmental factors that have the potential to create one of the most significant advances in sustainable community development in the U.S. - and possibly the world.
Planning for the Light Rail Transit Line (LRT) along University Avenue has catalyzed a conceptual "Sustainablity Zone". This is bringing people together in new ways to explore all the exciting possibilities for sustainable community development on an unparalled scale.
Come take the tour of The Vision, The Work Plan and The Community that is making the Twin Cities Solar Farm happen - right in our own back yard!
IPS Solar in the News
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One person's sustainable is another person's tacky
As interest in roof-mounted solar panels grows, more Minnesota homeowners are running into opposition from neighbors and community associations that restrict them because of their appearance.
Innovative Power Systems, a Minneapolis company that sells about 50 solar systems a year, has worked with a dozen prospective customers since 2000 who live in neighborhoods with rules against the panels, and that figure is likely to grow as the popularity of solar panels soars, said owner Ralph Jacobson.
StarTribune
March, 2008
Solar energy on the rise
Interest in alternative energy has brought more business, competition
to Innovative Power.
Jacobson is talking to state officials, legislators, utilities, banks, schools, attorneys and investors, and his big pitch relates to something he calls the Twin Cities Solar Farm. It's a vision of installing 25,000 solar panels on rooftops along University Avenue, enough to generate about five megawatts of electricity and power the Central Corridor light rail line.
Pioneer Press / Twin Cities.com
April, 2008
Twin Cities see a bright future
Solar energy is becoming more popular in the Twin Cities
Chris Born doesn't have a monthly energy bill. In fact, in March, Xcel Energy paid him $18.
His garage has become a sun haven. On bright days, Born estimates he generates enough power from the 31 solar panels on his garage to feed his entire block's energy needs.
Minnesota Daily
April, 2008
Chris Born is
an IPS Solar customer.
