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Articles/Broadcasts & Press Releases
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Leasing the sun
Discount deals and tax incentives help homeowners go solar
If faced with a $700-a-month electric bill, one might be inclined to cast one’s eyes heavenward. So it wasn’t surprising that Lisa Max took a good hard look at rooftop solar panels as a possible solution to her soaring energy costs. But the estimates “shocked” the San Rafael, Calif., homeowner.
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Biz Forum Names GoSolarMarin founder Green Entrepreneur of the Year
The 3rd Annual Marin Green Business Forum featured the only green chamber of commerce in Marin, a nationally recognized environmentalist and dozens of small green business owners and leaders in the County.
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Sausalito City Hall sets solar example
SAUSALITO gets its fair share of fog, but that isn't keeping city officials from encouraging residents to think solar.
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Woman's grassroots solar project called a success
GoSolarMarin, launched by a San Rafael woman hoping to unite homeowners to curb the cost of going solar, has wrapped up so successfully that organizers say they want to do it again.
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SPG Solar Concludes Successful GoSolarMarin Community Discount Program
SPG Solar has concluded the three-month GoSolarMarin Community Discount Program, which reached an all-time record number of kilowatts sold/installed and homes that have gone solar.
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One Of The Largest Community Solar Discount Programs In California Conducted By SPG Solar Ends
SPG Solar announces the conclusion of being the selected provider for the GoSolarMarin Community Discount Program.
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Carpe Diem Or rather, seize the sun (power)
Thinking of going solar? Now is the time.
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Q&A: Lisa Max, founder of GoSolarMarin By Jodi LaMarco
We spoke with Lisa Max, founder of GoSolarMarin, about the next revolution in solar power.
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Lisa Max: What ignited a passion for solar
Marin Independant Journal - December 21, 2007 - I HAD A remarkable - and humbling - experience. My husband and I went to a Christmas party, where I ran into someone I haven't seen in years.
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Why talking to reporters is good for you.
We’ve written recently about marketing & evangelism, and how important these tasks are for founders — even though we’d all rather just focus on doing ‘our thing.’
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Solar panel effort is powering ahead
Article Launched: 12/07/2007 - DON'T LET those rain clouds fool you - this is a great time to be thinking about installing solar panels on your house. Why? Because Lisa Max of San Rafael wanted a better price on solar panels, and correctly figured there is strength in numbers.
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Solar, so close...
By Peter Seidman - Pacific Sun Staff - November 29, 2007
A group of Marin residents interested in installing solar-powered electric systems in their homes could wind up as part of a community power grid that would cut greenhouse gas emissions in the county by a vast amount.
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Bright idea cuts cost of solar power
Friday, November 23, 2007 - A Bay Area grandmother's grassroots campaign to lower the cost of solar power through a community bulk-purchase plan has reaped a bigger bonanza than she dreamed: an offer by a Marin solar company to provide discounted installations for every resident and business in the county.
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GoSolarMarin grows to 200 homes
North Bay Business Journal - Marin County - November 5, 2007 - A group of more than 200 Marin County homeowners has attracted the attention of Bay Area solar providers with its plan to purchase residential photovolt-aic systems in bulk.
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Marin Solar Companies Interested In Neighborhood Solar Projects
San Rafael - September 10, 2007 - Several Marin County companies have expressed an interest in working with neighborhood associations and groups of individual homeowners to provide solar energy systems at significant discounts, according to Lisa Max, a member of the Executive Steering Committee of the Lincoln San Rafael Hill Neighborhood Association (LSRHNA).
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Press Releases
GoSolarMarin(SM) Issues RFP for
Second Phase, Affiliates with MarinLink
San Rafael, CA - September 9, 2008 - GoSolarMarin(SM), the most successful solar electric (solar PV) community program in Northern California history, today announced that it had begun a second project, by soliciting bids from solar vendors as a project of the non-profit MarinLink organization.
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GoSolarMarin© Will Leverage
Program Success in “Power” Industry
San Rafael, CA - April 28, 2008 - GoSolarMarin©, a Marin County-based citizen coalition whose first project produced more than 100 new solar photovoltaic (electric) system purchases, today announced that it would take an active role in political and industry initiatives to increase the usage of alternative energy for businesses and residences.
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GoSolarMarin© Announces Website,
First Installation Now Operating
San Rafael, CA - January 28, 2008 - GoSolarMarin©, a coalition created by Lisa Max to lower
the price and increase the availability of solar power, today announced that its website (www.gosolarmarin.com) was now operating.
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GoSolarMarin© Coalition Begins RFP Process
San Rafael - December 21, 2007 - GoSolarMarin©, a coalition of homeowners interested in group purchase of solar energy, appointed a committee to develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) to present to solar providers, according to Lisa Max, the group’s organizer, following a meeting of homeowners, neighborhood associations and local officials.
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GoSolarMarin© Agreement Includes Broad Discounts
for All Marin County Residences, Businesses, Non-Profits
San Rafael - November 19, 2007 - GoSolarMarin© today announced that its recommended supplier, SPG Solar of Novato, had agreed to provide its discounted pricing throughout Marin County to all homeowners, small businesses and non-profit organizations.
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GoSolarMarin© Issues RFP To 15 Solar Companies
San Rafael - October 17, 2007 - GoSolarMarin© today announced that it had sent a Request for Proposal (RFP) to 15 solar companies that had expressed an interest in bidding on a “group installation” contract for Marin County homeowners.
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GoSolarMarin© Schedules Meeting For Homeowners Seeking Solar Power
San Rafael - September 25, 2007 - GoSolarMarin©, a non-profit coalition of San Rafael homeowners interested in group purchase of solar energy, will hold its first meeting, Monday, October 1, in the Tamalpais Room at the San Rafael Corporate Center, 750 Lindaro, according to Lisa Max, the group’s organizer and a member of the Executive Steering Committee of the Lincoln San Rafael Hill Neighborhood Association (LSRHNA).
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