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Rodman & Rodman President Named to NECA’s Renewables and Distributed Generation Committee

Steve Rodman CPA, MST
Steve Rodman, CPA, MST, president of Rodman & Rodman, P.C. has recently been named to the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association’s (NECA) Renewables and Distributed Generation committee. NECA is a 900 member strong, non-profit trade association serving the electric power industry. It has eight standing committees and the Renewables and Distributed Generation committee is dedicated to increasing awareness of the benefits of renewable/clean energy and to facilitating growth of the industry in the Northeast.

Rodman & Rodman is a CPA firm with offices in Newton and Braintree that specialize in tax expertise and business strategy for small and medium sized companies throughout New England and beyond. The firm has a dedicated “Green Team” Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Practice, where Mr. Rodman is a client advisor and advocate in the provision of expert green energy tax advisory, accounting services, and business strategy for alternative energy producers and investors through all stages of their project and business life cycle.

Rodman & Rodman’s Green Team offers its services for companies in the biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, landfill gasses, municipal solid waste, hydroelectric and hydrokinetic sectors of the renewable energy industry. They also assist start-up projects with the Section 1603 program.

“NECA’s mission is to ‘promote greater understanding of the benefits of the competitive energy marketplace’ and our Green Team’s mission is similar,” said Steve Rodman. “ We provide the much needed specialized green energy and clean technology accounting and tax services to businesses that pursue energy efficient initiatives as well as alternative energy production.”

Mr. Rodman is also a member of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) which is a chapter of the American Solar Energy Society and the nation’s leading regional membership organization promoting sustainable energy solutions. The Rodman & Rodman firm is a member of the New England Clean Energy Council.

About Rodman & Rodman P.C.
Founded in 1961, Rodman & Rodman, P.C. provides accounting, tax and business services to small and medium-sized companies throughout New England. With a focus on strategic planning, Rodman & Rodman goes beyond traditional accounting services and takes a proactive approach when serving clients to increase, preserve and sustain clients’ financial net worth. The company has been named one of the “Best Accounting Firms to Work For” in Accounting Today and is listed in the Boston Business Journal’s “Top 50 Firms”.
From business valuations, taxation, audits, fraud detection and prevention services and succession planning to a variety of accounting IT services including software selection, implementation and training, the team at Rodman & Rodman serves as comprehensive advisors to clients. For individual clients, the company offers personal advisory services such as planning for real estate transactions, obtaining financing, estate planning and retirement planning as well as planning for college education. The Rodman & Rodman Green Team is a specialized green energy and clean technology accounting and tax services practice within Rodman & Rodman, P.C.
Rodman & Rodman, P.C. are located at 3 Newton Executive Park in Newton and 25 Braintree Hill Office Park in Braintree, MA. For more information, email greenteam@rodmancpa.com, visit their website at www.rodmancpa.com or contact (617) 965-5959.

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Veteran presence helps The Alares Group, a Green Beret-led green design-build construction firm, win $7 million contract to install geothermal heating system at Reno VA Medical Center.

QUINCY, MA AND RENO, NV…

As a former Green Beret and the owner of the Alares Group, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Don Maggioli has complete understanding of the importance of the medical facilities that care for U.S. veterans. That’s why his company’s recent win of a $7 million job to install a direct-use geothermal heating system at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Reno, Nevada is particularly gratifying.

The new heating system will help heat the campus facility, located at 1000 Locust Street in Reno, and meet its mandated energy goals; specific laws and executive orders require federal agencies like the Department of Veteran Affairs to reduce energy consumption and improve energy efficiency through the use of alternative fuels and renewable sources. Once installed, the geothermal heating system can achieve energy savings of up to 2,146,200 Therms/year or 21.462 x 1010 Btu/year.  That’s roughly one quarter of the cost presently required to heat the facility.

“We’re extremely excited about winning the Reno VA project for any number of reasons,” said Maggioli. “Besides the obvious benefits to our firm, it’s particularly rewarding since the project will help improve the energy efficiency of a facility that treats so many fellow veterans. That the new system will dramatically reduce greenhouse emissions and benefit the local environment makes this project a win-win for all involved.”

The new geothermal heating system will take advantage of the nearby Moana Hot Springs, located beneath the Reno VA Medical Center. The project involves construction of a utility trench and the installation of wells and geothermal heat exchange equipment on the Medical Center’s campus.

“We have been working in Nevada for the last couple of years working with the Reno VA and to be able to continue that association on a project that’s our specialty– installing geothermal systems—is both rewarding and exciting,” said Maggioli.

The Alares Group recently won an energy award from the Association of Energy Engineers for the design and installation of a geothermal heating and cooling system for the Connecticut Air National Guard.  The Alares Group is also one of the few firms with Certified Geothermal Installers/Designers and Environmental Engineers in the northeast.

Construction of the Reno project began in April and is slated to be completed by July 2012.

The Alares Group is located at 248 Copeland Street, Quincy, Massachusetts  02169, and can be reached at (617) 995-4397 or info@alaresenvironmental.com. For more information, visit their website www.AlaresLLC.com.

About Alares Group

The Alares Group is a nationally recognized, award winning design-build construction firm and consists of three divisions: construction, design and energy and the environment.  Alares is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)—veterans make up 75 percent of Alares’ senior staff.  The Group’s areas of expertise include interior remodeling, HVAC mechanical systems including geothermal, electrical/control systems, fire alarm systems, ground-up construction, building commissioning, energy consulting and environmental assessment and remediation. Alares’ staff includes licensed engineers and architects, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professionals (AP) and Certified Energy Managers (CEM), experienced energy auditors, scientists and other specialists.

For more information, please visit or their website www.AlaresLLC.com or call 617-995-4397.

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