The far-flung collection of organizations and businesses below are essential to our work:
Established in 1954, the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is the nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the use of solar energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies in the U.S.
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B Corporations are a new kind of company that uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Certified B Corporations (B stands for Benefit):
SMC is a certified B-Corp in good standing.
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The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) brings together small business leaders, economic development professionals, government officials, social innovators, and community leaders to build local living economies. They provide local, state, national, and international resources to this new model of economic development. Learn More»
"Nobody does it better." -John Abrams. Publishers of Environmental Building News and other information resources for practitioners of sustainable design. An independent company committed to providing accurate, unbiased, and timely information designed to help building-industry professionals and policy makers improve the environmental performance, and reduce the adverse impacts, of buildings.
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"Building a better society one neighborhood at a time."
The Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US) promotes the awareness and development of cohousing, and provides sustenance to existing cohousing communities in the United States.
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Green America is a national nonprofit consumer organization, promoting environmental sustainability, social justice, and economic justice since 1982. (They went by the name "Co-op America" until January 1, 2009.) They work for a world where all people have enough, where all communities are healthy and safe, and where the bounty of the Earth is preserved for all the generations to come.
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For 25 years the ICA Group has been helping companies with employee ownership transitions and business development advice. They helped us with our restructuring in 1987.
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This organization is leading the Vineyard’s local food revival with energy and vitality. SMC has been a strong supporter since their beginning.
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The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the nation's leading regional membership organization promoting sustainable energy solutions. For more than thirty years, NESEA has supported and inspired a growing network of professionals and sustainable energy advocates committed to responsible energy use. NESEA is committed to advancing three core elements: sustainable solutions, proven results and cutting-edge development in the field.
"South Mountain Company has benefited immeasurably from the web of relationships that have derived from 25 years of association with NESEA." - John Abrams
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Solar Energy Business Association of New England (SEBANE) is a business association of solar energy companies based, or doing business, in New England. Their membership includes companies from all sectors of the PV industry, including photovoltaic ("PV") cell and module manufacturers, component part manufacturers, project developers, system designers, and installers.
SEBANE works to promote the use of solar energy and the development of the solar industry in New England.
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The Timber Framers Guild of North America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the benefits, beauty, and practicality of a timber frame. They serve as a center of timber frame information and design for the professional and the general public.
"This is an extraordinary group of people doing extraordinary work." - John Abrams
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The United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is a national grassroots membership organization of and for worker cooperatives, democratic workplaces, and organizations that support the growth and development of worker cooperatives. They were founded in 2004, the result of several years of organizing on the part of worker cooperatives and regional groups from around the country.
"The worker owned cooperative, like South Mountain, is becoming a more and more viable entity entirely by choice, and this organization leads the way." -John Abrams
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One of only a few statewide employee ownership centers in the country, this organization is partly responsible for the flowering of so many employee owned companies in the great state of Vermont. SMC has been closely associated with VEOC for many years.
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This Vermont design/build school teaches the skills and crafts of sustainable design and building. SMC president John Abrams teaches a popular annual two day course here called The Art of Small Business.
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This list could be very long. We are indebted and grateful to the extraordinary group of consultants and subcontractors who work with us. They are at the very core of what we do; we could not exist without them. They are also too many to mention here, and we could hardly note one subcontractor without noting 30 or 40 others. But it’s important to mention several strategic partners upon whom we rely, and who in turn rely on us.
BCC is a community development financial institution whose mission is to build healthy communities where low-income people live and work. We collaborate with them to try to improve the performance of existing affordable housing.
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Years ago SMC had a partnership with C&H and Marc Rosenbaum called ARC Design Group. The partnership no longer exists but the ties are strong and we often collaborate in many ways.
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Ben Brungraber and his associates are the most creative structural engineers we know. They are our constant collaborators and advisors.
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Jamie Wolf is a long-time friend of SMC and our deep exchange and dialogue about business and design/build practice is now more than 20 years old.
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The Vineyard’s community owned energy co-op expects to provide a large fraction of the Vineyard’s electricity through on-shore solar and off-shore wind. SMC is Vineyard Power’s on-shore solar preferred provider and we work in close collaboration with this vital organization.
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