Capitalizing on Mother Nature’s HVAC system
Without much fanfare, Ultra Geothermal of Barrington recently installed its 1,000th system and has become one of the top geothermal design and installer firms in all of New England.
Owned and run by the husband and wife team Darren Rice and Melissa Aho, the company’s growth is reflective of a huge surge of interest in the residential renewable energy field
Melissa Aho named Barrington’s
2011 Business Leader of the Year
Melissa Aho of Ultra Geothermal is on quite the winning streak. Fresh off winning at New Hampshire Business Magazine’s 2011 Lean & Green Awards, the longtime Green Alliance Business Partner was just named 2011 Business Leader of the Year by the Greater Barrington Chamber of Commerce.
NH Clean Tech Council – Member Spotlight
In New Hampshire, as in many New England states, heating and cooling are of vital importance to maintain comfort and health during our sometimes brutally cold winters and increasingly hot, humid summers. In this day and age, a homeowner has many options to chose from when it comes to heating and cooling systems; and one of the best options is geothermal.
Geothermal systems tap into the natural energy source underground to heat and cool your home. On the surface, it’s as simple as that.
Student apartments save with geothermal
From the outside, the Rivers Edge Apartments, an off-campus student apartment building located in downtown Durham, looks like other similar residences. But it’s anything but. In fact, the apartment building is vastly different using geothermal technology, an alternative energy source that provides the familiar comfort of traditional heating and cooling systems, according to Melissa Aho, president of Ultra Geothermal in Barrington
Barrington firm specializes in geothermal power
Ultra Geothermal of Barrington was one of just six Granite State businesses honored at last month’s New Hampshire Business Magazine’s 2011 Lean & Green Awards in Portsmouth. For company President Melissa Aho, the award is just the latest milestone in a journey that began a little more than three years ago
Wild and Scenic Film Festival unites green businesses
Since 2003, the Wild and Scenic Film Festival has informed audiences of current environmental issues. As the largest environmental film festival in North America, it is Wild and Scenic’s mission to spark conversation throughout the country to discover resolutions of these issues.
Ultra Geothermal to be featured in Coastal Home Magazine
Look for us as the featured Green Alliance Business Partner in the January issue of Coastal Home Magazine!
Meet a Green Alliance business
What: Ultra Geothermal owner Melissa Aho says geothermal’s popularity has risen over the years despite its initial upfront cost. With more than a decade of installations, Ultra has proven that customer savings outweigh those costs. Ultra has installed more than 750 systems
B-Green Collaborative Green Energy e-Magazine: Interview with Melissa Aho, President of Ultra Geothermal
In January, B-Green Collaborative published an article titled “Geothermal Your Home?” in which we discussed using geothermal systems to efficiently condition residential living space.
To complement that article, we recently sat down and spoke with Melissa Aho, President of Ultra Geothermal in Barrington, New Hampshire, a leading residential geothermal installer for New England. What follows is a summary of that interview
Ultra Geothermal finds savings underground
Although the technology is more expensive up front, geothermal energy’s down-the-road savings are unrivaled.
Depending on local geologic conditions, however, one method of harnessing geothermal energy can prove superior to the other, and that’s where Barrington-based Ultra Geothermal has made its mark
