Awards – Feb. 28, 2014

Boulder-based Clean Energy Collective received the Most Innovative Solar Company award from Solar Power Generation USA. Clean Energy develops community-owned solar projects, a model that allows any participating utility customer the opportunity for solar ownership, including renters. Ratepayers may purchase any number of solar panels from the community array. SPG’s awards panel acknowledged Clean Energy for maximizing benefits for consumers while making the solution attractive for utilities. Clean Energy has 33 community solar facilities operating or in development in six states with 13 investor-owned, cooperative and municipal utility partners.

Infusionsoft, a creator of sales and marketing software for small businesses, named Jim Turner, founder and owner of Boulder-based OptiBike, to its list of 24 exceptional entrepreneurs and small-business owners in honor of National Entrepreneurship Week. Turner was recognized in the Passion for the Customer category. Infusionsoft is based in Chandler, Arizona.

DTJ Design Inc., an international community-design firm based in Boulder and Atlanta, received three awards for Midtown Residence Two at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas. The project received The National Sales & Marketing Council’s award for Best Architectural Design of a Single-Family Home under 2,000 Square Feet, the National Association of Home Builders’ Best in American Living Platinum Award for a Single-Family Detached Home up to 2,000 Square Feet, and its Best in Region – Mountain category. DTJ’s team consisted of Brookfield Residential, Brookfield Homes and Linda Buetner Interiors.

Broomfield-based Bolder Staffing Inc. was named one of Inavero’s 2014 Best of Staffing Award winners. Inavero conducts staffing agency client and talent satisfaction surveys. Bolder Staffing was recognized for being in the top 2 percent of staffing agencies for companies and job candidates in North America. Bolder Staffing received satisfaction ratings of 9 or 10, out of 10, from 70.9 percent of their permanent and temporary, higher than the industry average of 53 percent. Of their clients, 68.2 percent rated Bolder Staffing 9 or 10, compared with the industry average of 35 percent.

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