Sunterra Solar Inc. Earns DVBE Certification From California Department of General Services
April 21 2011, Novato, CA
Sunterra Solar Inc. of Novato, CA today announced that they have been awarded the DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise) Certification by the California Department of General Services. The certification is awarded to California business enterprises that are at least 51% owned by service connected disabled veterans. Sunterra owner, Chris Bunas is a veteran of the United States Marine Corp during Operation Desert Storm in the early 90′s. “I am thrilled to have served our great country in time of need, and I sincerely appreciate the honor of the DVBE award.” reports Mr Bunas. Bunas adds “we look forward to building more solar power projects for both the federal government and the State of California.”
The DVBE, along with the SBA Small Business and the Federal Government SDVOSB (Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business) certifications will provide another opportunity for growth for the 2 year old company that is owned and run by a solar industry veteran.
About Sunterra Solar
Sunterra Solar Inc. is one of North America’s premier commercial solar power contractors. Sunterra designs and constructs turn-key grid-connected solar photovoltaic power systems and structures for commercial, agricultural and government customers. We have a decade of experience in the solar industry building large scale systems. Sunterra designs and builds the system that matches your organization’s needs both technically and financially, and guaranteed to exceed your expectations in long term performance.
In addition to turn-key solar power systems we also design and install automated monitoring and control systems and building energy efficiency measures. Our creative design team has experience engineering difficult builds and has proven ability to design outside of the box.
Sunterra Solar Inc. was founded by solar industry veteran Chris Bunas, who also holds a Solar PV Installers Certification from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners or NABCEP.
After approximately a decade of experience developing grid-tied solar power projects at another organization, Mr. Bunas felt it was the appropriate time to launch his own solar company to focus on commercial solar power projects with a more direct and efficient business model.
Mr. Bunas was the key factor in the creation, development and operation of the Solar Electric Division as Vice-President at another very well known northern California solar integrator, where he excelled for 7 years building that company’s brand and services. Aside from virtually building the solar electric division from scratch at this company, Mr. Bunas personally designed, developed and managed or oversaw construction of many well known solar plants such as Paramount Farms 1.1MW solar plant, Cline Cellars Winery 412KW solar power plant, Merryvale Vineyards – Starmont 277KW solar power plant, and many others. During his employment, Mr. Bunas designed, developed and managed many great solar installations throughout California.
Over his entire industry tenure, Mr. Bunas has been very involved with local building departments, utility companies and industry associations and assisted in developing regulations for rebates and interconnection of solar power systems. In one case, along with assistance from an environmental consultant, Mr. Bunas helped change a 40 year old law and regulation for some central Ca counties so that large scale solar projects could get built without have to wait for years of red tape.
Prior to landing in the solar power industry in 2000 Mr Bunas, a California native, worked in technology at the VP and Director Level for various fortune 500 companies where he successfully delivered many large scale technical IT solutions.
Mr. Bunas is a proud military veteran of the US Marines during Operation Desert Storm. Mr. Bunas brings all of the leadership experience and core values, like loyalty, honesty and integrity, along with attention to detail and “Outside the Box” can-do attitude taken from the military into Sunterra’s business practices used today.
