Malta, NY, June 25, 2009 – NABCEP

The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is pleased to welcome AEE Solar as their first corporate “Silver” level sponsor.  Ezra Auerbach, Executive Director of NABCEP said, “This sponsorship donation by AEE is important to us, the support of one of North America’s leading renewable energy distributors validates that the work we do is important to companies and individuals on the front lines of solar installation.”

Jane Weissman, acting Chair of NABCEP adds, “On behalf of the entire Board I express our thanks to AEE Solar – this sort of corporate support shows that the industries we serve do put great value in the quality assurance goals of NABCEP.”

David Katz, the founder of AEE and a PV industry pioneer says of the donation, “It is important to us to support the efforts of NABCEP – their Certified Installers are among the best in the industry.” Mr. Auerbach agrees, “I hear time and again that NABCEP Certificant installed systems have fewer problems at startup.”

About NABCEP:

The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is a volunteerBoard of renewable energy stakeholder representatives that includes representatives of the solar industry,NABCEP certificants, renewable energy organizations, state policy makers, educational institutions, andthe trades. To learn more about NABCEP and its mission to develop and implement quality credentialing and certification programs for renewable energy practitioners please visit www.nabcep.org.

Visit http://www.nabcep.org/become-a-donor to learn more about how businesses and individuals can contribute to NABCEP.

NABCEP Contact: Ezra Auerbach, eauerbach@nabcep.org , 1-800-654-0021

About AEE :

AEE Solar is one of the largest and oldest wholesale solar distributors of solar, wind and micro-hydroelectric systems and equipment, including hard-to-find parts nobody else carries. AEE provides everything needed to design, install, upgrade and maintain renewable energy power systems.

To learn more about AEE Solar visit www.aeesolar.com.