“We take our responsibility to our communities and the Earth very seriously and strive to use business as a force for good. This Greenest Contractor recognition is a sign to us that we’re on the right path, a path that we’re committed to walking.” –Jason Sharpe, CEO, Namaste Solar The 2024 Greenest Contractor is an employee-owned company with a deep commitment to sustainable operations and equal green opportunities. While many Top Solar Contractors have installed solar on their headquarters, Namaste Solar (No. 160 on the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List) has also invested in free EV charging and an annual campaign to bring community solar to underserved Coloradans. Namaste installed a 100-kW solar array on its LEED-Silver-certified Denver office building and warehouse in 2018, but took it to the next step and added EV charging stations after that. The company was aided in this initiative by the Charge Ahead Colorado program, a joint venture between the Regional Air Quality Council and Colorado Energy Office that offers grants for EV charger installations to encourage diversification of transportation in Colorado. The four Level II charging stations at two locations in Boulder and its headquarters in Denver are available and free to both Namaste’s employees and the community. Namaste’s employees are also eligible for substantial discounts on solar installations on their own homes to help add even more clean energy to the local grid. The company supports environmental efforts both at its headquarters and in daily life, encouraging customers to recycle old solar panels and other electronics at Boulder-based recycling company Eco-Cycle’s Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM). The company is also committed to expanding green opportunities for more Coloradans through its Keep the Lights On Colorado program. It’s a fundraising program on behalf of nonprofit Energy Outreach Colorado that funds subscriptions to community solar projects for underserved Colorado families.
The Greenest Contractor award celebrates the greenest contractors taking sustainability in business to the next level. 
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