Dave Bonta
DAVE BONTA
President and Founder of USA Solar Stores, the largest alternative energy retailer in the Northeast, has written about alternative energy and sustainable living for Green Living, Back Home Magazine, Alternative Energy Retailer and The Vermont Guardian. Bonta has studied renewable energy and energy efficiency for more than twenty years, is a frequent speaker at major green energy conferences across America and is a tireless advocate for green living. Bonta is also the creator of BackHome chapters in America, a homesteading network group.
New Green Home Solutions & The New Solar Home published by Gibbs Smith
Dave Bonta first entered into the solar energy arena in the Carter years of 1979, studying Solar Water heating theory at Bridgeport Engineering Institute under the guidance of Jerry Falbel and later in New York at the tutelage of Mike Zinn, founder of Bio Energy Systems (Besicorp) which later became the parent of SunWize technologies of New York. After the Solar Energy boom of the early 80’s ended with the demise of the Federal Incentive program, Dave worked for The Nash Engineering Company in CT, in their marketing dept. for the next 20 years. Dave continued to follow the progress of the Solar energy industry and created a few solar energy collectors for space and water heating.
Dave lives with his wife in Weathersfield, Vermont and has been working in the renewable energy industry in Vermont since 2001, has both a business and a home completely powered by solar energy and drives biodiesel powered vehicles. Currently Mr. Bonta is owner/developer of the USA Solar Store licensing program, a program to set up retail chain stores whose mission is to make conservation and renewable energy products and systems more readily available to a greater and growing market. Since 2001 he has helped launch 23 Successful entrepreneurial based solar stores. Mr. Bonta was one of the founders of Vermont’s first Biodiesel distribution company, Global E Industries and has since launched another biofuels company, BioQuantum. Mr. Bonta has also become a shareholder in another business opportunity related to Solar/Human/Hybrid Transportation, Run About Cycles, Inc. and has sponsored and supported other business start-ups in sync with his business vision and values, Mr. Bonta served on the board of the Vermont Biofuels Association as Vice President and serves as President of the Sustainable Valley Group based in Springfield, Vermont.
Contact info Dave Bonta , PO Box, 133, Perkinsville, VT 05151 dave@usasolarstore.com 802 263-5785
STEPHEN SNYDER
Stephen Snyder, communications director for USA Solar Stores, left New York City in 1995 to start an organic herb farm in Vermont with his wife. He is also a freelance writer and has published The Brewmaster’s Bible (HarperCollins), The Beer Companion (Simon & Schuster), and The Brewmaster’s Recipe Manual. He lives in Vermont.