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Noncontrolling Interest, Increase from Sale of Parent Equity Interest, Shares

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Share Repurchase Program, Maximum Authorized Purchase Price Per Share

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Stock Repurchased During Period, Average Price Per Share

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The cash outflow from the amount invested for projects in hopes of getting a future return or interest from it.

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-Glossary Investing Activities

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of shares of stock issued during the period as part of a transaction to acquire assets that do not qualify as a business combination.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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The number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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Period which shares may be purchased under a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2015	Sep. 19, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling interests	5.00%
Stock repurchase program, number of shares authorized to be repurchased		1,000,000
Stock repurchase program, amount authorized		$ 1,100,000
Stock repurchase program, period in force		24 months
Stock repurchase program, maximum authorized purchase price per share		$ 1.30
Stock repurchase program, stock repurchased during period, shares				235,906
Stock repurchase program, stock repurchased during period, average price per share				$ 0.55
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets				$ 157,870	$ 0
American DG New York, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling interests			49.00%	49.00%
Payments to Acquire Projects			$ 100,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Purchase of Assets			100,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage			51.00%	51.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage, Legal Interest			51.00%	51.00%
Equity Exchange Agreement \| IN Holdings, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Treasury stock acquired and subsequently retired	1,320,000
Stock transferred in disposal of partial ownership in consolidated subsidiary	1,320,000