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Ameresco, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Tuesday, 11/5/19, at 4:31pm ET · For: 9/30/19 · Accession #: 1488139-19-87 · File #: 1-34811

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/05/19  Ameresco, Inc.                    10-Q        9/30/19   89:11M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    850K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
26: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     57K 
48: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    168K 
81: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     58K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
33: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     80K 
27: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     56K 
                Income                                                           
50: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     28K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
83: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    123K 
                Redeemable Non-Controlling Interests and                         
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
35: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    199K 
24: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     31K 
42: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     48K 
13: R11         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML    265K 
59: R12         Business Acquisitions and Related Transactions      HTML     53K 
68: R13         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     99K 
43: R14         Energy Assets Energy Assets                         HTML     57K 
14: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     41K 
60: R16         Leases                                              HTML    348K 
69: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     33K 
41: R18         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     78K 
15: R19         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    117K 
56: R20         Investment Funds and Other Variable Interest        HTML     75K 
                Entities                                                         
88: R21         Non-controlling Interests and Equity                HTML     38K 
37: R22         Earnings Per Share and Other Equity Related         HTML     60K 
                Information                                                      
28: R23         Business Segment Information                        HTML    140K 
57: R24         Debt                                                HTML     91K 
89: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     65K 
                (Policies)                                                       
38: R26         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML    243K 
29: R27         Business Acquisitions and Related Transactions      HTML     47K 
                (Tables)                                                         
58: R28         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     94K 
87: R29         Energy Assets (Tables)                              HTML     89K 
71: R30         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     33K 
63: R31         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    152K 
12: R32         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML     72K 
40: R33         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    122K 
                (Tables)                                                         
70: R34         Investment Funds And Other Variable Interest        HTML     65K 
                Entities (Tables)                                                
62: R35         Earnings Per Share and Other Equity Related         HTML     48K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
11: R36         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    138K 
39: R37         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     91K 
72: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     30K 
                Restricted Cash (Details)                                        
61: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     36K 
                Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Details)                       
80: R40         Revenue from Contracts with Customers -             HTML    101K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
52: R41         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Contract    HTML     43K 
                Balances (Details)                                               
25: R42         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Additional  HTML     56K 
                Information (Details)                                            
36: R43         Business Acquisitions and Related Transactions -    HTML     49K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
79: R44         Business Acquisitions and Related Transactions -    HTML     61K 
                Consideration Paid and the Allocation of the                     
                Purchase Price (Details)                                         
51: R45         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Goodwill           HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
23: R46         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     84K 
                Information (Details)                                            
34: R47         Energy Assets - Energy Assets (Details)             HTML     35K 
82: R48         Energy Assets - Financing Lease Assets (Details)    HTML     31K 
49: R49         Energy Assets - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     88K 
64: R50         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     40K 
74: R51         Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)  HTML     36K 
46: R52         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     58K 
18: R53         Leases - Adoption of New Leasing Standard           HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R54         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     58K 
                Related to Leases (Details)                                      
76: R55         Leases - Lease Cost (Details)                       HTML     39K 
47: R56         Leases - Minimum Future Lease Obligations           HTML     68K 
                (Details)                                                        
19: R57         Leases Leases - Schedule of Sale Leaseback          HTML     53K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
66: R58         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     42K 
73: R59         Fair Value Measurement - Fair Value of Assets and   HTML     51K 
                Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis                        
                (Details)                                                        
31: R60         Fair Value Measurement - Additional Information     HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
20: R61         Fair Value Measurement - Changes in Contingent      HTML     31K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
53: R62         Fair Value Measurement - Fair Value and Carrying    HTML     34K 
                Value of Long-term Debt (Details)                                
85: R63         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     48K 
                Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the                      
                Balance Sheet (Details)                                          
32: R64         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     42K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
21: R65         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     40K 
                Effects on Statements of Income (Loss) and                       
                Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss                    
                (Details)                                                        
55: R66         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     45K 
                Effects of Derivative Instruments in Accumulated                 
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                               
86: R67         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     82K 
                Summary of Active Derivative Instruments (Details)               
30: R68         Investment Funds And Other Variable Interest        HTML     50K 
                Entities - Narrative (Details)                                   
22: R69         Investment Funds and Other Variable Interest        HTML     74K 
                Entities - Schedule of Variable Interest Entity                  
                Financial Information (Details)                                  
17: R70         Non-Controlling Interests and Equity (Details)      HTML     43K 
45: R71         Earnings Per Share and Other Equity Related         HTML     39K 
                Information - Schedule of Earnings Per Share,                    
                Basic and Diluted (Details)                                      
78: R72         Earnings Per Share and Other Equity Related         HTML     65K 
                Information - Narrative (Details)                                
67: R73         Business Segment Information (Details)              HTML     71K 
16: R74         Debt - Summary of Long-term Debt (Details)          HTML    105K 
44: R75         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     60K 
77: R9999       Uncategorized Items - amrc-20190930.xml             HTML     33K 
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Filing Submission 0001488139-19-000087 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Ameresco, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

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