Financing Activities and Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]

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- Definition

Guarantee of borrowing capacity in excess of collateral.

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- Definition

Senior Notes Maturity, Month and Year

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Amount of payment greater than the preceding installment payments to be paid at final maturity date of debt.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22)

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

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-SubTopic 10

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Line-of-Credit Arrangement

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Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of the portions of long-term notes payable due within one year or the operating cycle if longer.

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- Definition

Amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation.

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-Publisher FASB

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-Topic 470

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Financings - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Financings - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2015	Aug. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Activities and Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Notes payable, current			$ 10,360,000			$ 360,000
Debt instrument maturity date		Aug. 20, 2017
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing amount		$ 25,000,000
Guaranteed borrowing capacity					$ 5,000,000
Revolving credit facility			22,856,000			$ 8,760,000
Subsequent Event
Financing Activities and Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing amount				$ 30,000,000
Energy Source \| Promissory Notes
Financing Activities and Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Notes payable, current	$ 10,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate	5.00%
Debt instrument maturity date	Jul. 20, 2016
Value Lighting
Financing Activities and Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Debt refinance amount			$ 3,700,000
Notes payable, maturity			2018-11
Balloon payment			$ 1,400,000