Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail)

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) (Subsequent Event, USD $)
0 Months Ended
Jan. 07, 2015
Dec. 31, 2015
Jan. 12, 2015
Jan. 01, 2015
Chief Executive Officer
       
Subsequent Event [Line Items]        
Annual salary paid to officer $ 350,000us-gaap_SalariesWagesAndOfficersCompensation
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Share based compensation bonus paid 100.00%us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCashAwardsGrantedPercentage
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Non-compete covenant period 2 years      
Non-solicitation covenant period 5 years      
Boulder Ev [Member]
       
Subsequent Event [Line Items]        
Membership interest       100.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
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Two Thousand Nine Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] | Chief Executive Officer
       
Subsequent Event [Line Items]        
Stock issued during period shares employee stock ownership plan     130,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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Employee stock ownership plan weighted average purchase price of shares purchased     $ 7.15us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award vesting rights, Percentage   2.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, Vesting Period   50 months