LEED Points

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  • Top home solar customer concern? Reputation.

    The solar industry is forward-thinking in its design and technology innovation, but the solar sales process isn’t stacking up. While salespeople are doing the best they can, unfortunately, gaps still exist that are having a negative impact on the reputation of residential solar. Aurora Solar’s Solar Industry Snapshot found that 50 percent of homeowners find……

  • Let’s get digital: Success in solar is tied to your tech stack

    This article from Scott Nguyen, co-founder and CEO of Bodhi, was originally published in the Q3 issue of Solar Builder. Subscribe here for free. Digital transformation. Solar installers roll their eyes when they hear these two words, and I can’t blame them. They’re marketing buzzwords that the Accentures of the world use to sell their……

  • Can AI speed tandem solar cell development?

    Perovskite solar cells are tantalizing for how much more efficient they could be versus silicon solar cells. The problem is stabilizing these cells for real world conditions and scaling the tech to be commercially viable for larger-scale solar applications. We have noted many lab breakthroughs touted here and there over the years, and many solar……

  • Enphase IQ EV charger now available to U.S. solar installers

    Enphase Energy announced the availability of the Enphase IQ EV Charger in the United States and Canada late last week. The IQ EV Charger is WiFi-enabled, includes smart control and monitoring capabilities, and, maybe most importantly, it seamlessly integrates with Enphase’s solar and battery system. “As more and more consumers make the switch to electric……

  • Illinois rooftop solar installs thriving in ComEd territory

    The future of solar energy is bright in northern Illinois as ComEd today announced that more than 51,000 Distributed Energy Resources (DER) have been connected to its smart electric grid as of September, including more than 49,000 residential rooftop solar systems and related energy storage facilities. This is a substantial increase from 837 rooftop solar……