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Tag: Residential Solar

  • Solar’s effect on real estate market: Home buyers are interested and willing to pay

    As our Countdown to California 2020 continues — the year in which all new homes in California will be required to include solar energy — home buyers and Realtors across the country are reporting increased interest in homes with solar systems — and are willing to pay for it. AccordingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • How to predictably scale and grow your solar installation business

    Even as the residential solar installation market continues to grow, most solar businesses are looking for ways to lower the cost of acquiring new customers. How can your residential solar contracting business manage customer acquisition so that you have the right amount of business through each season without over-spending onRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PV Pointer: Maintain edge distance for compliant roof attachment

    The quality of a solar installation has many parameters. One frequently underevaluated aspect is a compliant roof attachment. Load calculations that determine the number and spacing of attachment points prescribe not only the length of lag screws that must enter structural members but also their edge distance or the effectiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar Marketplace Report shows the power of one ITC and the weakness of another

    The semiannual Solar Marketplace Intel Report from EnergySage shows that solar system costs continue to fall, despite the Trump tariffs, which so far, have not even produced more domestic module procurement. Here are four takeaways from this latest report, which is based on millions of transaction-level data points generated withinRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Virginia’s Ipsun Solar adds energy storage offering with Tesla certification

    Ipsun Solar, located in Fairfax, Va., is now a Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer. The company says sign-ups for the product are already coming in at a brisk pace, which speaks to a desire on the part of D.C. and Northern Virginia homeowners for customized solar-plus-battery solutions. During 2019, the finalRead More — Solar Builder magazine