By Eric Wesoff | GreenTech Solar
What stops a home owner from ordering an energy efficiency upgrade?
Is is cost? Convenience? Confidence in the contractor?
SolarCity, the distributed energy financier and utility, just sent out free software to 16,000 of its customers that lets the homeowner order energy upgrades with “one click,” according to co-founder and CTO Peter Rive. From this point on, all SolarCity customers will receive the software as well.
“Traditional efficiency audits generalize energy expenses, fail to pinpoint the source of problems and leave consumers guessing about possible solutions. It’s like providing a symptom without a diagnosis,” said Rive.
The software, armed with an image of the home, audit, weather, and DOE data, can rank improvements and upgrades in the sometimes-difficult balance required in energy-efficiency upgrade alchemy. SolarCity claims that its experience as an energy efficiency contractor “allows it to provide accurate cost data for specific upgrades and connect the customer with the ideal contractor.”
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents SolarCity
