Sungevity
Key people | Danny Kennedy — President; |
|---|---|
Number of employees | 75 (2010) |
| Website | Sungevity.com |
Sungevity is a residential solar company that was founded in 2007 by Danny Kennedy, Andrew Birch and Alec Guettel and has offices in Berkeley and Oakland, California.[1]
Sungevity uses an internet based approach to build and design residential solar arrays. When a potential customer requests a quote, Sungevity's Remote Solar Design Team can virtually build an array within twenty-four hours by using Bing Maps.[2]
On September 22, 2009 Sungevity announced that it had raised $6 million to expand its services to Southern California and the Central Valley. Helping to raise the funds was the new cleantech venture capital firm Greener Capital. While the sales team has expanded, much of this money is going to be used for marketing and expanding the installation network.[3]
On May 1st, 2010 Sungevity partnered with US Bank and started to offer a 10 year Solar Lease, allowing people to install solar on their roofs with no money down.[4] The lease option was designed with Sungevity's mission in mind, to make going solar as easy and affordable as possible.
In April 2010, Sungevity introduced the Solar on the White House campaign[5] by offering to donate a system to the Obama family in order to send a message to the American public that solar is an affordable and viable option to help solve energy independence. The campaign highlights that President Jimmy Carter installed solar on the White House during the 1970's at the same time he introduced several solar incentives. Unfortunately, the system was removed by President Ronald Reagan during the 1980's when Carter's incentives ran out.
References
- ^ http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/06/sungevity-offers-cheap-userfriendly-solar-rooftop-pv.html
- ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/18/BUDD17LDEH.DTL
- ^ http://earth2tech.com/2009/09/22/sungevity-raises-6m-to-bring-more-solar-to-the-golden-state/
- ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sungevity-and-US-Bank-Create-prnews-874709453.html?x=0&.v=1
- ^ http://solaronthewhitehouse.com/
