Commercial Solar Blog
Learn about solar and discover trends with content written by industry experts.
Tooraj Arvajeh: Simplifying Renewable Energy Finance with Perl Street
Data can be chaos in any industry, but none more than the renewables space. From operational efficiency and project finance to environmental metrics and local...
Using Solar to Satisfy the Colorado Building Performance Standards (BPS) Program
Colorado has long been a pioneer of environmental legislation—but HB 21-1286, or the Energy Performance for Buildings statute, was arguably its most ambitious. By...
Solar Entrepreneur Invents First Operations & Maintenance Robot
As a young man in his twenties, Derek Chase didn’t think he was on a particularly compelling career path. He landed a summer job in California working for a guy running a solar installation company out of his garage. The industry was new, interesting, and constantly...
How Solar Adds Value to Real Estate Investment Trusts
As a commercial property owner, you have a wide range of ways to ensure a successful property. Maybe you’re all about vacancy reductions. Or maybe you're striving to retain the tenants you already have. Perhaps your tenant mix is in a good place and you’re looking to...
Don’t Finance Solar on your Commercial Property
There’s something comforting about the permanent-yet-impermanent quality of a multi-tenant commercial property. Hosting everything from bubble tea shops and chiropractors to franchise restaurants and dog groomers, these rotating carousels of businesses are a staple in...
Podcast Guest Appearance – “The solarcoaster” w/ John Witchel
Mitigating climate change is a race against time, requiring “rapid, far reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society,” according to the IPCC, who says we need to halve global emissions by 2030. But Tom Dinwoodie of Epic Institute believes that this...
Increasing Tenant Satisfaction with Solar
A commercial property is only as successful as its tenants, so how will a solar program affect the tenant experience? The good news is that with millions of commercial solar installations worldwide, positive tenant experiences are at an all-time high. In fact,...
OneBill™: The Industry’s Leading Consolidated Energy Bill
When you fly into LAX and the plane is skimming over the rooftops of strip malls, office buildings, hospitals, and other large properties, you will notice there is hardly a solar panel in sight. Market trends are showing solar is profitable for property owners and a...
Top 5 Commercial Rooftop Solar Questions
As a commercial property owner, your roof is one of the most important investments you make. So we understand the concern when asked to consider solar. The good news is that solar is a mature industry with infrastructure in place across millions of projects worldwide,...
In the Money: Finding a Future-Proof Strategy for CRE Solar Investment with Dave Riess
Dave Riess, CEO and Co-Founder of Wunder, a leading provider of solar solutions for Commercial and Industrial properties, walked us through the strategies available to commercial real estate (CRE) owners to build a financially viable energy platform within their...
An Easy Way to Learn the Value of Solar
King Energy’s 90-day analysis process Solar energy can increase the value and income of a shopping center, office building, or industrial park; however, there are some details to figure out before getting started. In order to create a formal solar program plan, King...
How Solar Works on Flat Roofs
Solar is a long-term investment So, how do you ensure that putting solar on the roof of a commercial property does not limit future leasing options for the building? What if a new tenant wants to move in ten years from now, and has unique venting or HVAC requirements?...