Case Studies
 | Dear Prudence: If Solar Makes Financial Sense for a CPA, Could It Make Sense for You?This is a story of a solar installer and two of his customers – a man who imagined solar powering his residence and workplace – and his CPA, who ran the numbers and was inspired to follow his example. [ more ... ] |
 | Solar in the Woods: Artist’s Studio Goes ACPVMick Shisker’s art studio, located in the Bitterroot Mountains of southwestern Montana, proves that installing PV deep in the woods isn’t as illogical as it may seem. [ more ... ] |
 | Harvard Business SchoolIn attempts to reduce greenhouse gases 30 percent by 2016, Harvard University made some steady progress by installing solar panels on the business school’s new executive education facility, Tata Hall. [ more ... ] |
 | The Little School That Could (and Did)Bristol, Tennessee’s Holston View Elementary School is forging a new path for schools by demonstrating that a solar array can do more than produce power – it can provide a practical and positive venue for learning. [ more ... ] |
 | Solar Array Gives Virginia Dairy Farm a Competitive EdgeThe dairy farms of southwest Virginia’s Washington County were struggling, and some had already lost the fight. Countiss Dairy, a 750-head farm, and third largest dairy of the county’s remaining seven, wasn’t going to be the next. [ more ... ] |
 | Solar Goes DiY with ACPV System InstallationsRob Minerick has done his share of do-it-yourself projects at his home in Houghton, Michigan, but he’d never installed a PV system in his life. And until he became familiar with ACPV systems, he never knew how easy it could be. [ more ... ] |
 | AC Unison with Integrated Microinverter Changes Installer’s Home TooWhen Rebecca Lundberg, co-owner of Minnesota-based solar installer Powerfully Green, first met her customer Bob Wilmers, she had no idea that the PV system she would install for his home would eventually change her own home too. [ more ... ] |
 | Son Power: Solar Installer Makes Believers of Project Owner ParentsHomeowners Terry and Deborah Radtke were on the lookout for a sensible long-term investment in a sluggish economy. Should they purchase mutual funds? Real estate? The Radtkes’ son, Josh, an independent sales rep and installer at Solar Energy Solutions [ more ... ] |