Faster, easier, affordable solar
At Sungevity, we think a lot of people don’t know how easy it can be to go solar. We hope to change minds and work to prove that solar is affordable, a good investment, and a viable way to reduce our carbon emissions.
Ask our customers about their Sungevity experience
To make residential solar energy less expensive, Sungevity doesn't work like other solar companies.
With Sungevity, you can learn about solar energy, get a free iQuote for your home, and order a solar system - all online. We think the convenience of an online purchasing process makes going solar easier and faster.
For most customers, Sungevity doesn't need to visit your home to provide you with a free quote. New technology has enabled us to do remote roof analysis and accurately and efficiently determine your home's solar potential from our office. A Sungevity consultant personally designs every system using satellite and aerial images to fit your specific solar needs. Most solar companies will come by your house 2-3 times to do this! Because we don't need to do so many site visits, we can offer our customers fully-installed solar systems often at 10% less than our competitors. We think you'll appreciate the savings.
Unlike many other solar companies, Sungevity specializes in home solar electric systems. We are fully committed to providing homeowners the best service and the highest quality solar system. People come to us because they want to get solar on their home that works and saves them money. Sungevity makes it happen!
It takes a lot of work to start an energy revolution, but with your help, we can make solar a main source of power - starting today with your home. We appreciate your interest in solar and your business, and hope that you enjoy your Sungevity experience.
We call it: Sunshine Online.
The Sungevity process
Sungevity helps you go solar in six steps.
- Enter Address. Learn all you want to know about solar at Sungevity.com, and when you’re ready, enter your address. We’ll design system options to suit your roof, and email you back your iQuote, including what your home looks like with solar, as well as the financial & environmental benefits.
- Select System. Chose the system size that best suits you and decide if you’d like to invest up front, or pay as you go (if you need assistance with financing your system purchase, we’ll facilitate that, too). When you’re ready to order your system, we request only the industry's standard $1,000 deposit.
- Order System. You’re on your way! You sign your contract and select a preferred home visit date and installation date. At the home visit, we check out your circuit board and plan the installation. We'll send you a packet of simple forms to sign and return (utility, building permit, & rebate application) along with an online energy audit to complete.
- System Delivered. We UPS your solar panels directly to your door so you can track their progress online. When you’ve received the hardware, we ask you to make the second installment.
- System Installed. On the date of your choice, we arrange for your solar system to be installed by a qualified electrical professional. This will take 2-4 days depending on the system size, and you need to be there for only a few hours. The final installment of your payment is not required till after the installation. The utility then inspects the installation and turns your solar system on.
- System Live! You’re up and running, saving money and the environment!
Sungevity testimonials
Our experience with sungevity was excellent! Everyone was helpful, cooperative and competent. Full disclosure: our daughter does marketing at Sungevity but when we looked at quotes for solar for our home, Sungevity's was the least expensive choice, and the only company that gave us different system size options.The installation was done sooner than promised and the PG&E representative who came to put in our new meter complimented the work on the solar system. We now have the pleasure of watching our meter run backward!
Linc and Suzie, Mountain Ranch, CA
We just got our solar system from Sungevity. They are a local solar sales and installation company that does all it's work through a cool online system that makes it really easy to choose a solar system and get it installed. Unlike the other solar companies, they can give a quote without going to the house, and could email us our quote and our contract! Sungevity also took care of all the paperwork to get us the rebates and permits we needed. Sungevity made the process so easy, and the installation looks great. We also like the team there - many people at the company have a non-profit advocacy background and they are really committed to making solar accessible to everyone. Bottom line: we love our Sungevity solar system and would recommend them to anyone.
Mike and Catherine, Oakland, CA
Sungevity in the news
Fortune Magazine: The Dell of solar
CNET: Cutting down solar costs with satellite imagery
Wired: App uses satellite images to size your home for solar panels
Earth2Tech: Sungevity: Where Solar Rooftops Meet the Internet
Greentech Media: Solar by Satellite
San Francisco Business Times: Solar panel installer Sungevity measures rooftops online
Green Energy TV (NBC broadcast): Sungevity: the Dell of solar
Triple Pundit: Sungevity Hits The Home Solar Sweet Spot
About Sungevity: meet the team
Danny Kennedy is Sungevity’s CXO and President. A long time social entrepreneur, Danny has achieved global recognition as an environmental activist, spokesperson, and opinion leader. Most recently, Danny was the Campaigns Manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific. In 2001, he ran Greenpeace’s California Clean Energy Campaign, the success of which helped lead to the current California Solar Initiative. Danny was the founder and first Executive Director of Project Underground and has served on several nonprofit boards. Danny lives in Berkeley with his wife Miya Yoshitani and two daughters.
JP Ross helps manage supply relationships and installation. JP formerly worked at Vote Solar and was instrumental in the development of the California Solar Initiative. He chairs the American Solar Energy Society Policy Committee and is a member of the Board. He has a daughter and son with his wife Monique.
Alec Guettel is the Chair of Sungevity’s Board of Directors. He is also the co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Axiom Legal Solutions Inc., one of the nation’s fastest growing private companies. He has worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, McKinsey & Co., was a member of the Clinton-Core transition team in 1993. Alex graduated from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
Martha Belcher is Sungevity’s Chief Operating Officer. Martha, formerly of the David Brower Center, has years of experience managing large teams in social venture organizations. Martha lives in Berkeley with her husband Martin Wagner and son Jasper.
Candace Neufeld, Carrie McCandless, Nargis Solis and Dave Loomis head up the Sungevity customer care team. As Sungevity solar consultants, they are here to make your experience satisfying, efficient, and easy from your first enquiry about solar, through the 25-year warranted life of the system.
Heath Galloway is our lead NABCEP certified installer, with over 10 years experience installing residential solar systems. Heath received his MA in appropriate technology from Appalachian State University and leads our California-based crews, including our certified electrical contractors, and the on-site staff of Randy Meza, Francois Hunter, and Misha Balmer.
Mateo Williford is Sungevity’s technologist and licensee. Mateo received his BA in appropriate technology from Appalachian State University and is NABCEP certified. Mateo makes sure our customers always get the highest quality solar panels and components and that all our systems are installed in compliance with California state law requirements.
Hannah Russin runs our communications, helping you share your experience with Sungevity and promoting solar throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
Adam Pryor and Alvin Savoy are our web developers, based in Australia, who helped create the program that measures your roof and calculates your solar potential.
Andrew Birch is Sungevity's co-founder and overseas advisor, providing strategic direction and oversight for the website and solar economics.
BoxerMartin are our supplier partners, making sure the components of a solar system arrive safely and speedily to your door.