SolarUniverse Franchises The Business Of Residential Solar

SmartPlanet.com (blog):

There are franchise models for pretty much every kind of business you can think of, so why not residential solar installations? That’s the focus for a three-year-old organization called SolarUniverse, which is hoping to spark up the deployment of solar technology projects typically between 10 kilowatts and 200 kilowatts in scope.

In that time, SolarUniverse has developed approximately 20 franchise locations in Arizona, California, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

When I spoke with him several weeks ago, SolarUniverse CEO Joe Bono said he hopes to double those numbers over time, targeting residential contractors and electricians seeking to build new skills. Bono’s rationale for franchising the business of residential and smaller commercial solar is that the local approvals and financing programs for these projects can be difficult for homeowners or small-business owners to navigate. “We continue to concentrate on the concept of the one-visit close,” Bono said. Full article.

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