Sungevity Now Offers Solar to Small Businesses

After years of focusing exclusively on home solar, Sungevity is now expanding to offer our solar solutions to the commercial market. We’ve teamed up with Sol Systems, a leader in commercial-scale finance and investment, to offer systems primarily to the underserved small business sector.

“When we launched Sungevity in 2008, we built our company on the mission of SFUN – or, ‘solar for universal need,’ and we’ve spent each year since then perfecting the way we serve our residential customers through outstanding service, innovative software technology and strategic partnerships with companies and organizations they know and trust,” said Andrew Birch, CEO, Sungevity. “Now, through our partnership with Sol Systems, we can offer equally powerful solutions to small businesses that form the cornerstones of the communities in which we live and work. And, we believe our expansive network of happy residential customers will allow us to quickly establish ourselves in the small commercial space.”

The announcement has people talkin’. Read more in the press:

• Big and small commercial solar coming on strong in 2015, Greentech Media
• Solar for small business: Sungevity enters the market, Tree Hugger
• Plan to Scale Commercial Solar Market Revealed: Sol Systems and Sungevity Team up to Pave the Way, Sol Systems

For more information about Sungevity’s commercial solutions, please reach out to commercial@sungevity.com.

What would you do with an extra $5,000?

The Sungevity customer who won our February sweepstakes faced that happy question last Friday when he received the congratulatory call. His answer? Though briefly tempted to add to his collection of old fast cars (he already has one), Mike M. of San Leandro, California plans to contribute the winnings to his retirement fund. A smart choice – what else would you expect from a solar homeowner?

For the month of February, our customers received a sweepstakes entry for each friend they referred to Sungevity.* Up for grabs was a cool $5,000 cash to go towards fulfilling a dream of the winner’s choosing. Mike, a customer of four years, chose the perfect time to make his first referral. He posted a response to a question about solar on his neighborhood website and, after sharing his experience and referral code, the rest is history.

A big congratulations to Mike and thank you to all of our participating customers! To learn more about how you can join the Sunshine Network of Sungevity customers, or to learn how you may benefit from spreading solar even if you can’t go solar yourself, check out www.sungevity.com.

Here’s to spreading the solar love!

*Official sweepstakes rules

Finding The Sunny Side Of Winter

Susan and Gregg J., Sungevity solar homeowners from Milford, Massachusetts, snapped this photo after another snowstorm hit the northeast this record-breaking winter. They explained that their solar panels have reliably shed any accumulated snow within one day after the snow stopped falling – without any effort on their end – allowing them to take this beautiful shot. “And, since it has been so cold, our solar production has been fabulous, despite the winter weather!” they added.

Do you have your own snowy solar photos you’d like to share? Send them to us at content@sungevity.com.

5 Tips To Help You Ace Your Interview At Sungevity

(Spoiler: one of them involves reading this blog, so you’re off to a good start.)

So, you’ve found the job of your dreams at Sungevity. You’ve submitted an outstanding application, and our hiring managers saw that you have the potential to take our company to the next level. Congratulations – you’re already ahead of the pack!

Now you’ve arrived at the most important part of the process: the interview. We want as much as you do for you to hit the interview out of the park, so here are five easy tips to help you shine:

1. Get to know Sungevity. Visit our website, follow us on Facebook and our blog (check!), and watch our YouTube videos (especially this one about our company culture and, if you’re applying to a position in Software, this love letter to our tech team) to get a sense of our work and our culture.
2. Learn more about your interviewer. Some light Internet stalking can help you make a great first impression. Find your interviewer on LinkedIn and learn what you can about his or her background and role. This can provide more context around your questions, and you might discover some common ground worth mentioning.
3. Think about the questions you have for us. Remember that your interview is a two-way street. We want to you to have the confidence that this position at Sungevity is the right role and company for you. The best way to do that is to ask questions, big and small.
4. Bring your honest self to the interview. Sure, we want to hear about your strengths and triumphs, but we also want to hear about challenges you’ve encountered and how you overcame them. Here are other common questions that might come up.
5. Smile, bring tons of energy, and email us after to let us know how it went! We love the work we do, and we hope you will too. So, show up with enthusiasm, and follow up afterwards so we can address any remaining questions you may have.

Now you’re ready to ace it. Still have questions? Ask them in the comments below.