Accomplishments

Performance

Drove the establishment of a new UL Testing & Certification Laboratory, responding to high demand for new product testing in the Bay Area.
Creating consumer materials to clarify and up-date technology performance metrics and system performance parameters, present new technologies and product selection guidelines.
Designing a tool to project system output in annual kWh based on module and inverter ratings.

Awarded prestigious IDRC (Industry Driven Regional Collaborative) Grant to fund new training programs. Developed curriculum and created solar training programs across 5 Community College Districts in the South Bay Area in collaboration with SVLG, NOVA and the industry.
Enrolled over 130 students in PV classes and created internship program, interacting with local industry for student hands-on training.

Creating a financial decision matrix to determine possible financing structures, using the most widely used common financing alternatives as a founding structure: Capital Purchase, PPA, and Equipment Lease.
Developing an online resource to bring together Purchasers and Providers.
Preparing a standardized package to fast track the project through credit, creating a thorough project performance check list to ensure all the costs and production elements are well documented, complete, and accurate.

Built consensus among installer and integrator members to establish a common set of best practices across the large diversity of practitioners.
Developing installer guide to reduce building permit rejections correlated to inconsistent practices and quality, reducing compliance costs due to building permit rejections.

Developing interconnection and incentive best practices to reduce processing times and becoming the benchmark to be used for other communities, utilities and states.
Building consensus among permitting agencies and utilities to streamline new interconnection processes that eliminate the need for installers to use one standard process.

Developed Residential Permitting Standard Form that lowers costs for both cities and end users
Leading efforts to streamline city permitting process, analyzing permitting data basis and collaborating with local industry groups (i.e. CALSEIA, SVLG) to suggest policy modifications to local city officials.
Leading coordination efforts with key regional entities, including utilities, International Code Committee’s Solar Standards Subcommittee and local ABAG representatives to identify best permitting practices and to coordinate code standards on a regional basis.