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Farewell to a GreenSpark Solar Super Hero

Everyone loves a success story and we have a doozy to share! Today we are celebrating our in-house superhero, John Conklin, Solar Home Advisor. John is our longest tenured residential sales person who has sold the highest number of residential solar systems in the history of our company! He has sold over a million dollars worth of residential solar systems and has helped bring affordable solar to hundreds of people in the Greater Rochester region. John started with GreenSpark as a temporary worker on one of our larger commercial projects and later transitioned into a permanent position as an Installer,…

Project Highlight: A January Residential Install

You may think that January is a terrible time to install solar. Quite the contrary! The sun still shines during winter, dear friends. Come spring and summer, your solar array is all installed and ready to turn those rays into mean, green, clean energy. Here is a quick look at a current install project in Victor, NY. Contact us today to get about getting one of these signs on your yard and making 2018 the year to choose renewable energy!

Solar Tariff – We’re Not Slowing Down

Hello Rochester Area Friends, Yesterday the President decided to impose a 30% tariff to the price of solar panels. As you may guess, we at GreenSpark, Rochester's Fastest Growing Company, think this decision is remarkably shortsighted and detrimental to the economy and do not agree with anything that would slow us on our mission to tear down the barriers to clean energy by deploying solar, and doing our part to slow the effects of climate change right here in our community. The good news is this decision will have little to no impact on our growing solar community in…

Canvassing: First Impressions by Zach Davis

I have only been with GreenSpark for a short time, but already, my outlook on grassroots organizing and going door to door has transformed. I think there is a stigma surrounding going door to door. You can picture it: the smooth-talking, greasy salesman just looking to rip you off and take your money. At least, that's what I always pictured when I thought of going door to door. I just pictured countless doors slamming in my face; people running and diving beneath their beds to hide when they saw me coming down the street. What I imagined, however, couldn't have been…

Faces of GreenSpark: Meet John

It's about that time again, a chance for you to get to know who we are and the source of our pride - we're so proud of our family here at GreenSpark. This week, on our Faces of GreenSpark blog series, meet John Bopp, Solar Guide at GreenSpark. Q: Why should people care about clean/solar energy? A: "Not caring about clean energy is tantamount to not caring about your home or the place you live. To continuously utilize forms of energy production that have been proven harmful, not only to our environment, but to ourselves as a species would eventually…

Faces of GreenSpark: Meet Mary

We're so proud of our "family" here at GreenSpark and we want to give you a chance to get to know who we are and the source of our pride. So, every couple of weeks we feature one of our colleagues in our Faces of GreenSpark blog series. This week, we chatted with Mary Nicholas, Manager of Community Organizing. She's a gem. See what she had to say. Q: Why should people care about clean/solar energy? A: "Going solar is one of the most empowering actions you can take as an individual to make a positive impact on the local…

Faces of GreenSpark: Meet Luke

We're so proud of our team here and wanted to give you a chance to get to know who we are - the faces of GreenSpark. We had a chance to sit down with Luke Spencer, one of our Project Engineers, and it was an absolute pleasure. See what he had to say. Q: Why should people care about clean/solar energy? A: "I think people do care about clean, renewable energy and for a variety of reasons. Many people site the need for a cleaner, low-carbon power source as their main reason. Others appreciate how solar energy improves our local…

Rochester Residents See Huge Savings from Installed Solar Arrays

GreenSpark installed a 7.42kW roof mounted solar array for Elliot and Anna Vos at their home in the Highland Park Neighborhood of Rochester in 2015. The array covers just about 100% of their annual electric usage saving them nearly $1500 per year. Over the life of the system the Vos' will see over $34,000 in savings. The payback period was originally just about eight years, but through GreenSpark's referral Program, the Vos' have referred so many new customers that they will see the return on their investment much faster.Vos Details Breakdown:7.42kW roof mountReduction in Electricity Usage - nearly 100%Anticipated Annual…

Why the Webster Solar Challenge

Webster Solar Challenge Rochester was recently listed as #2 on Redfin’s list of top 10 U.S. cities in the Northeast region with the most untapped solar potential. So what does this mean for our City and for GreenSpark? This means we have a huge opportunity in terms of job creation, sustainability, strengthening our local economy, and saving people money by powering our grid with clean, green, and local solar. GreenSpark went a step further to analyze the towns with the most untapped solar potential, and found that Webster homes frequently have ideal setups for rooftop solar, yet the financial benefits…

Connecting the Interconnection Dots

Article Written By Matt Vanderbrook, Senior Project Developer It’s a dynamic time for the solar industry in New York and in the Finger Lakes region as illustrated by the RBJ in an recent article: “The Finger Lakes region saw the second-highest growth in solar installations across the state in the last five years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.” You may have heard that the cost of solar has rapidly dropped which, combined with regulatory and policy efforts at the state and federal levels, has made New York one of the best states for solar in the nation. With such rapid…

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