How solar teams use Solar1 in the field and at the desk.
Residential and commercial installation teams — operations managers, project coordinators, CFOs, and sales managers — on what changed when they moved to one platform.
Sunward Energy
Phoenix, AZ · 22-person residential installer
“We were finishing projects without knowing if they were profitable. Solar1's job costing told us we were bleeding margin on materials overruns that nobody was tracking. We caught it in month three. That's worth more than the subscription.”
— CFO, Sunward Energy
The challenge
Finance team was reconciling job costs manually at month-end using three spreadsheets. By the time they identified an overrun, the job was closed.
What changed
Solar1's real-time job costing surfaced materials overruns during active projects — not after close. QuickBooks sync eliminated the manual reconciliation step entirely.
Key outcomes
Solar1 modules used
Result
$180K recovered in year one
Pacific Ridge Solar
San Jose, CA · 35-person C&I installer
“The interconnection tracker and AHJ workflow saved my team 6 hours a week on permit follow-up. That's real time back — time that used to go to status calls with utilities and digging through email threads.”
— Project Manager, Pacific Ridge Solar
The challenge
Project coordinators were tracking permit status across 30–40 active jobs using email threads, spreadsheets, and manual utility follow-up calls. Status updates were delayed. Comment letter deadlines were missed.
What changed
Solar1's permit queue centralized status across all active projects. AHJ lookup eliminated manual jurisdiction research. Interconnection tracking automated follow-up reminders before review windows closed.
Key outcomes
Solar1 modules used
Result
6 hrs/week recovered on permit follow-up
Summit Solar Group
Denver, CO · 18-person residential installer
“We replaced our CRM, project management tool, permit tracker, and accounting bridge with Solar1. The implementation team had us live in under two weeks. That's not a claim — that's what happened.”
— Operations Director, Summit Solar Group
The challenge
Office and field teams ran on different systems. Scheduling changes went to WhatsApp. Field crews didn't have visibility into job scope. Office managers learned about job issues after the fact.
What changed
Solar1's mobile access gave field crews real-time job data on their phones. Milestone completions by field crews automatically advanced office workflows. Schedule changes pushed to crew mobile instantly.
Key outcomes
Solar1 modules used
Result
Eliminated WhatsApp for job coordination
Meridian Solar
Austin, TX · 12-person mixed residential/C&I
“Before Solar1, proposals took 3 hours minimum — pulling specs from Aurora Solar, customer data from the CRM, incentive calculations from a separate spreadsheet. Now it's 25 minutes. Most of that is review.”
— Sales Manager, Meridian Solar
The challenge
Proposals required pulling data from three separate systems — Aurora Solar for design, the CRM for customer info, and a spreadsheet for incentive calculations. Re-entry errors were common and took hours to catch.
What changed
Solar1's Aurora Solar integration pulled design data directly into the project record. Proposals generated automatically from that data. Incentive calculations applied based on project location and current program rates.
Key outcomes
Solar1 modules used
Result
Proposal time cut from 3 hrs to 25 min
Who Solar1 is for
Solar installation teams of 5–100 people.
Residential
5 kW–20 kW home installations
Commercial (C&I)
50 kW–1 MW+ commercial rooftop and ground-mount
Mixed portfolio
Teams running both residential and commercial projects
Solar1 is designed for EPCs that have outgrown their current tools — teams running 15–200 concurrent projects who need real-time job visibility, accurate cost accounting, and a single record for every project.
Next step
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