Our Take on Solar Panel Types, Ranked by Aesthetics

Images can tell us a lot about the evolution of solar technology. On the left, you’ll see an image of the ,first solar rooftop installation in 1884, and on the right, a Weymouth, MA installation showing what’s possible with SolarSkin by Sistine Solar. How far we have come in terms of aesthetics! I wrote a

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A Style Guide to Solar Panels: Four Tips on Maintaining Aesthetics with SolarSkin

Solar technology has come a long way since 1884, when the first system was ,installed on a New York rooftop with selenium cells of 1% efficiency. Government policy and improved technologies have driven prices down ,99% over the last four decades, yet many homeowners are still hesitant in considering this switch to clean energy. In

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Customer Acquisition in Solar: How Design Can Propel It

It is no secret within the solar industry that the hardest challenge facing us is customer acquisition. In this post, the CEO of Sistine shares his thoughts on how a design-centric customer experience can solve that and unlock the mass adoption of solar. From SolarSkin’s ability to infuse solar with unparalleled curb appeal, to the

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Architectural solar like never before

Behind the scenes peek into the design process that led to the world’s first custom colored solar facade Ever since the dawn of solar, architects and artists have envisioned the technology being seamlessly integrated with the built environment. But the field of BIPV (building-integrated photovoltaics) has thus far remained more hope than reality given the

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The world’s first custom-branded solar

Solar as a branding medium: the story of our innovative project with WhistlePig Solar is a tough gig. If you are an installer, you spend months, sometimes years, chasing a prospect, you pitch numerous times, patiently wait through long periods of silence, only to eventually find yourself in a competitive bid with other solar installers.

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