EnergySage has partnered with the Connecticut Green Bank (formerly CEFIA) to support the bank’s local and state-wide solar energy campaigns. Following a nationwide search, The Connecticut Green Bank chose EnergySage as its exclusive online partner because of its comprehensive educational content and tools supporting homeowners’ research and comparison-shopping process. The EnergySage offering, which will be private-labeled by the Green Bank, will integrate seamlessly into existing web platforms such as GoSolarCT.com and ultimately be available to partner platforms. EnergySage is also proud to announce that its Instant Estimate tool and Solar Marketplace will be integrated into and serve as the engine of the Bank’s Solarize Online campaigns, helping homeowners research and obtain multiple, competitive quotes for solar power systems, for all financing options, at no upfront cost. EnergySage’s Solar Marketplace was developed in part with a prestigious Incubator award from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative.
“The Green Bank is excited about the opportunity to help simplify the solar shopping experience by providing a one-stop shop for information on solar technology, financing, and installation to support the decision to go solar,” states Director of Residential Programs, Kerry O’Neill. “EnergySage’s platform focuses on education, ease of purchase, and transparency and gives customers easy to understand insights into the benefits solar energy provides. Their approach aligns perfectly with our goals.”
Incorporating the best practices of online shopping, the EnergySage Solar Marketplace provides consumers with multiple quotes from installers with options including choice of solar panels, brands, installers and financing options that include $0-down solar leases, power purchase agreements (PPAs) and solar loans. The Marketplace helps consumers easily compare quotes in an apples-to-apples format, automatically performing the calculations needed to adjust for differences in the quotes received—different system sizes or different assumptions used to calculate cost and benefits.
“Organizations such as the Connecticut Green Bank are fueling tremendous interest in solar power systems,” said Vikram Aggarwal, CEO of Energy Sage. “Historically, there has been tremendous market friction slowing solar adoption. By making it easier to buy and sell these systems, our partnership will convert that interest into action, delivering both economic and environmental benefits to consumers while helping Connecticut to reach its sustainability goals.”
EnergySage’s Solar Marketplace is currently available as part of the Green Bank’s Solarize Online campaigns in Lyme, Old Lyme, South Windsor and Woodstock. Homeowners in these communities can start by obtaining a no-obligation instant estimate of the cost and savings of a solar power system for their property. Consumers who create an account on the EnergySage Solar Marketplace will, in-turn, receive quotes from multiple, high-quality, pre-screened installers participating in the program. As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s SEEDS initiative, researchers at Yale and Duke Universities will study the results of the Solarize Online campaigns to understand the impact of technology on the rate of solar adoption.