One might ask, what are the benefits of creating a blog for your company?
Through the medium of blogging, a company can show that they are regularly producing thoughtful content about their product. As we are a relatively new company, with a steadily increasing clientele, blogging also serves as a personal (yet public) record for us as a company, where we can contemplate on our growth as a company. Furthermore, blogs provide another platform where our clients or potential clients can comment and let us know more about what they feel about our services and how we might or should grow. Lastly, maintaining a blog demonstrates to our clients that we are a company with a conscience; a professional one, but also one that its clients can feel candid about talking to. We are constantly thinking of ways to improve because we genuinely want to do everything in our abilities to provide better services than some of the more established solar integration companies.
We are a small company located in the Mission District. We have an open-door policy at our company, where you can walk in any day of the week from 9am to 5pm, and you can come in and learn more about what we have to offer as a company. It is also a more personal way to get to know us, get to know our staff, and get an inside peek as to how we work.
I, (Alfredo Sabillón), am the web editor. I'm in charge of maintaining the website, updating the blogs, twitter pages, facebook pages, etc. I am also in charge of photography. Just about every image that you can find on our website has been photographed by myself. All of our photographs that show solar panels are photographs of our actual clients. If you are one of our clients, or you want to be one of our clients, or even if you already have solar panels and would like to talk about the benefits of making your home solar integrated, please, by all means, feel free to contact us and we can arrange an appointment.
If you would like to learn more about these opportunities, or our company, please feel free to email me at allbaysolar@gmail.com.
Thank you for visiting our blog. And we encourage you to visit our website as well: http://www.allbaysolar.com
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
A Family Full of Sunshine
Earlier in the year, we wrote an article about one of our clients, which we interviewed one afternoon.
We have reprinted the article below, since we never had a chance to run it on our website.
Jan. 24, 2013 - It was an overcast winter day in the Bay Area when I was asked to come along for an inspection of a small Vallejo family's solar system. The sun was hidden somewhere behind the clouds, so it wasn't an ideal day for a photo shoot. Regardless, I came along optimistically, this being my first assignment as a staff writer for AllBay Solar.
The family's home was off of Glen Cove Parkway, a neighborhood that was very quiet, and that offered beautiful scenery. When we arrived at their two story house, I couldn't find the solar panels until they were pointed out to me: they faced a small valley that was sure to bask in a lot energy when the skies cleared.
When I met Jenny Marshall, the homeowner we were visiting, I felt immediately that she herself radiated with energy. It seemed as though sunshine was something she carried within herself, not entirely the result of her reduced PG&E bill. She was sweet and welcoming, and seemed humored by my fear of heights as I climbed a ladder to the roof of her house with our company electrician and the county inspector. Jenny had a sixteen panel solar system that she was very happy about.
"It was the price," she told us. "We saw on the T.V. that converting to solar energy was a good way to save money, so we looked into a few companies, and we found that AllBay Solar was one of the most affordable."
Jenny, like many Bay Area homeowners, discovered that rising energy prices was a problem that her family needed to work on. Yet an adequate solution couldn't be found by simply reducing energy usage on her end. Solar panels required the least from her: she didn't have to drastically change her family lifestyle. Jenny discovered that she could produce her own energy by investing in solar energy.
"During last year's holiday season, we saw that our energy bill for December was over $350 dollars," she said. "So I went over to my husband and I said 'Oh my goodness! This is like paying for a car!'" But with her sixteen panel system, the price reduced to something more like paying for a single user cell phone bill. "Over time, the solar panels pay for themselves," she added.
The panels will continue to help her save money long after they finish paying for themselves. "I will pass the house down to my children one day," she told us. Her children will be fully prepared with a solar home.
-Alfredo Sabillón, Staff Writer
We have reprinted the article below, since we never had a chance to run it on our website.
Jan. 24, 2013 - It was an overcast winter day in the Bay Area when I was asked to come along for an inspection of a small Vallejo family's solar system. The sun was hidden somewhere behind the clouds, so it wasn't an ideal day for a photo shoot. Regardless, I came along optimistically, this being my first assignment as a staff writer for AllBay Solar.
The family's home was off of Glen Cove Parkway, a neighborhood that was very quiet, and that offered beautiful scenery. When we arrived at their two story house, I couldn't find the solar panels until they were pointed out to me: they faced a small valley that was sure to bask in a lot energy when the skies cleared.
When I met Jenny Marshall, the homeowner we were visiting, I felt immediately that she herself radiated with energy. It seemed as though sunshine was something she carried within herself, not entirely the result of her reduced PG&E bill. She was sweet and welcoming, and seemed humored by my fear of heights as I climbed a ladder to the roof of her house with our company electrician and the county inspector. Jenny had a sixteen panel solar system that she was very happy about.
"It was the price," she told us. "We saw on the T.V. that converting to solar energy was a good way to save money, so we looked into a few companies, and we found that AllBay Solar was one of the most affordable."
Jenny, like many Bay Area homeowners, discovered that rising energy prices was a problem that her family needed to work on. Yet an adequate solution couldn't be found by simply reducing energy usage on her end. Solar panels required the least from her: she didn't have to drastically change her family lifestyle. Jenny discovered that she could produce her own energy by investing in solar energy.
"During last year's holiday season, we saw that our energy bill for December was over $350 dollars," she said. "So I went over to my husband and I said 'Oh my goodness! This is like paying for a car!'" But with her sixteen panel system, the price reduced to something more like paying for a single user cell phone bill. "Over time, the solar panels pay for themselves," she added.
The panels will continue to help her save money long after they finish paying for themselves. "I will pass the house down to my children one day," she told us. Her children will be fully prepared with a solar home.
-Alfredo Sabillón, Staff Writer
Peak Hours vs. Sun Hours
Many homeowners should understand by now the concept of Peak Hours.
Peak hours are a certain time of day when most people are using electricity, and they generally refer to the hours of the day time, when people are at work, or watching daytime television at home, or doing laundry. During these hours, PG&E actually charges more money per kilowatt hour. Here is a chart that I found on Google Images that visually represents peak hours.
As you can see form the chart, using electricity from 2pm to 5pm is nearly ten times more expensive than using electricity from 2am to 5am. Of course, this is because no one uses electricity at these hours, usually because they are asleep. This is also one of the reasons why people choose to do their laundry in the evening time: it yields a cheaper energy bill.
Let's compare this peak hour chart to another chart I found on the internet that visually depicts sun hours. That is, the hours that the sun is in the sky, and the intensity of that sunlight.
This is just another argument as to why all home owners should convert to solar energy. Do not hesitate to call us, and we can give you a home energy evaluation to see if your home is solar capable, and to show you ways to improve your energy usage.
Peak hours are a certain time of day when most people are using electricity, and they generally refer to the hours of the day time, when people are at work, or watching daytime television at home, or doing laundry. During these hours, PG&E actually charges more money per kilowatt hour. Here is a chart that I found on Google Images that visually represents peak hours.
Let's compare this peak hour chart to another chart I found on the internet that visually depicts sun hours. That is, the hours that the sun is in the sky, and the intensity of that sunlight.
As you can see, both charts represent the same general shape: it's a bell curve. The peak in sunlight hours are actually closer to noon than to the peak PG&E hours, but they last well into them, and past them. The sun hours bell curve pretty much engulfs the PG&E peak hours.
I am all this just to make one point: when you have a solar energy system, you are actually attaining MORE energy from the sun at precisely the time when you are being charged more for electricity that you are not producing yourself.
This is just another argument as to why all home owners should convert to solar energy. Do not hesitate to call us, and we can give you a home energy evaluation to see if your home is solar capable, and to show you ways to improve your energy usage.
Monday, April 1, 2013
We At AllBay Solar...
One of the reasons why we at AllBay Solar believe this to be a pivotal time for homeowners is because the time is right for making the home improvement investment of solar integration.
The time is right. After the 2008 Financial Crisis, homeowners, became distrustful of banks, and lost a great deal of confidence toward the ownership of their homes. Americans were distrustful of banks as well, and how they were regulated by the government.
Along with a financial crisis, Americans were becoming more preoccupied with the environment. Just take a look at some the documentaries that were being released at the time:
Burning the Future: Coal in America (David Novack, 2008)
Flow: For the Love of Water (Irena Salina, 2008)
A Delicate Balance - The Truth (Aaron Schreibner, 2008)
Renewal (Marty Ostrow, Terry Kay Rockefeller, 2008)
The World According to Monsanto (Marie-Monique Robin, 2008)
As well as environmental issues dealt with in some of the more popular fiction films:
Birdemic (James Nguyen, 2008)
The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008)
An Inconvenient Penguin (Todd Lampe, 2008)
WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
Clearly, based on these cultural fascinations and the economic crisis we were facing as Americans, we all wanted to find a way not only to attain the American dream (of homeownership), but of a way to keep that American dream and never have it taken away from us.
One of the solutions Americans could take to defend themselves is to upgrade their homes, and to live more cost-effectively with renewable energies. This solution solved two problems at once:
~It solved the problem of reducing energy bills.
~It helped push toward a cleaner future, for the children of homeowners, who might one day inherit the household.
Ultimately, solar energy is an investment in the future. With an investment in the future, we can protect ourselves from future crises. You can produce your own energy at home, even with subsidies from Federal, State, and Local governments. They are doing this because they know the time is now to invest in solar. It is finally financially feasible. It is finally a course of action home owners can take for their future, and for the future of their children, and the environment.
The time is right. After the 2008 Financial Crisis, homeowners, became distrustful of banks, and lost a great deal of confidence toward the ownership of their homes. Americans were distrustful of banks as well, and how they were regulated by the government.
Along with a financial crisis, Americans were becoming more preoccupied with the environment. Just take a look at some the documentaries that were being released at the time:
Burning the Future: Coal in America (David Novack, 2008)
Flow: For the Love of Water (Irena Salina, 2008)
A Delicate Balance - The Truth (Aaron Schreibner, 2008)
Renewal (Marty Ostrow, Terry Kay Rockefeller, 2008)
The World According to Monsanto (Marie-Monique Robin, 2008)
As well as environmental issues dealt with in some of the more popular fiction films:
Birdemic (James Nguyen, 2008)
The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008)
An Inconvenient Penguin (Todd Lampe, 2008)
WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
Clearly, based on these cultural fascinations and the economic crisis we were facing as Americans, we all wanted to find a way not only to attain the American dream (of homeownership), but of a way to keep that American dream and never have it taken away from us.
One of the solutions Americans could take to defend themselves is to upgrade their homes, and to live more cost-effectively with renewable energies. This solution solved two problems at once:
~It solved the problem of reducing energy bills.
~It helped push toward a cleaner future, for the children of homeowners, who might one day inherit the household.
Ultimately, solar energy is an investment in the future. With an investment in the future, we can protect ourselves from future crises. You can produce your own energy at home, even with subsidies from Federal, State, and Local governments. They are doing this because they know the time is now to invest in solar. It is finally financially feasible. It is finally a course of action home owners can take for their future, and for the future of their children, and the environment.
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