|
|
JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solar Made Simple
|
Roof Installation
Ready Solar: Installation
|
The Ready Solar Story
Ready Solar ™ is the first company to design attractive, affordable and convenient solar electric systems for homeowners.We offer beautiful pre-configured,packaged Solar in a Box ™ systems. Our complete, modular systems are drop-shipped and ready to be installed. These plug-n-play systems are easily integrated into both new home construction and remodel projects.
Only Ready Solar offers PV solar systems that are:
1. Attractive: Our patent-pending,beveled frame mounting system blends seamlessly with the roofline.We offer custom colors to match any available roof system
2. Affordable: Our packaged solar electric system,(Solar in a Box)is competitively priced.Our design is modular, expandable, and portable-providing plenty of future flexibility.
3. Convenient: We offer one-stop shopping:an online system-sizing tool, site analysis, installation and financing. A full service, hassle-free, purchasing experience.
This plug-n-play approach to home solar electric systems may make Ready Solar the first successful mass marketer of solar energy to homeowners in the U.S. Our systems are now being installed in California.
According to Ready Solar and other third party research, adoption of solar by homeowners has been slowed by three specific,as-yet unmet needs:
1. High prices driven by high installation costs for residential —scale solar and the non-standard,one-off system design that is current industry practice
2. Poor solar design aesthetics that prevent homeowners and architects from includ-ing solar in their home designs
3. A complex,time-consuming & often confusing buying process
Why Ready Solar?
Ready Solar exclusively addresses these three issues.Ready Solar is improving today ’s costly and cumbersome purchase and installation process by integrating solar components into attractive,standard offerings and streamlining their delivery to consumers.
A strong brand image, aggressive marketing, convenient installation, and attractive, affordable products enable Ready Solar to engage a much wider range of consumers,in a wider geographic area.
|
|
|
|
We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
|
|
