Commercial Solar

Solar Solutions Customized For Your Project

Our in-house engineers will custom design your solar system based on your facilities unique architecture and projected long-term electrical consumption.  Our designs can help you in qualifying for LEED and ILFI certifications or meeting local preservation board requirements. Puget Sound Solar designed and installed the worlds-first ILFI, certified grocery store and the first ILFI certified remodeled home in Seattle.

Hassle Free

From beginning to end we make going solar easy for your business. We complete all the net metering paperwork and state incentive program forms, and coordinate with your local permitting agency, city inspectors, and utility to get your meters installed and system turned on in a timely fashion.

Quality Installation & Project Management

Our professional installation teams have extensive experience, an excellent safety record, and pride themselves on ensuring every job is a quality job. Our supervisors are NABCEP certified, which is the most respected certification in our industry. Our team has installed over 1,000 systems for apartments, condos, businesses, institutions, private residences, and schools. All our commercial electricians and installers are in house and have completed OSHA 10 or OSHA 30, (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) training.

Optimize ROI with Incentives

Federal, State and local governments offer incredible financial incentives to encourage businesses to invest in renewable energy, leading with a 26% federal tax credit in 2021 and 2022 plus an accelerated depreciation of 85% of the cost over 5 years. Our technical sales team can help you identify the qualifying programs for your business to maximize your ROI.

Active Monitoring

Puget Sound Solar offers active monitoring of your system production for the duration of our 10-year warranty. Software enables our team to keep track of production patterns. A vigilant eye on this data ensures your system is always performing as it should.

Public Solar and Schools

We have extensive experience designing and installing solar on public works projects for the State of Washington, King County, and the City of Seattle. Are you a looking for a solar bid for a public project? Contact us for a firm quote. We are familiar with the whole process, from contracts, bonds, and submittals to commissioning. We have worked with the largest contractors, architects, and engineering firms in the area and have references available on request.

Commercial Solar and the Energy Codes

The Seattle Energy Code (articles C406, C406.5, C411, C411.1 and C412, Onsite renewable energy systems) requires solar, and the State Energy Code R406 makes solar one of eight options for attaining building energy performance minimums in new commercial building construction. We have extensive experience with these projects

High Quality Materials

We use only the highest quality solar panels, racking, and peripheral components. We prefer to work with materials made in the State of Washington, or the United States, but we’ll acquire whatever products best suits your individual project and gives you the most value including:

• PV modules
• Mounting systems
• Combiners & sub panels
• Inverters
• Monitoring systems
• Specialty hardware

Detailed Bid Proposals:

Our bid proposals include most of the information in a submittal package:

• Equipment specifications including modules and BOS, (balance of system) –
  • Solar module (panel) brand, model, wattage and warranty.
  • Solar inverter, microinverter, optimizer brand, model and warranty.
  • Racking/attachment, brand, model and warranty.
• Dimensioned CAD drawings including-
  • PV module array layouts
  • Fire Code compliance
  • Array elevations
  • Structural loads
  • Wind load calculations
  • Ballast block layouts
  • Riser Diagrams
  • Inverter and switchgear elevations

Submittals Include:

• One-line drawings
• Electrical calculations
• Electric site plan
• O&M manuals