OneRoof Energy, a San Diego-based solar finance provider, announced it is planning to supply solar to more than 7,000 homes in 2013.
The company has announced two new solar designs and sales management tools to help dealers bring solar electric systems to more residents throughout the country.
SunOppsa Lite is an interactive iPad app that allows dealers to instantly assess the bottom line viability of solar for a homeowner. SunOpps Lite complements OneRoof Energy’s new Web-based platform, SunOpps, which gives dealers and referral partners the ability to create, track and customize proposals and lease agreements from lead to close.
SunOpps Lite tool allows the company to determine if they can save the homeowner money with the push of button. In most cases, homeowners can save 5 to 25 percent in the first year, company officials said.
“SunOpps Lite helps dealers, salespeople and their door-to-door canvassing teams accelerate and automate the sales process by generating and managing leads through an interconnected platform,” said David Field, president and CEO of OneRoof Energy.
The tool helps the company provide immediate feedback on estimates; and prospecting, dealers and referral partners are able to improve efficiency and profitability.
All the information a sales associate submits to SunOpps Lite is automatically synced with OneRoof’s lead generation platform and the dealer’s database management platforms, such as Salesforce.com, keeping both parties’ data organized and accurate.
SunOpps allows dealers to design a solar system, price the system, generate proposals and secure electronic signatures on financial documents, among other features. Together, these technologies help to dramatically simplify and expedite the sales process for dealers.
SunOpps Lite app also includes mobile lead generation, immediate estimated savings examples based on customer’s home and assistance in the prospecting process to determine if a homeowner is a strong candidate for solar.
So far in 2013, OneRoof Energy has secured $100 million in funding to support sales and residential leases, as well as an additional $30 million in development financing, enabling the company to better support its growing network of solar dealers and installers.
With these new investments, OneRoof Energy has raised and secured commitments for more than $200 million in corporate capital, project financing and tax equity funding since it closed its first tax equity fund in September 2011.