At the end of each journey around the sun APsystems invites solar installers to nominate their best installations that successfully put our advanced microinverter technology to work for customers in markets across the country. We look for what sets the installation apart in terms of scale, design, power output, challenging conditions, or a creative application of APsystems microinverter technology. Here are our past winners.
Our 2023 Project Award winners highlight the latest and greatest projects APsystems installers are creating in the solar space, and we are seeing the creativity and ingenuity grow year after year. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter your project into our 2023 award categories. Each entry was thoroughly considered and appreciated, and choosing our winners was not without difficulty.
In the non-profit category, Dynamic Solar & Electric NW Corp took home the top prize for its work in creating a beacon of hope for cancer patients in Washington. Idahome Energy took home the top spot in the residential category for their flag-roof installation combining the power of solar and patriotism in Idaho. Leading the way in the commercial category is Green Box Solar for their work offsetting the energy use of a mammoth manufacturing operation in Utah. Second place in the commercial category goes to Apollo Solar for their contribution to a Kentucky library. We also recognized Spring Solar for its immaculate ground mount (and impressive sticker map!) in Utah, Vegas Solar for a show-worthy installation, and Alaska Solar for powering their state toward a clean-energy future.
Making strides in the solar industry wouldn’t be possible without our partner distributors, installers, and end-users that continue to propel APsystems and solar energy forward. This is why showcasing our project award winners is one of our favorite parts of each year. It’s always a pleasure to see the creativity and ingenuity that people are pairing with our microinverter technology. We’re excited to announce the 2022 APsystems Project Award Winners, which include Sustainable Living Innovations, Inc and A. Adkisson Electric , South Sound Solar in partnership with Olympia Community Solar and Quixote Communities, and Apollo Solar. Thanks to everyone who sent in submissions, and congratulations to our winners!
2021 was a remarkable year. While it’s certainly true that a degree of the anticipation we felt as 2021 progressed was due to the feeling that we might’ve seen the worst of the health crisis, the year was also galvanizing because of the new spirit of optimism in the fight against climate change, most aptly represented by our new administration’s aggressive approach to finding solutions to the problem. For many, 2021 felt like it could be a turning point.
For APsystems leadership and staff at work, 2021 was also important because technological advances in our chosen field have been substantial (think building-integrated solar), because sales were brisk due to adoption of microinverter tech, and because remarkable designs from our clients were more the rule than the exception. To highlight the work of our clients, we held our annual project awards contest, and we received a number of worthy entries.
While every one of the entries we received for the 2021 project awards contest was worthy, and the decision-making was not easy, we eventually decided that Ontario solar specialist Kajk Constructors should be honored with our residential project design award for their Lakes Park Project, and that Indiana firm A.G. Technologies should take home our commercial award for their El Paso project on behalf of Beck’s Superior Hybrids. We congratulate Kajk Constructors and A.G. Technologies for their ongoing work in the field, and their imaginative and important work using APsystems microinverters. And we thank all the companies who chose to enter the running for the 2021 APsystems Project Awards.
We would also like to thank all of our customers who made a difference in advancing the cause for solar power in 2021, and advocating for this financially and ecologically rewarding alternative energy source as it grows in popularity and moves toward mainstream acceptance.
This year, we had so many entries that we decided to call attention to both runners-up in each category, and the recipient of a new Special Recognition accolade. The overall winners were Louisiana-based The Next Solar Energy Technology, the solar power project transformed a solar array into a symbol of restored freedom in the Deep South, and SkyFire Energy of Calgary, Alberta provided more than 2.1 MW of solar power to their Jayman houses, with over 6800 modules across more than 1100 systems. Runners-up were installations from Okanagan Solar and Hot Solar Solutions. A special recognition to Dynamic Solar and Electric NW.
Each year, APsystems selects one residential and one business winner for our Project Awards. The fact that solar power is rapidly gaining traction as a bona-fide alternative to traditional energy delivery made the selection process for the 2019 especially difficult! We had more entries than ever to consider.
This year, the APsystems Project of the Year Awards honor Washington’s Cascadia Solar, and Pennsylvania’s SolareAmerica. Both of these companies deserve recognition for their forward thinking, their inventiveness, and for helping so many people and businesses alike go solar at the dawn of this new decade.
Swiss Solar Tech Ltd. is honored in the Commercial category for the Poplar Grove Winery/Vanilla Pod Restaurant project in BC’s Okanagan Valley. The project creatively showcases APsystems YC1000 true 3-phase microinverters as a visual design element in the 46.36 kW array, creating a solar-shaded outdoor restaurant patio. Okanagan Solar Ltd. is honored in the Residential category for the Carrington View Apartments installation in West Kelowna, BC. The 225 kW project uses APsystems YC1000-3 microinverters to create an ambitious three-building, 240-unit solar-powered complex, demonstrating the vitality and growth of multifamily solar.
Cleaveland-Price is honored in the Commercial category for the massive 673kW rooftop array powering the company’s high-voltage switch factory. The project uses APsystems YC1000 true 3-phase microinverters to handle the 2,245-module array, the company’s first-ever venture into solar installation. Got Solar? is honored in the Residential category for the Lowen family’s Coldstream Corner Farms net-zero project. The 29kW array atop the Helmi and Kornelius Lowen residence in Okanagan, B.C., earned distinction as Canada’s first 100-percent solar organic family farm.
Lighthouse Solar is honored in the Residential category for their efforts in making PV systems a more standard feature in planned solar communities in the San Antonio area. Bombard Renewable Energy is honored for bringing solar to a number of prominent nonprofit facilities in its market, helping local service organizations achieve energy self-sufficiency.
Studio 804 at the University of Kansas, and Valley Unique Electric/Solar Universe of Fresno, Calif., earned APsystems 2015 Project of the Year Awards. The awards honor outstanding solar installations that showcase APsystems microinverter technology in their design and construction. Studio 804 is recognized in the residential project category, and Valley Unique Electric for a commercial installation.
APsystems proudly congratulates tenKsolar and RR Lane Solar Distributing for earning Project of the Year Awards for commercial and residential applications, respectively. Find out about these dynamic examples of solar ingenuity and APsystems technology at work in challenging applications, and join us in congratulating tenKsolar and RR Lane Solar Distributing for their inspiring efforts.
