Kerry's 14 kW solar installation in Gloucester, Ontario

0:00my name is Carrie mlan and I am a retired teacher of about 10 years and uh just added solar to my house well the

0:07biggest motivation I think is my wife is a very uh ecologically oriented person and so is my daughter but of course now with our children all grown and and our

0:16our income a little more stable we thought this was the time to go ahead plus we've made a commitment to move to Green vehicles and we thought if we

0:24could power those vehicles from the Sun then it would be a win-win in both both Avenues of our life so now we're looking

0:32at just replacing our electrical bill and having that pay off the panels longterm and I came across solar their

0:39presentation there certainly their online marketing caught my eye and uh they were very quick to respond and very

0:46very helpful in getting us started so uh just right there it just seemed like a company that wanted to be engaged every

0:55time something arrived things happened right away and so from that point the company was very efficient we are producing more than double our average U

1:04daily consumption for the year we watch the app daily and we we refer to sunny days as money days and uh we know that

1:12we're producing more than we're using on average so the goal of banking enough to get us through the low sunlight months

1:19is really what we're looking for here right now in 3 weeks we have produced 20% more electricity than we have used

1:27for the entire month that we head into the win with a large Surplus a large credit on the bill we would be banking

1:35in the summer to spend in the winter right now we're satisfied with it um thrilled with it we're very fortunate

1:42that that we have pretty much a true south facing roof but also a way for us to maybe make a difference in CO2

1:51emissions for our entire married life my wife has been very energy conscious why is that light on do this that kind of thing which is very normal and and true

1:59but now I'm embracing it because I'm starting to see the in andout concept here it's like a competition for me I

2:08need to produce more than I use that's my big goal and it it's making it sort of a little bit of a side entertainment

2:15you need to do a a a green home energy audit will be eligible for the government grant customer service has

2:23been great every time I've emailed him I've got something back within hours I know that there are subcontractors in every project and they were able to

2:32communicate with those subcontractors any of my concerns or needs really quickly and uh they were back on site to

2:39take care of any issues right away long term it increases the value of the home that a buyer will come in and say well I

2:46I if I purchase this house I'm you know I won't have an electrical bill again potentially putting more back to the grid than I'm using and if it ends up

2:55that my savings account grows in that way when we go on holidays we're now thinking well if we unplug a lot of

3:03stuff which we probably should have done anyways but if we do it now then we we gain more even more credits