Kerry's 14 kW solar installation in Gloucester, Ontario

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

0:07 biggest 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

0:16 our 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

0:24 could 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

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

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

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

0:55 time 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1:51 emissions 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

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

2:08 need 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

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

2:23 been 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

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

2:39 take 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

2:46 I 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

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

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