REC Solar specializes in grid-tied solar electric design and installation, offering the latest technology, state of the art equipment, and financing opportunities for all commercial and residential customers. It is one of the nation's largest photovoltaic installation companies with several million watts of solar installed.

REC Solar was being left behind by competitors who had started deploying interactive websites including online tools for geography based customer quotes and sales lead generation. They also needed a much more maintainable website where non-technical users could easily add content and manage the database-driven components. They were looking for a development partner to revamp their existing web presence and provide an interactive system that customers could use to get pricing on solar installation, and order online.

We redesigned their website, integrated a powerful, easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) and developed an interactive Solar Analysis Widget that customers could use to get solar installation information and pricing, try out different options, order systems online and schedule appointments.

The main features of the website are:

• An interactive Solar Analysis Widget application that uses online map solutions to help users locate their house using satellite images, draw out an area on their roof where they wanted solar panels installed, point out the direction of panels and roof slope and provide other relevant information. Based on this the system would calculate pricing options and present them to users.
• Generate solar energy production and energy consumption charts using solar energy data from PVWatts web service and various formulas.
• Provide break even period and profitability analysis with bar diagrams and charts.
• Interact with and send customer information to SalesForce CRM for lead generation and appointment scheduling for installations.
• Visually appealing site design with several Flash animations and AJAX functionality.
• Easy to use Content Management System for all pages and database driven modules for articles, news, FAQs, videos etc.

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