Solar Service

Lisa is outstanding! During a difficult construction project with significant delays and problems with the builder, Lisa followed through from start to finish. From beginning to end (design through tax credit/​rebates & servicing) she has been outstanding and wonderful to work with. Highly recommended.

There is not space or time to describe the phenomenal degree of service that Solar Service, Inc. provided my family from the start to finish, yet, I will try.
1) Responsiveness & communication. From my first phone call, they were very responsive to my requests for information. Joe, our sales contact, was quick to return phone calls, and extremely patient in explaining every single question I had about the system as a whole. At every step along the way our questions regarding cost, timing, options, safety, etc… were completely addressed in the most comprehensive and satisfying way.
2) Personal Qualifications. Joe, as I mentioned in #1, was professional salesman of the highest order. He was not pushy & he has the heart of a teacher — giving the customer all factual and contextual information and then giving them room to think. Garrison, the project manager for our installation, is a highly competent, technically gifted and easy-​going young man. His attention to detail and relational skills make him perfectly suited to oversee the project technically as well as interface well with clients and City inspectors. Matt & Kevin, the team of brothers who installed our solar array, worked in our home for a week, both inside and out, to get ever detail right. They were on time, super-​clean, friendly and again, in true Solar Service form, super-​capable and willing to answer any question we had without making us feel like we were imposing on them.
3) Quality. Solar Service works only with quality materials. They offer only the best the industry has to offer in terms of both quality solar panels as well as all the conduit and ancillary materials required to make the system operate. For example: many homeowners are not aware that there is more than one kind of conduit. One is well suited for inside use. The other, is better suited for outside use — but is much harder to work with/​bend because it is so much thicker (in order to withstand the weather.) Many homeowners would not even know to evaluate for such details. Solar Service takes the time and additional expense (on their part) to use the higher grade, and harder to work with, conduit — ensuring a system that is more likely to withstand the elements over time — protecting the precious wiring within. They don’t have to. They do it because they care about doing what is right whether you know about it or not.
4) They are working in a fantastically smart industry, doing things that just make sense. It makes sense to go solar. And in an industry (world) with so many fly-​by-​night contractors — if you are in the Chicago market, Solar Service is the ONLY WAY TO GO.
Do not waste your time considering other contractors. Nobody else will take care of you like Solar Service, Inc.
I could go on and on and on… Suffice it to say that when the contractors (Matt and Kevin) left on Friday, I was genuinely sad to see them go. I took pictures of them around our house to remember the experience. I promise you, after 15 years of living in this house, I have NEVER had the thought to photograph a contractor before they leave because I was so pleased with the quality of their work, their integrity and their generally friendly disposition.
These people inspire.
Call them. You will not regret it.

Solar Service was a wonderful company to work with. I got connected with them at a USGBC-​IL event in 2014, called them to see if our house would be a good fit for solar, and ended up moving forward with a 5.2 kW system that was installed this May. It’s working great and we are offsetting 100% of our electricity use. Talk about feeling good and green!
The best part about working with Solar Service was how easy they made the whole process. Going solar is not something to take lightly! There are a lot of steps and moving parts. Solar Service took a lot of time with us, coming out to our house to assess our solar power potential, explaining each step of the process & how PV would work on our house, dealing with the state of IL rebate process AND subsequent SRECs application, and of course doing a really great job with the installation itself. We love our system, how clean and professional the installation was, and how helpful everyone was. Thank you Brandon, Garrison, and team!

Had them install a solar heat and hot water system and a 5.6 kw PV system on my home. Very professional company, and installation went very well.

Solar energy systems in Chicago? To my amazement, Chicago is a great location for solar heat, hot water, and electric systems. This company installs solar systems all around Chicago and the suburbs, including a bunch of large systems at the World’s Largest Laundromat, Governor State University, non-​profit agencies, and many homes. You can read more about these jobs on the news link on their website. Solar Service designs and installs solar thermal (heat and hot water) and solar electric (photovoltaic) systems and customizes the system for each installation. A friend of mine got a system and she raves about them.

Are you getting ready to cringe at your gas bill this winter as gas prices are on the rise? There is another alternative! Solar Service installs solar systems for hot water and heat all around the Chicago region. Many people think that solar technology is not advanced enough to be cost effective. This is generally true for photovoltaic solar panels that produce electricity, but thermal solar panels produce heat. The system will often pay for itself in 7 – 12 years. There are now Illinois state rebates of up to $ 10,000 and a federal tax credit up to $ 2,000 for solar systems. This company has excellent customer service and has been around since 1977. Check out their website for photographs and newpaper articles.