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Take one look at the Stewart Restaurant Group’s 72-foot drive-thru canopy at its KFC restaurant in Bakersfield, California, and the operational benefits are immediately apparent. Standing 72 feet long and 22 feet wide, the canopy transformed the restaurant’s drive-thru by giving employees shade and protection while taking orders from customers waiting in line. That helps […]
For restaurant and retail companies building new locations in California, solar is no longer simply an optional sustainability investment. Under California’s 2025 Building Energy Efficiency Standards—commonly referred to as Title 24—many newly constructed restaurants and retail buildings are required to install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. In many cases, battery energy storage is required as well. […]
Installing solar at one commercial property is relatively straightforward to manage. Installing solar at 50, 100, or 500 locations is an entirely different challenge. Suddenly, a corporate energy, construction, or sustainability team may have dozens of projects simultaneously moving through engineering, permitting, procurement, construction, and utility interconnection. One location is waiting for drawings to be […]
For decades, the commercial parking lot has served one primary purpose: providing customers and employees with a place to park. That’s beginning to change. As businesses electrify their operations, install EV charging, and look for new ways to control rising electricity costs, parking lots are becoming increasingly valuable energy assets. For restaurants, retailers, grocery stores, […]
For companies operating dozens, hundreds, or thousands of commercial locations, the federal tax credit has historically been one of the most important factors driving the economics of solar. But the rules have changed significantly. Under current federal law, the Clean Electricity Investment Credit for solar is being terminated on an accelerated timeline. For many new […]
For a company with hundreds or thousands of locations, one of the biggest challenges with solar isn’t deciding whether to invest in it. It’s deciding where to start. Two seemingly identical restaurants, retail stores, warehouses, or commercial buildings can produce dramatically different financial results from solar. A system that generates an attractive return at one […]