For commercial and residential users of solar energy, the tool is a fast and effective way to find REC-certified local installers that deliver installations to the highest standards of quality from start to finish. For installer companies, the tool increases online visibility and raises their standing as competent players on the market.
The Locator tool embodies REC’s partnership approach to business. “An impressive 96% of our professional installers confirmed in a REC survey that the tool is very important for them, and a key way to grow their business,” says Luc Graré, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing for REC. “As a company doing business globally, REC is aware how vital it is to have a strong local presence, with expert local partners. Customers using the tool to locate REC Solar Professionals also benefit through consistently reliable quality in product and installations – the vital “last-mile” link in an unbroken chain of excellence.”
As well as participating in exclusive REC training, REC-certified Solar Professionals can register solar panels to obtain an additional two years of product warranty – a vital added-value benefit to offer customers. The Locator tool gives REC-certified installers greater visibility for their enterprise on the market. An additional benefit of the Program is the access to the REC Solar Professional portal, created to help installers optimize their business. The portal provides valuable information and tools, for example, the opportunity to create co-branded marketing material and order giveaways for local promotional activity.
By choosing REC solar panels, customers benefit from exceptional reliability, a quality promise backed by numbers: of a total of three million REC solar panels shipped last year, less than 300 had to be returned. And by choosing REC Solar Professionals to complete the installation, customers can rely on proven expertise as well as the confidence of an installation to the highest technical and safety standards.