We believe installing solar offers more than emission-free power production and monetary savings for the municipality. Chart House Energy uses solar to improve communities, one job at a time. We use solar to provide lasting impact job creation that leads to permanent jobs. As part of our project development, we hire local un- or under-employed people and train them to be solar installers. Once the projects are complete, we help them get jobs in solar or other construction jobs.
Our model pre-qualifies workers and acclimates them to general construction jobs. By mirroring classroom training, we help trainees apply classroom knowledge on actual solar installations. The trainees learn faster and gain a thorough understanding of the whole process by the end of the first project.
Training residents for living-wage jobs in the growing solar industry and working with local businesses and non-profits to keep them employed is the best solar can do for communities.