Solar in Every Deserving Place

Most neighbourhoods don't lack sunlight or savings โ€” they lack a plain explanation. We put one where people already are, and the neighbours who make the connection share in what follows.

A Solar Strive card stand on a shop counterA small safety-yellow stand holding solar information cards sits on the counter of a local business. A magnifying call-out enlarges the QR code on the front card, with a phone about to scan it. Sunlight comes in from the window.

Five things going solar can flip

Not a sales pitch โ€” the five changes a household actually notices, in the order they tend to notice them.

  • Use becomes Utility

    A roof that keeps rain off starts doing a second job.

  • Pollution becomes Clean

    Electricity made on the roof, from light, with nothing burned.

  • Bill becomes Investment

    A payment that disappears each month becomes something you own.

  • Dependence becomes Resilience

    Less of your evening rides on somebody elseโ€™s wires.

  • Monopoly becomes Community

    Neighbours explaining it to neighbours, one counter at a time.

How this actually works

The only thing holding back solar in most neighbourhoods is that nobody has explained it plainly. So we put the explanation where people already are โ€” and move away from pushy sales tactics towards conversations people open themselves.

  1. It starts where people already are

    A local business โ€” a coffee shop, a barber, a library noticeboard โ€” agrees to keep a small stack of solar information by the door.

  2. Someone curious scans it

    No pitch, no pressure, nobody knocking on a door. Interest has to come from them โ€” that is the whole point of the model.

  3. They ask a real question

    They tell us about their roof, their bill, their situation โ€” and consent to being contacted about it. Nothing happens without that.

  4. A licensed partner takes it from there

    We do not sell, permit, or install. Our partner handles the survey, the paperwork and the work โ€” and the neighbour who put the card there gets the credit.

The Hot Spot Network

Real-world information placement, mapped

Isometric illustration of a neighbourhood with a notice board at its centre and four concentric rings labelled 5 metres, 100 metres, 500 metres and 1 mile radiating from it, over rooftops and a field of solar panels.Stacks of printed Solar Strive cards, each showing the bulb mark beside a scannable QR code.

No placements are marked yet. Solar Strive is starting in the Virginia / Maryland / DC region, and this map fills in as hosts agree to keep materials by the door. Nothing here is a projection โ€” it is a count of real places that said yes.

Strategic Placement

Locations are found by people on the ground โ€” cafes, stores, and community centers that agree to host materials, documented with the host's permission.

QR Attribution

Every scan of a Solar Strive code is recorded against the code that produced it.

Bitcoin Rewards

Built to reward community connectors with Bitcoin. Contribution records come first โ€” nothing is promised that hasn't been built.

Built from the Ground Up โ€” Starting Now

We're launching in the VA/MD/DC region with our first community of early adopters. No inflated numbers, no borrowed track record โ€” every installation referred and every hot spot placed will be counted from day one.

Want to help build it? Join as a founding solarpreneur or host one of the first hot spot locations.

Start where you are

Looking at solar for your own roof, or wanting to help your neighbours look at theirs โ€” both start with a conversation rather than a sales call.