DRI, Fat Spaniel in strategic alliance
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 (UPI) — A strategic pact between California’s DRI Energy and Fat Spaniel Technologies offers a one-stop solution for builders and building owners seeking solar roofs.
DRI Energy, a California provider of roof integrated solar energy installation services, and Fat Spaniel Technologies, a provider of critical information services for distributed energy generation systems, announced Thursday the new partnership at the kickoff of the 2007 Pacific Coast Builders Conference in San Francisco.
Pacific Coast Builders Conference is considered the premier annual gathering for the West Coast’s leading architects, designers, builders, contractors, suppliers and other industry professionals.
“Fat Spaniel Technologies offers the most comprehensive solution on the market for metering and monitoring solar energy systems,” said Timothy Davey, DRI Companies’ chief executive officer. “By coupling Fat Spaniel’s Web view with DRI’s turnkey solar installation services and our Lumeta line of highly aesthetic, roof integrated solar products, we’re offering a high-value solution to our customers: an attractive solar-powered roof and a Web-based monitoring system that makes the most of the clean energy it produces. It’s a perfect fit.”
DRI Energy, a subsidiary of DRI Companies, designs and builds roof integrated solar power systems for commercial and residential roofs. DRI Companies is also the provider of the Lumeta line of Roof Integrated Photovoltaics, including the Solar S Tile — the first solar powered version of the popular roofing tile product.
The Fat Spaniel energy monitoring system provides a simple, accurate Web view of solar energy system performance. The data is used by system installers to schedule service visits and optimize the installation for peak performance, and by owners to track and display solar energy generation and usage.
