About Gridbid

Gridbid.com is the world's first rooftop auction and it's where you help guarantee your best deal on rooftop solar by having solar installers compete for your business

Launched in 2012, Gridbid auctioned more than $300,000 in rooftop solar projects in its first week online, helping numerous building owners go solar and many solar installers secure great new customers. Gridbid is a product of Habitat Enterprises, an independent, privately held company with offices in Berkeley and Vancouver.

This is the best time in history to go solar

The price of solar has decreased by over 50% in the last 2 years, creating an amazing opportunity to reduce your electricity bill and lock in your electricity price today to avoid future price increases. There are a number of incentives available that make installing solar still more financially attractive. Further, solar installers will install solar on your home or business for no upfront cost, allowing you to instantly start saving on your utility bill. Gridbid allows you to ensure that when you are ready to go solar, you get the best possible deal and the process is streamlined and fun. You can try Gridbid free with no obligation today.

Security

By default your data is securely stored in the Gridbid cloud using world-class technology and techniques.
Gridbid for Homeowners

Gridbid.com is for anyone who owns a building with a roof who needs to reduce their monthly utility bill by going solar.
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Gridbid for Installers

With Gridbid you only pay for customers you actually get. Gridbid.com is for any solar installer who needs to reduce the cost of vetting and securing roofs to install solar on. Learn more

How Gridbid Works

Gridbid for homeowners & organizations

Auction your roof now!
Gridbid.com is a free, easy to use website where you post details about your home or building and solar installers submit competing offers or “bids” to install solar on your roof. Unlike competitors, Gridbid starts an online competition for your roof, getting you multiple bids, ranking each bid using our proprietary Gridbid Score, and allowing you to pick the best deal based on your individual needs (no group purchasing where you take a deal put together by others)
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Post Roof
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Receive Bids
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Pick A Winner
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Save A Bundle

Gridbid for solar installer & investors

Get solar project leads now!
Gridbid gives you a place where you can search for roofs that meet your criteria and rapidly submit proposals to those home or business owners - showing off your unique characterisitics easily. No more than four installers are allowed to bid on a roof, so at most you are competing with 3 other installers. Unlike competitors, Gridbid charges you for leads only after you exclusively secure them.
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Find Roofs
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Bid Online
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Secure Exclusive Leads
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Save a Bundle

Meet the Gridbid team

Chris Hunter, CEO
Chris is a recognized expert in the energy and cleantech industries. Prior to joining Gridbid, Chris was Head of Development of AMSolar and Principal at Abundance Clean Energy Partners where he advised leading renewable energy companies are market entry strategy, project development, capital raises and the structuring of financial transactions. Before that, Chris founded and served as Vice President of Climate Change Capital's (CCC) investment business in North America. In that capacity he identified, negotiated and executed new business opportunities on behalf of the firm's $1 billion carbon infrastructure fund. Chris has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University and a Joint Executive MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School.

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Thomas Kineshanko, CTO
Thomas is Canadian entrepreneur focused on using technology to solve environmental problems. Thomas is the founder of Habitat Enterprises and Radiant Carbon, co-founder of Gridbid, and a co-founding equity partner of GreenAngel Energy, North America’s first publicly traded Greentech fund. Thomas has led multiple successful rounds of venture and project finance and has worked on renewable energy projects on four continents. Thomas is a graduate of Simon Fraser University, the National University of Singapore, and was recently chosen to attend the Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University - a NASA and Google backed incubator for technology entrepreneurs that has an admissions rate six times lower than a Harvard MBA. Thomas is also a two-time academic and athletic All-American in Track & Field.

twitter: @kineshankolinkedIn, Telephone: +1.415.632.6754
Marc Baumgartner, Designer
Marc is a veteran entrepreneur and designer, having co-founded Ayoudo, Codename Design and lead all design at NowPublic through its inception, substantial venture financing, and acquisition by Examiner.com in 2009. Marc is also an avid cyclist who puts the rest of the Gridbid team to shame not only in design, but also on a road bike.

twitter: @marcbx, linkedIn
Aaron Kennedy, Software Development
Aaron graduated with a Master’s in Electro-mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia. After a placement at the European Space Agency in Holland he attended the International Space University in 2005. He recently completed his Project Management Professional certification. The Gridbid initiative struck a chord with his desire to work on projects that have major environmental impact and he is excited to be involved as a developer.

twitter: @dmkdesign79, linkedIn
Kevin Starke, User Experience
Kevin is a co-founder of Gridbid, Habitat Enterprises and PowerLend with over four years of experience analyzing renewable energy opportunities in both North and South America. Kevin previously worked for KPMG in Canada and Euro-Trend in Europe where he had work published on International Policy. Kevin has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Victoria where he received the Medal of Excellence for receiving the top academic scores of any graduant. In his youth Kevin was a sponsored skateboarder and is now an aspiring triathlete.

twitter: @kevinstarkelinkedIn
Spencer, Loyalty
Spencer is a dog, and is extremely loyal. Between fetch matches, naps, and meals, Spencer finds time to keep the Gridbid team having fun and working hard to dramatically improve how building owners go solar.

Investors

Gridbid is funded by Habitat Enterprises and a number of successful Angel Investors in the renewable energy marketplace including Matthew Shaw, Ralph Turfus, and Michael Volker.

Contact Info

Gridbid
701 - 207 West Hastings Street
Vancouver BC
Canada V6B 1H7

Phone: 1-855-474-3243
Email: support@gridbid.com

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