Subcontractor Hub Enhances Sales Velocity Software With Arcadia

Subcontractor Hub Enhances Sales Velocity Software With Arcadia

Subcontractor Hub Enhances Sales Velocity Software With Arcadia

Use Case

Leverage accurate utility bills, interval data, and tariff rates — along with a savings calculator — to help Subcontractor Hub users deliver more accurate proposals in less time.

Challenge

Subcontractor Hub serves solar providers who rely on accessible utility data and accurate savings calculations to generate customer proposals. Without a way to reliably and seamlessly access utility data, solar providers often resort to using estimated usage data that does not properly reflect a customer's load, resulting in suboptimal system sizing and misaligned customer expectations. Subcontractor Hub’s users also had an increased need to incorporate battery storage in their solar proposals, and to model tariffs that are becoming more complex amid changing net metering rules and TOU rates. To ensure both efficiency and accuracy in proposal creation, Subcontractor Hub needed access to accurate and up-to-date energy data, and a savings calculator that could handle the complexity of today’s solar and storage projects.

Solution

To address their needs, Subcontractor Hub integrated with Arcadia’s Plug and Switch applications to improve the speed, accuracy, compliance, and scalability of their platform. Plug enables Subcontractor Hub to seamlessly access utility bills and interval data from utilities across the US. Switch simulates the impact on electricity bills and calculates savings from installing solar and battery storage, built on Arcadia’s nationwide tariff database and rate engine. With these applications, Subcontractor Hub users can effortlessly fill out customer consumption profiles and accurately estimate electricity bill savings in any US market, all with one Arcadia platform. 

In addition to using Arcadia's energy data applications within Subcontractor Hub's sales velocity module, they have also incorporated these applications into their white-label AI-driven platform EasyQuote. EasyQuote enables contractors to offer homeowners instant solar quotes, projected savings, and the ability to complete their solar transactions entirely online.

Benefits

Subcontractor Hub can now automate the creation of customer consumption profiles, from compiling utility data to adding pre- and post-solar electricity rates. Furthermore, Subcontractor Hub can enhance proposals with accurate, informative savings calculations that homeowners can trust, making the decision to deploy solar and storage easier, thereby increasing sales for businesses using the platform.

• Ease of Implementation: Arcadia consolidates all necessary utility data — including bills, interval data, tariffs, and a savings calculator — into one platform, streamlining SubcontractorHub’s operations.
• Speed: SubcontractorHub users can generate complete solar and storage proposals in just minutes, significantly reducing the sales cycle.
• Accuracy: With access to Arcadia’s extensive and up-to-date energy database, SubcontractorHub ensures that each proposal is precise and personalized to each end customer. 
• Coverage: Arcadia’s platform supports interval data access across over 95% of US utility accounts, enabling Subcontractor Hub users nationwide to rapidly create solar and storage proposals.