Building a New Home? Install Solar From Day One
Cleaner aesthetics, simpler financing, better results.
Building new is the
single best time to go solar.
When you're building a home from scratch, you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: design the energy system alongside the house. No retrofitting. No compromise. Solar becomes part of the architecture, not something bolted on after.
Design Integration
Roof pitch, orientation, and panel placement are planned with the architect — not worked around.
Clean Wiring
All conduit and wiring runs inside walls during framing. Nothing external. Nothing visible.
Better Financing
Solar cost rolls into your mortgage — one payment, one rate, tax-deductible interest.
Retrofit means compromise.
New construction means optimization.
When solar is added to an existing home, installers work around what's already there — existing roof angles, obstructions, exterior conduit runs. When it's designed in from day one, every variable is optimized.
No visible conduit. No exterior boxes.
Just a clean, modern home.
The #1 aesthetic complaint about solar is the visible wiring and conduit on the exterior of the home. With new construction, all of that goes inside the walls during framing. The result looks factory-installed — because it is.
Retrofit Install
- External conduit runs along roofline
- Junction boxes visible on exterior walls
- Inverter mounted on outside wall
- Panel layout works around existing vents/pipes
New Construction Install
- All wiring inside walls — nothing visible
- Inverter and battery in garage or utility room
- Panels integrated into roof design
- Architect plans around solar from day one
Premium homes deserve premium installs. New construction lets the solar system be invisible from the ground — the way it should be.
Roll solar into your mortgage.
One payment. Best rate.
When solar is part of the construction budget, it folds into your mortgage. That means the lowest possible interest rate and no separate solar loan or lease to manage.
We work with your builder.
Not around them.
Sentinel coordinates directly with your general contractor and architect during the design phase. We provide electrical specs before framing so everything is built in — not tacked on.
Build once.
Ready for everything that's coming.
A new home with solar + storage isn't just energy-efficient today — it's ready for the electrified future. EV charging, heat pumps, smart home integration. Build the infrastructure now while the walls are open.
Pre-wire for a Level 2 EV charger now — even if you don't have an EV yet. Running conduit during framing costs significantly less and looks far cleaner than retrofitting after the walls are finished.
Retrofit vs. new construction.
The numbers make it obvious.
Retrofit Solar
New Construction Solar
Solar increases your home's value.
By more than it costs.
Studies consistently show solar homes sell for more. When solar is part of the original construction, it's appraised as a permanent feature of the home — not an add-on. Buyers pay a premium for energy-independent homes.
Building a new home?
Let's design solar in from day one.
We'll coordinate with your builder and architect to design a solar + storage system that's invisible, optimized, and ready for the future. No retrofitting. No compromise.
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