Picture a commercial property owner who wants solar panels but faces a frustrating reality. Tenants use the large majority of energy in most commercial properties and would enjoy the savings, while the owner bears the upfront costs and maintenance headaches. This split incentive problem leaves countless commercial properties on the sidelines of clean energy.
King Energy transforms this challenge into an opportunity, creating a win-win model that has already delivered over $110 million in added property value across 11 states.
The Unique Challenge of Commercial Solar
Traditional commercial solar faces critical barriers that slow adoption. Properties with multiple tenants are particularly affected, leading most commercial property owners to systematically underinvest in energy efficiency.
Dividing energy benefits among multiple tenants creates operational headaches that most property owners avoid. With a single source of solar on site and many offtakers, ensuring equitable distribution and organized billing becomes a primary concern.
Owners also face technical hurdles and knowledge gaps. They’re left to worry about installation complexities, permitting and utility challenges, and maintenance responsibilities. They must become solar experts when their true business is real estate.
These barriers make commercial solar feel risky and complex, despite its proven benefits. The result: solar feels out of reach for many commercial property owners.
Solar That Makes Financial Sense
King Energy eliminates barriers through a straightforward roof rental model that transforms how commercial properties approach solar. They pay monthly rent for unused roof space, install and operate the system, and handle all costs, delivering a direct increase to a property’s net operating income.
Once installed, the King Energy team serves as a long-term partner and provides ongoing program support to ownership. This includes maintenance, cleaning, reporting, and tenant assistance.
King Energy’s OneBill™, an enterprise-grade platform, automates tenant billing and monitors performance in real-time. The software removes manual distribution processes while ensuring accurate, transparent billing that tenants easily understand.
The model makes solar make financial sense for both property owners and their tenants. They receive a new source of monthly revenue for roof space, creating sustainable revenue that increases rental income and property value.
Real Benefits for Property Owners
Financial impact extends beyond monthly rent payments to create long-term gains through multiple return pathways for any market
The primary incentive: higher property values and a more attractive financial picture. Predictable rent revenue improves cap rate calculations. In turn, this enhances property valuation and potentially unlocks new access to investment capital.
Solar also empowers owners to market a “sustainable” and modern building to prospective corporate tenants. King Energy provides comprehensive ESG reporting capabilities without additional effort from property owners. This documentation grows valuable as more businesses adopt sustainability policies.
While unlocking these benefits, the model mitigates risk to provide nothing but upside. Property owners don’t need to make a large investment or assume a long-term loan; they immediately unlock value.
Clear Wins for Tenants
Tenants win financially as well, seeing lower energy bills without any operational hassle. They simply use electricity normally and automatically save money on solar energy. King Energy has generated over $500,000 in tenant savings while avoiding 16,000+ tons of CO2 emissions.
Transparent billing through OneBill™ ensures tenants understand cost impacts, building trust with solar solutions and property management. They get one consolidated bill for all energy usage and can easily see their solar savings alongside grid usage.
These benefits improve tenant satisfaction, meaning longer rent commitments and better retention. For empty units, solar properties often attract sustainability-conscious businesses and meet growing demand for energy-efficient buildings, enhancing marketability while reducing management issues.
Solar Powered by Software
OneBill™ provides the technological foundation that makes King Energy’s model scalable and reliable. The software solves the operational complexities of distribution and billing that created a barrier to entry for most multi-tenant properties
Its automated system eliminates manual payment processes while real-time monitoring ensures optimal performance across installations. Tenants pay their bills without additional hassle, and owners rest easy knowing their system is producing power at max capacity.
The platform makes the billing experience of solar painless for both property owners and tenants. Currently supporting 175+ systems nationwide, this infrastructure enables a consistent experience across multiple properties and is suited to any tenant configuration.
A Smarter Standard for Commercial Solar
King Energy’s roof rent model clears traditional roadblocks by removing financial risk, operational complexity, and billing confusion that historically prevented adoption. Zero-cost ownership, enterprise-grade software, and long-term partnership create a fundamentally different value proposition.
The company operates as an established, nationwide leader with scale to support growing portfolios. Recent $10 million funding from ArcTern Ventures demonstrates investor confidence, while proven results for small businesses and LMI communities show broad support.
Commercial solar continues to expand, representing 69% of new electricity capacity additions, but ownership needs to take the first step to unlock its benefits. King Energy captures this opportunity while solving fundamental adoption challenges.
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