Spider9 recently received a key certification that should help make installing its energy storage technology easier as it looks to ramp up sales in 2015.
The Northville-based startup recently received certification to UL 1741 standards for the company's advanced energy storage and controls technology. The certification, given by TÜV SÜD America, represents a first for a system featuring Spider9's technology.
"It's a great step forward," says Michelle Chitambar, chief technology featurist for
Spider9. "Some people don't want to put systems in their building unless it’s certified."
The 3-year-old company is commercializing technology that helps make alternative energy generation and storage more efficient. Spider9 has deployed some of its first units over the last year and is setting the stage to do it much more often in 2015.
"We expect to ramp up considerably now that we have certification," Chitambar says.
Spider9 currently employs 14 people and is in the process of hiring another staffer specializing in sales and technology. It has hired three people over the last year.
Source: Michelle Chitambar, chief technology featurist for Spider9
Writer: Jon Zemke
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