About
What We Do
Addressing the valuation issue for Solar PV and Energy Efficiency is of paramount importance to us. Energy Sense Finance was founded in 2012 to provide market based solutions for the Real Estate, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency industries.
Although we were a startup in 2012, our founder, who spent over a decade in the mortgage banking industry was working on addressing the valuation issue long before that through his work on the original PV Value® concept in 2009. This effort led to him working with a member of the educational committee of the Appraisal Institute in 2010 and then partnering with the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in 2011 to develop the PV Value® tool proof-of-concept for Licensed Real Estate Appraisers which was released in December 2011.
Solutions for a brighter future
At ESF, we don’t just come up with great ideas for the valuation and financing issues facing professionals, we strive to create viable solutions that can be used today by industry professionals who are actively moving the country to a more sustainable and brighter future.
Our valuation SaaS solution PV Value® is in use today in all 50 states in addition to D.C. and PR. It is being used by Appraisers, Realtors®, Lenders, Solar Sales Staff, Insurance and Mortgage Underwriters, Third Party Owners and Builders for high performance residential homes, commercial buildings and solar farms.
The PV Value® SaaS application is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative through a highly competitive award process.
PVSC 39, Tampa FL, June 2013. From left: Geoff Klise (SNL), Jamie Johnson (ESF), Sandy Adomatis (Adomatis Appraisal, formerly Co-Chair of the AI’s Educational Committee)
About the SunShot Initiative
The U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative is a collaborative national effort that aggressively drives innovation to make solar energy fully cost-competitive with traditional energy sources before the end of the decade. Through SunShot, the Energy Department supports efforts by private companies, universities, and national laboratories to drive down the cost of solar electricity to $0.06 per kilowatt-hour. Learn more at energy.gov/sunshot.
Our Team
Jamie Johnson
Jamie Johnson is the Founder of Energy Sense Finance. An avid writer of financial algorithms, Mr. Johnson has over 15 years of experience in the financial services sector beginning his career with the Internal Revenue Service, and then spending over a decade working in the mortgage banking and asset management industries. Using that diverse financial background he began developing the PV Value® and Ei Value™ SaaS applications. He also formerly held both NABCEP Certifications for Solar PV Installation Professional and PV Technical Sales Professional as a designer and installer of residential and commercial solar PV installations in South Florida.
He has enjoyed spending the past several years working with colleagues from the Appraisal Institute and Sandia National Laboratories, speaking at events around the country, and helping develop viable solutions for the industry including the AI’s “Residential and Commercial Valuation of Solar” course, Appraisal Journal articles, and other peer reviewed publications.
When he’s not developing valuation and financing solutions, he enjoys running, kayaking and visiting many of South Florida’s famous travel destinations.
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Maren Auxier
Maren Auxier is the Director of Digital at Energy Sense Finance. Maren’s expertise is in digital content management. At ESF she manages just about everything digital including our digital content, blogging, social media campaigns, media relations and the occasional press release.
Outside of work, she enjoys running, traveling, yoga and spending time with friends and family.