Page 46 - Green Builder March-April 2021 Issue

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS Tesla A NEW ELEVATION.

RANK COMPANY INDEX AVG SURVEY DATA SENTIMENT MENTIONS Atlas Roofing pulls off a surprise
win. The company, which had never
★ Tesla/SolarCity 1.8 1 9 1 finished higher than fifth, used
energy efficient designer shingles
2 SunPower 2.9 3 5 2 and roof ventilation products to
get the industry’s attention, and
3 First Solar 4.1 5 2 3 keep the public talking. Defending
champ Owens Corning can’t feel
too bad: Its scores were almost
4 Panasonic 4.4 2 8 8
POWERFUL identical to those for 2020.
5 Sharp 4.7 4 11 4
SHOWING.

6 LG 5.2 5 4 6
Tesla subsidiary SolarCity and
SunPower continued their slugfest,
7 Sunrun 6.2 5 5 9
swapping the top two spots again
and finishing as Nos. 1 and 2 for the
8 Canadian Solar 7.2 8 3 7 sixth time since 2015. SolarCity’s
strong showing indicates that
9 JinkoSolar 7.9 9 10 5 the public has moved past Tesla’s
controversy-filled 2018 and 2019,
10 CertainTeed 9.4 10 1 11 but its low sentiment score reveals
there’s still PR work to do.

FAMILIAR FIXTURES. PLUMBING SIDING

It’s business as usual here: The same RANK COMPANY INDEX AVG SURVEY DATA SENTIMENT MENTIONS
five companies have topped this list
every year except 2016, with Kohler ★ Kohler 1.8 1 6 2
maintaining a healthy lead over all
others. The surprise is at the bottom 2 American Standard 2.6 2 5 3
of our top 10, where industry stalwarts
Niagara and Pfister have been replaced 3 TOTO 4 3 7 5
by former also-rans Brizo and Geberit.

3 Grohe 4 4 4 4

5 Moen 4.3 5 10 1

6 Delta 6 5 9 7

7 Hansgrohe 6.2 7 2 6

8 Gerber 8.4 8 12 8

9 Brizo 8.9 8 8 11

Kohler 10 Geberit 9.7 10 1 12

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