About Solarpedia
Solarpedia is a lively community of professionals, business owners and organisations who are passionate about sustainability, renewable energy and energy storage. Sharing expertise and providing peer support, Solarpedia also helps to connect businesses with independent, trusted professionals who can deliver cost-effective commercial solar and storage solutions.
Our story
Stewarded by engineering expert, Eric Prasetyo, Solarpedia is a network of specialist engineers, designers, project managers, analysts and sustainability professionals.
Through his experience with Free Engineer (The solar advisory and engineering group), Eric recognised a lack of understanding about commercial solar and energy storage in Australia. This knowledge gap and lack of confidence in solar companies have created barriers to entry for many business owners when it comes to solar, which is where Solarpedia comes in…
Driven by practical sustainability, Solarpedia aims to educate businesses about the economic benefits commercial solar can have. We place a high value on educating business leaders on how it works, how to get started, and how much your business can benefit from utilising commercial solar & battery.
Our vision
From the very beginning, Free Engineer and Solarpedia have been purpose driven organisations and community. Not only are we dedicated to creating more environmentally friendly energy solutions, we also aim to provide – through the resources we generate – more than 50,000 disadvantaged people with life-saving food assistance.
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Our team
With decades of experience in sales, communication and marketing, Brian has the empathetic skills necessary to understand what the business community needs, and then accurately convey those needs to Solarpedia’s engineering team.
He truly understands what small-to-large organisations need in relation to commercial solar. Brian claims to be ‘technically challenged’, but his youthful energy belies his age; He’s an energiser bunny that just won’t stop.
He does occasionally enjoy a nice glass of wine or his favourite wonton noodle in Footscray, which he says keeps him going.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering (1st class hons) Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne.
Experience: 9 years of experience spanning technical sales, electrical design, project management, multiple supplier management (Australian and overseas), and business development. Eric has invested many hours researching the energy efficiency industry, inspecting installation and cross-checking with industry experts and auditors. He invested many hours traveling around Australia interviewing multiple suppliers from their installation teams, from designers up to director level.
Eric was honoured to be invited as a conference speaker at Solar Expo 2016, Melbourne, speaking on the subject: ‘Which solar solution and solar installer?’
He is a bit of a sport-junkie, a bit of a nerd when it comes to reading, and is also known to break into Latin dancing occasionally!
Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering, Manufacturing and Materials (1st Class Hons.), PhD Materials Engineering, Clean Energy Council-Accredited Designer for Photovoltaic Systems
Experience: More than 12 years working in the lithium-ion battery sector, financial modelling of renewable energy with different forms of storage and designing solar systems
Areas of expertise: Energy storage, lithium-ion batteries, solar systems
Personal interest: Surfing, swimming, camping and reading
Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree of Computer Science, major in Computerised Accounting, Binus University.
Experience: Over 25 years of experience in communication, translation, and business development (Indonesia and Australia). Lucy is experienced at facilitating workshops in ecommerce at schools and universities across the Australasia region.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (1st class hons), NED University. Recognised by Engineers Australia as a Professional Engineer.
Experience: Over 4 years of experience in diverse roles – from design to project management – with renowned consultancies and multinationals, including Schneider Electric. Syed has enormous interest in the Energy Industry, with experience in Grid Connection processes. He had contributed effectively to the design of the first ever smart city in Pakistan.
He’s always on the hunt for new ideas and different approaches to tackle a variety of problems. Syed is a proactive community leader, who has also lead AIESEC (the world's largest youth-based organisation) in Karachi. He loves travelling and exploring new places and cuisines. He’s also die-hard Arsenal fan with an extremely positive attitude.
With decades of experience in sales, communication and marketing, Brian has the empathetic skills necessary to understand what the business community needs, and then accurately convey those needs to Solarpedia’s engineering team.
He truly understands what small-to-large organisations need in relation to commercial solar. Brian claims to be ‘technically challenged’, but his youthful energy belies his age; He’s an energiser bunny that just won’t stop.
He does occasionally enjoy a nice glass of wine or his favourite wonton noodle in Footscray, which he says keeps him going.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering (1st class hons) Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne.
Experience: 9 years of experience spanning technical sales, electrical design, project management, multiple supplier management (Australian and overseas), and business development. Eric has invested many hours researching the energy efficiency industry, inspecting installation and cross-checking with industry experts and auditors. He invested many hours traveling around Australia interviewing multiple suppliers from their installation teams, from designers up to director level.
Eric was honoured to be invited as a conference speaker at Solar Expo 2016, Melbourne, speaking on the subject: ‘Which solar solution and solar installer?’
He is a bit of a sport-junkie, a bit of a nerd when it comes to reading, and is also known to break into Latin dancing occasionally!
Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering, Manufacturing and Materials (1st Class Hons.), PhD Materials Engineering, Clean Energy Council-Accredited Designer for Photovoltaic Systems
Experience: More than 12 years working in the lithium-ion battery sector, financial modelling of renewable energy with different forms of storage and designing solar systems
Areas of expertise: Energy storage, lithium-ion batteries, solar systems
Personal interest: Surfing, swimming, camping and reading
Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree of Computer Science, major in Computerised Accounting, Binus University.
Experience: Over 25 years of experience in communication, translation, and business development (Indonesia and Australia). Lucy is experienced at facilitating workshops in ecommerce at schools and universities across the Australasia region.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (1st class hons), NED University. Recognised by Engineers Australia as a Professional Engineer.
Experience: Over 4 years of experience in diverse roles – from design to project management – with renowned consultancies and multinationals, including Schneider Electric. Syed has enormous interest in the Energy Industry, with experience in Grid Connection processes. He had contributed effectively to the design of the first ever smart city in Pakistan.
He’s always on the hunt for new ideas and different approaches to tackle a variety of problems. Syed is a proactive community leader, who has also lead AIESEC (the world's largest youth-based organisation) in Karachi. He loves travelling and exploring new places and cuisines. He’s also die-hard Arsenal fan with an extremely positive attitude.