In 1995, Company President and now chief renewable-energy-technologist Ben Jason began installing battery based solar PV (photovoltaic) electric systems – the only kind available then.

Few at the time imagined solar electric systems connected to the grid. Through numerous courses at Solar Energy International and construction of various systems at his own, family members’, and acquaintances’ homes, Ben learned how to design, install, and troubleshoot solar electric (both battery based and grid-tied), solar thermal, hybrid solar-generator, wind, and micro-hydro renewable energy systems. Not knowing which direction the renewable energy may eventually go, he became proficient in all these technologies, forming Sustainable Living Technology and making happen just about every type of small to mid-range renewable energy system commercially available.