SunWork Bay Area
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Coverage Areas
We install rooftop solar systems and heat pump water heaters in the following locations:
Western Alameda County
Albany
Ashland
Berkeley
Castro Valley
Cherryland
City of Alameda*
Dublin
Emeryville
Fairview
Fremont
Hayward
Livermore
Newark
Oakland
Piedmont
Pleasanton
San Leandro
San Lorenzo
Sonol
Union City
Albany
Ashland
Berkeley
Castro Valley
Cherryland
City of Alameda*
Dublin
Emeryville
Fairview
Fremont
Hayward
Livermore
Newark
Oakland
Piedmont
Pleasanton
San Leandro
San Lorenzo
Sonol
Union City
*We can install heat pump water heaters in the City of Alameda, but we don’t do solar installations here.
Southwestern Contra Costa County
El Cerrito
Kensington
Moraga
Orinda
Richmond
San Pablo
San Ramon
Walnut Creek
Concord
El Cerrito
Kensington
Lafayette
Morago
Orinda
Pleasant Hill
Richmond
San Pablo
San Ramon
Walnut Creek
San Mateo County
Belmont
Brisbane
Broadmoor
Burlingame
Colma
Daly City
East Palo Alto
El Granada
Emerald Hills
Foster City
Half Moon Bay
Highlands-Baywood Park
Hillsborough
La Honda
Loma Mar
Millbrae
Moss Beach
Montara
North Fair Oaks
Pacifica
Pescadero
Portola Valley
San Bruno
San Carlos
San Gregorio
San Mateo
South San Francisco
West Menlo Park
Woodside
Belmont
Brisbane
Broadmoor
Burlingame
Colma
Daly City
East Palo Alto
El Grenada
Emerald Hills
Foster City
Half Moon Bay
Highlands-Baywood Park
Hillsborough
La Honda
Loma Mar
Menlo Park
Millbrae
Moss Beach
Montara
North Fair Oaks
Pacifica
Pescadero
Portola Valley
Redwood City
San Bruno
San Carlos
San Gregorio
San Mateo
South San Francisco
West Menlo Park
Woodside
Santa Clara County
Cupertino
Gilroy
Los Altos
Los Gatos
Milpitas
Monte Sereno
Morgan Hill
Mountain View
Palo Alto
Saratoga
San Jose
Santa Clara
Sunnyvale
Campbell
Cupertino
Gilroy
Los Altos
Los Altos Hills
Los Gatos
Milpitas
Monte Sereno
Morgan Hill
Mountain View
Palo Alto
Saratoga
San Jose
Santa Clara
Sunnyvale
San Francisco
We can occasionally accommodate heat pump water heater and solar installs in San Francisco if the parking is adequate for our truck(s) and our volunteers. Please send email to info@sunwork.org.
Santa Cruz County
We can sometimes accommodate heat pump water heater installs in Santa Cruz County. For solar, we can sometimes accommodate installs in Northern Santa Cruz county. Please send email to info@sunwork.org.
Events: Learn About Solar

Join our free training to learn how to install solar energy systems. Then volunteer on solar energy projects in your community.
Learn the basics of installing rooftop solar energy systems by volunteering with SunWork. This 3-hour event teaches the basics of rooftop solar, solar equipment, electricity, and construction safety. This orientation is a great opportunity to learn about clean renewable energy.
Once you’ve completed this training, you are eligible to join us to install residential and nonprofit solar systems in your community. Volunteers work together with SunWork’s professional staff, attaching racking, running conduit, hanging inverters, and mounting the solar panels that make a solar system tick. Some of our volunteers leverage this experience toward a career in solar energy. Others plan to install solar on their own homes. Most volunteers enjoy supporting the expansion of clean renewable energy and helping provide solar energy for their communities. Please see our Bay Area and Central Coast web pages on sunwork.org for the communities we serve.
Requirements:
-This orientation session will be conducted online using Zoom. The session requires you to have access to a Smartphone, Tablet, or Computer with the Zoom App installed. Ideally, you will also have a camera available on your device.
-You must participate in the entire webinar at the time it is conducted (sorry, no time-shifting option.)
-You must be 18 or older to volunteer (or if 16 or 17, with parent or guardian permission.)
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SunWork’s top priority is the health and safety of our customers, our volunteers, and our employees. We are committed to reducing the risk of COVID-19 for our customers, our volunteers, and our employees. Our approach in the communities we serve depends on local conditions and restrictions.
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