When you’re getting solar or battery quotes, most of what you can compare is the product. Panel brand. Inverter brand. Headline price.
What’s harder to compare is who actually walks onto your roof. Whether they were trained properly. Whether they work for the company you’re paying, or whether the company you’re paying just labour-hires them in for the day.
That second question just got nationally recognised.
- The team behind Perth Solar Warehouse has been named a finalist for Smart Employer of the Year at the 2026 Smart Energy Council Awards.
- It's recognition for how the team is built. Training, retention, in-house installers, real career pathways.
- Full background on the announcement is on the PSW Energy website.
The team behind Perth Solar Warehouse, including PSW Energy, has been named a finalist for Smart Employer of the Year at the 2026 Smart Energy Council Awards.
The Smart Energy Council is Australia’s peak body for the clean energy industry. The Smart Employer category recognises businesses that invest properly in the people doing the work. Training. Safety culture. Retention. The standards that produce installers capable of doing the job properly.
Finalists are chosen by an independent industry panel. Not by public vote. Not by paid entry. The shortlist itself is the recognition.
Five and a half years ago, the PSW operation and deployment team had 10 people. Today, over 50 are across the Bibra Lake and Neerabup bases. Every hire has kept the in-house ratio above 80%. The installers on a Perth Solar Warehouse residential job are PSW employees with knowledge and a refined skillset.
Careers here are real. Our current CEO started as an Administration Manager in 2020 and worked her way up over 5.5 years. A new female electrical apprentice started this year, building a career in renewables from the ground up. Both stories are part of why the Smart Employer shortlist landed.
For the full background on the recognition, including how it relates to the broader credentials and the 2026 awards being held in Sydney, head to the PSW Energy site: Smart Employer of the Year 2026 finalist.
Our CEO is also separately a finalist for Emerging Leader of the Year at the same awards. That recognition is covered in its own post.
The gala runs on Wednesday 6 May 2026 in Sydney. Winners are announced on the night. We’ll publish a follow-up either way.
If you’re comparing solar or battery quotes right now and the question of who actually does the work matters to you, this is one data point worth knowing.
Get a quote from the team the national industry just shortlisted.
