Why you can rely on the advice

The policy

1. No commission, ever. Apex accepts no commission, referral fee, introduction fee, rebate, discount or other consideration from any installer, contractor, manufacturer, distributor, financier or supplier, in any circumstances. Apex is paid by its clients and by its clients alone.
2. We do not advise on contractors we work for. If Apex provides engineering services to an installation contractor or EPC, Apex will not advise a client on a tender, bid, design or dispute involving that contractor. Where that situation arises it will be disclosed and we will decline the instruction.
3. Our contractor list is published. Every contractor Apex provides services to is named on this page and kept current, for complete transparency.
4. Open disclosure in every report. Each report states any interest we hold relevant to its subject, or states that we hold none.
5. Separation of roles. Dale Barnard is engaged as Chief Technology Officer of Axiom Novus, a Copenhagen-based solar engineering firm providing design, engineering and procurement services. Apex does not act on any asset, project or transaction in which Axiom Novus has been engaged, and Axiom Novus does not act on any that Apex is reviewing. Where a prospective instruction touches either, it is disclosed and declined under rule 2.

Contractors Apex provides engineering services to

Why this is published

Most technical advice in the solar market comes from a party with an interest in the outcome. That is usually structural rather than dishonest, but it means a client has no way of telling good advice from a well-argued sales case, and an expert's evidence can be attacked on exactly this point.

Stating the rules in advance, and naming the relationships, is the only version of independence that can actually be checked. If you think something on this page is insufficient for your situation, say so and we will address it in writing before we start.