Innovation in Fairfax County: Ipsun Solar

Merrifield-based ‪@ipsunsolar‬, a company that installs residential and commercial solar panels, was started in 2016 with a lofty goal: fighting climate change, said Herve Billiet, CEO, who co-founded the company along with Joe Marhamati.
“The core mission is installing as many solar panels as we can to fight climate change,” said Billiet.
“We've grown from just two people to now 60 people -- and we keep growing,” Billet added. “There's a lot of demand for it."
The company’s name 'Ipsun Solar’ was derived from the Latin word “ipsum” with the last letter changed to an “n,” Billiet explained. “So we have 'sun' in our name, but 'ipsum' means 'yourself.' So the idea is to generate your own power, your own clean power from the sun.”
Ipsun Solar installs solar panels in an approximate 60-mile radius of Fairfax County, in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.