Solaris Awards · 2026
You Ranked - Make Sure People Know.
Finish inside the top range of your area and there is an award with your name on it — waiting to be claimed.
each board
board, per year
Australia
The four ranks
Four Ways To Finish.
Every One Worth Showing.
Your rank is your finishing position, and the colour follows it — gold at No. 1, blue at the edge of the top twenty. Whichever one you earned, it is dated to the year you earned it and it is yours to use all year.
No. 1 · Gold
The most installs of anyone on your board. There is only one each year.
Top 5 · Silver
Second through fifth — the shortlist most buyers never get to see.
Top 10 · Bronze
Sixth through tenth. Battery installers are ranked on their own boards.
Top 20 · Blue
Eleventh through twentieth — still the busiest one percent of the trade.
Find Out What You Won
Reach out and we will show you every board you placed on this year.
Two awards, one year
Two Types of Awards
There are two ways to be counted, and they win you two different arguments. The Premium award measures you against every installer in your state. The Segment award measures you against the people you actually compete with.
- Premium
- Every accredited install in the state, counted together, one winner for the whole region. The biggest claim you can make.
- Segment
- The same board split by system size. A homeowner is not looking for the biggest commercial outfit — they want the best installer for a roof like theirs.
- Both
- Premium wins the room, Segment wins the quote. Claim the pair and you are covered in either conversation.
Real combinations, cycling. Rank, region and category always match — only the segment differs.
Independently ranked
The Ranking Isn’t Ours To Sell
Solaris Awards are built on the installer rankings published by Solar Nerds — open tables, compiled from accredited installation volume, covering every state and territory.
Nobody can buy a place on the board. What you can do is claim the award that proves you are already on it.
Solar Nerds is a Solaris brand. Boards are recompiled each year and ranked installers are notified in writing before the artwork is issued.
Check your market
Not Everyone Can Get An Award
An award is only published where there are enough accredited installs to rank credibly.
In the big markets every board runs the full twenty, batteries included. The smaller the state, the sooner the board stops — in the Northern Territory only the No. 1 is published at all.
Your area
What it is worth
Put It Where The Decision Happens
On the quote, on the website, on the van, under the email signature. When two quotes land on the same kitchen table, one of them says an independent ranking put this installer near the top of the state. That is a different conversation to a page of five-star reviews.
Your award arrives as a set of ready-to-use files — colour, black and white, in PNG and SVG — so it drops cleanly onto any background you own, print or screen.
You Ranked.
Make Sure People Know.
The 2026 boards are live. Send us your details and we will show you exactly where you placed.
Solaris Awards are issued for the calendar year shown on the artwork and are not transferable between entities. Rankings are compiled and published by Solar Nerds.
Claim your award
Tell Us Who You Are
We will check every board you placed on this year and send back the artwork you are entitled to. If you did not place, we will tell you that too.
Claim Received
We will check this year’s boards and come back to you within two business days with every award you are entitled to.