An asset-owner-first solar company.
Surface Yield was founded on a simple thesis: rooftops are the most under-utilized real estate in any portfolio. For 15 years, we've turned them into income-producing, green-energy assets — for owners who care about both.
Every square foot should be earning.
Most solar companies sell you panels. We sell you a financial outcome — and the green credentials that come with it. We model your project as an investment first: payback period, IRR, NOI uplift, ESG positioning. Only when the numbers work do we put a single panel on your roof.
The result? Owners get the best of both worlds: a measurable financial return and the ESG story that increasingly drives tenant demand, lender preference, and asset value.
ROI-first
Every system is engineered to your bill, your finance terms, and your asset's hold period — not the largest array we can fit on the roof.
NOI uplift
We measure success in cap-rate-adjusted asset value, not just kWh produced. Our reports speak the language your CFO and lenders use.
Green dividend
Every kWh produced is tagged for ESG reporting and carbon accounting. Your asset earns money AND green credentials simultaneously.
A decade of rooftop solar, already proven in Ontario.
Ontario quietly became one of Canada's largest solar markets — thousands of commercial, institutional, and multi-residential rooftops now generate their own power. Source: Canada Energy Regulator & IESO program data.