Urban Design
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #13403 resolved from 518 public installation records.
At a glance
Urban Design is a solar installer with 518 recorded installations totalling 4.5 MW, dated 2012 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 442nd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 725th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 498 priced systems is $3.51/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Paradise, CA | 7.2 kW | $40,338 | Host-owned |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Paradise, CA | — | — | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Paradise, CA | 15.6 kW | $68,054 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 24, 2025 | Chico, CA | 8.8 kW | $40,361 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Paradise, CA | 7.5 kW | $40,614 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Paradise, CA | 0.8 kW | $35,018 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Paradise, CA | 4.5 kW | $21,117 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Chico, CA | 14 kW | $44,200 | Host-owned |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Paradise, CA | 12.8 kW | $51,200 | Host-owned |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Paradise, CA | 30 kW | $0 | Host-owned · battery |
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Service geography
- California
- 519
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-13403
- First recorded install
- Dec 13, 2012
- Last recorded install
- Dec 30, 2025
- Priced records
- 498
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How does Urban Design compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Urban Design ranks 442nd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.51/W is about 18% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 8 kW, is about 35% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 0% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 15% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Solarworx (523), Horizon Energy Systems (521) and Stem (520).
How has Urban Design's installation volume changed?
Urban Design's earliest dated installation on record is from 2012. It has recorded installations in 8 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 174 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 88. Its median price per watt moved from $4.35/W in 2012 to $4.14/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 30, 2025.
Where does Urban Design install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Paradise, CA (208), Chico, CA (191), Oroville, CA (41), Magalia, CA (34) and Forest Ranch, CA (7).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Urban Design completed?
PanelCensus records 518 installations by Urban Design, from Dec 13, 2012 to Dec 30, 2025, totalling 4.5 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Urban Design charge for solar?
The median installed price across 498 priced systems is $3.51/W before incentives (median system 8 kW, about $29,568). The California median is $4.26/W.
Where does Urban Design install solar?
All 518 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Paradise.
Is Urban Design still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Urban Design in the public records is dated Dec 30, 2025; 2025 has 88 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Urban Design install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Urban Design (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Urban Design install battery storage?
76 recorded installations by Urban Design (15%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + permit and program records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published September 21, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Urban Design, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/urban-design-13403 (data as of September 21, 2026).