The studio
A small group, deeply opinionated about how solar should be done.
We are nineteen engineers, three architects, two analysts, and a dog named Watt. We design and install around forty systems a year — never more — because at that scale every install gets the partner-level attention it deserves.
Chapter 01
Origin.
Daniel Hsu was an architect frustrated with seeing beautiful homes ruined by retrofit solar. Mira Okafor was a Berkeley grad student modeling next-generation cell efficiency. They met at a permitting office in 2013 and started Quantum Solar the following spring.
Twelve years later the studio is small on purpose — close enough that the engineer who designs your system is the one who shows up at the meter cabinet on commissioning day.
Chapter 02 / Timeline
A short history.
2014
Quantum Solar founded in a garage in Berkeley.
2017
First 1MW commercial array completed in Sonoma.
2020
Battery + storage division established with Mira Okafor as lead.
2023
B-Corp certification. 1000th installation completed.
2026
Studio expands to Portland and Austin.
Chapter 03 / People
The studio.
Mira Okafor
Lead Engineer
Daniel Hsu
Co-founder, Architecture
Aisha Reyes
Director of Installation