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LAS VEGAS-In what is being called a first in the industry, GHS Interactive Security is partnering with Solar Universe, a leading nationwide residential solar company, to combine security and solar into a comprehensive home automation package.
GHS, a new home security company based in Sacramento, Calif., and Livermore, Calif.-based Solar Universe announced the partnership April 2 at the ISC West show here.
"Combining the strengths of Solar Universe with our own security and monitoring solutions" will benefit consumers, Steve Baker, CEO of GHS, said in a prepared statement. Baker, a security industry veteran, founded GHS, a primarily doorknocking company, in 2013.
The launch is taking place primarily in California, Joe Miller, EVP of Solar Universe, told Security Systems News, and will expand from there. Miller said Solar Universe is the fourth largest solar provider in the nation. It has 50 offices and serves customers as far away as Hawaii and Puerto Rico, but has a "heavy concentration" in California, Miller said.
"For both companies, it's kind of an unprecedented relationship that...