Kerfoot Pty Limited

KERFOOT PTY L IMI TED to charge them at their depot. And, of course, chargers were installed at the Kerfoot office. Keane forecasts, “Over the next five years, I think the number of electric vehicles on the road, globally, will be phenomenal compared to the previous 10 years. Even since last year, you’ve seen substantial growth in the number of people considering and purchasing electric vehicles. And if they’re buying them they’ll have to have the means to charge them. So it makes sense that the EV charge space is going to significantly increase, as well.” Competition in the solar field is strong with many organisations offering similar products. But the major differentiator for Kerfoot is the fact that, being an electrical organisation, they do the full turnkey solution inhouse, including installation. Whereas most of their competitors are only solar organisations that have to subcontract installation and electrical work and don’t offer a whole range of products and services. Company culture is a source of pride at Kerfoot and as a result there is very little staff turnover. Marketing Manager, Rebecca Korman, shares, “Our company culture is very family orientated. The Kerfoots put in a lot of effort to really know their staff and treat them very well. They genuinely care about their health and wellbeing. It’s a very supportive culture here and we all work together as a team to make sure we get the best outcome. Our team is forever growing because the company keeps growing. And we’re continuing to get good people on board so we can do upgrades.” Looking ahead, the impetus will be to increase the scale of the energy team. The Kerfoot family sees the renewable space as a very important part of Australia’s future. That was the original reason for them setting up the energy team. They’re very passionate about it. And Keane believes the smaller teams within the business are going to expand and therefore bring the business as a whole to a larger organisation. because the way they operate their embedded networks is high quality. So it’s been great for us to work alongside them.” Over the past 24 months, Kerfoot have been looking to establish the Energy team with a very robust operating model and product offerings before pushing it out to the market. “We are now at the stage where we’re very comfortable with the product offering,” says Keane. “We know it’s very high quality and that we’re able to deliver it well within the clients’ expectations. The next task is for us to drive that forward in the market, so we can build a name for ourselves. We’re going to be known within the energy space for delivering the quality product like we do in the electrical space.” And speaking of driving, electric vehicles are making inroads in Australia and Kerfoot is perfectly poised to provide the required charging capabilities. They’ve recently done a rollout of EV chargers for one council that secured a number of electric vehicles and need to be able and offer it as a package to retail shopping centre customers. The client can then combine that with an embedded network from a provider which is one of Kerfoot’s close partners. According to Keane, “It’s a holistic approach to their energy within that building and it also builds a nice financial revenue stream. The beauty of it is that you’re able to take a package to a client, who would primarily be looking at the financial aspect of that project. But because it introduces this revenue stream, it makes it much more attractive for them to put a large scale renewable system on their roof. And that’s great when you’re looking at climate change and reducing CO2 within Australia. So we’re quite excited about that.” A company called WinConnect is known within the embedded network space in Australia for being a quality premium provider. “That’s a key relationship for us,” says Keane, “especially when we’re taking our product offering into the commercial retail shopping centre space REWARDS YOUR TRADIE L&H NSW STATE PROJECTS 02 9890 7855 | NSW.PROJECTS@LH.COM.AU L&H NORTHMEAD UNIT 3C, 6 BOUNDRY ROAD NORTHMEAD NSW 2152 02 9890 7855 | NORTHMEAD@LH.COM.AU WWW.SPARKYPLUS.COM.AU