Editorial Policy
How Greenowatt researches, writes, fact-checks, sources images, and updates the guides you read.
Greenowatt is an independent publication built around one principle: the article you read should give you what an honest friend with the right background would tell you over coffee. This page is the long version of how we make that real.
Who writes and edits
Every guide on Greenowatt is written or edited by a human. Narendra Parmar, the editor of Greenowatt, edits every article personally. Contributors are people with direct field experience in the topic they are writing about: former community energy coordinators, licensed electricians, EV owners with a decade of receipts, home retrofit specialists, and homeowners who have lived with a specific setup long enough to have opinions worth hearing.
We do use AI tools to draft outlines, surface relevant terminology, and accelerate research. We do not publish AI only content. Every published article is rewritten in a human voice, fact checked by a human, and approved by a human editor before it goes live.
How we research
Our sources sit in three tiers:
- Primary documents. Utility tariff filings, manufacturer spec sheets, federal incentive program text (DSIRE, ENERGY STAR, IRS, NREL), licensed installer training materials.
- Working professionals. Conversations with electricians, solar installers, EV mechanics, and home energy auditors who work in the field today.
- Lived experience. Our own homes, our reader inbox, and the households we have helped through real installs and real bills.
How we cite numbers
When we publish a cost, payback period, kWh estimate, or efficiency figure, we publish the assumption with it. “Around $0.16 per kWh” includes a note that the figure is the US national average for residential customers in the year of writing. “Roughly 6 to 9 years payback” includes the sun hour and system cost assumption behind the range. If a number depends on something local to you, we say so.
Fact checking
Every draft is read by a second person before publication. We verify claims against the original source, check our math, and confirm any quoted regulation against the current text.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we fix the article and add a dated note at the bottom that explains what changed and why. Material corrections are also flagged in the next Sunday brief.
Updates
Renewable energy pricing, incentives, and equipment specs evolve. We review every article at least once a year and revise the ones whose numbers have meaningfully drifted. The “last updated” line at the top of an article tells you when the last substantive revision happened.
Images
Featured images come from royalty free photographers on Pexels and Unsplash, with credit listed where required. We do not use AI generated photography for editorial illustration.
Sponsorship policy
Greenowatt does not accept sponsored articles. We do not let advertisers preview drafts, suggest topics, or influence conclusions. The only commercial relationships we have are the affiliate links described on the disclosure page.
Reader feedback
If you spot an error, a stale figure, or an angle we missed, please send a note to [email protected] or through our contact page. Reader corrections shape future articles more than any other input we have.