Brian, The House El Rincón del Sol.. Projects your life philosophy … you have built to your family more than a Home You have left them a legacy of love, humble and courage. You leave us with your simplicity and infinite curiosity You can take with you our Gratitude, Respect and Admiration, ..Eileen and all Family: Brian brought so many gifts to our life. We will never forget him. Carlos Montero Cabo del Este, BCS , México

Sending condolences and strength to the Robertson family and all that were close.  Brian will be missed.

Brian, you were an amazing father to your sweet kids. With your CEO responsibilities your could easily have been a absentee father and husband; you weren't.  I'm glad I got to know you in the short time we were together in the YMCA Indian Princess program here in Huntington Beach. Your daughters Melanie and Brooke will remember you fondly for the quality time you spent with them in the program and on our campouts. This hits very close to home for me with my daughter.  My prayers are with Eileen and your precious kids. Your father time with them was tragically too short. RIP Brian Robertson. 

Eric Brooks

On behalf of the entire team from Hitachi High Technologies Companies, and Kuraray Corporation, we are saddened by this tragedy and offer our deepest sympathies to Brian's family, colleagues, and closest of friends. His passion in the field of solar is already helping this place of ours more livable. We see a lost of a great individual. But his visions will continue to grow and live on. 

Like all AMONIX people I have been strongly chocked by the Brian’s unfortunate accident. We have remembered him in our family Christmas dinner in Barcelona. It will be difficult to go on without the Brian’s leadership.

BDR was the kind of man our industry, and our planet, needs more of:  driven, intelligent, purposeful, action-oriented, ferociously curious, passionate, fair.  He helped to shape and lead what I'm sure we all -- years from now -- recognize as the modern face of the US solar industry.  Everyone in the Zep Solar family extends thier deepest sympathies to the Robertson family, the team at Amonix, and to Brian's legions of friends and admirers.

And, at this very challenging moment for our industry, let's resolve -- all of us -- to bring a little more "BDR" to our game. The earth, and the memory of this great man, deserve no less.

My sincerest condolences to BDR's family, friends and colleagues.  A very unique individual, serial entrepreneur, and all around cool guy.  It was a great pleasure to work with BDR as one of the founding members of SunEdison in installing the first of several 1 MW solar systems for the State of California back in 2005.  I learned a great deal about the business side of solar from BDR and company and will always be grateful for his guidance and advice.  A great loss to the solar industry and community. 

Our hearts go out to BDR's family and colleagues.  He was a real inspiration and we will miss him.

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
― E.E. Cummings

Our sincere condolence to the Robertson family and Amonix organization.

While I didn't know Brian well, I knew him over a 15 year period where he and I followed similar paths through internet start-ups in to solar start-ups. As we intersected every few months, I saw in him a courage, resolve and passion that was rare and powerful. He clearly had so much to give the planet and its people. It's difficult to understand why people like Brian can be taken from us so early, but there is some solice in the recognition that his impact will be felt for generations.

On behalf of everyone at Suntech, I wish the best for Brian's wife and young children. They will be told many times, I'm sure, but their father was a great man, who left a great legacy. 

    There are no words, I didn't know him on a personal basis but in the time I worked for Amonix I admired the fire and visions he had for Amonix. I pray that God bring comfort to Brian's family and friends who did know him well, I know he touched many lives in his far too short lifetime. I am sincerely sorry for this great loss to Amonix but above all for his family.

   May Brian's vision for Amonix stay alive and strong and reach it's true potential.

I had the pleasure and good fortune to know Brian for the past several year through his work at Solar Works, Amonix and as a fellow SEIA Board member.  He left a strong impact on me, and on a wide universe of others who also had the good fortune to know him.  He carried himself with a remarkable combination of high energy, intellectual rigor, imagination and an unwavering ethical compass.  He was a great listener, warm and engaging, firm in his own opinions, and yet always open to absorb new perspectives and ideas from those around him.  He will be missed, but his legacy will endure.

Sorry to hear of the the loss of Brian, he will be greatly missed by his family, friends and all that knew him. He has been taken from us too soon. I wish the best for his family.

Jim Milstead

I only knew Brian for one day - I spent a full day, one-on-one with him at Amonix in Las Vegas in Feb of this year, during which he gave me an overview of Amonix and a tour of the company.  When I got back home to the Bay Area, I felt compelled to email him and let him know that I believed he was one of the most impressive human beings I had ever met. He was a force of nature. My deepest condolences to Brian's young family. The world has prematurely lost a great, great man.

 I am honored to have known Brian for as long as I have been in the solar industry. he was a real visionary and made a huge contribution to the advancement of solar.  he was kind and I will miss him.  my deepest sympathies to his family     

Brian was a visionary. We have been interacting with him for the past few months and I always saw him striving for the best. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

To Brian's family, friends, and Amonix team,

We want to offer our thoughts and prayers to Brian's family.  The loss for the solar industry and for the CPV segment of that industry is immense, but we realize that no loss matches that being experienced by his family.  We hope that you find comfort in knowing that Brian has touched the lives of many in our industry, helping achieve a dream that many of us share.  Brian brought a new energy and commitment to our industry, and will always be remembered for that.  We also want to extend our deepeest sympathy to our colleagues at Amonix during this difficult time.  Know that your friends and colleagues of the CPV Consortium are thinking of you, and stand at the ready to provide support in anyway possible.

Again, our deepest sympathy to all.

Nancy Hartsoch, on behalf of the CPV Consortium

I knew Brian personally  for only a short time. In that time I found him to be highly ethical, caring and committed. He will be missed by so many. There is no true comfort with a loss like this for his family, who will miss him every day. I am so sorry and so very sad for their loss. 

We are deeply saddened to hear of Brian's passing. His was a leader who made a significant impact on clean energy development. Our hearts go out to his family, colleagues and friends.

- Jackie Phillips on behalf of the staff of the Nevada Institute of Renewable Energy Commercialization

My deepest and sincere condolences to his wife, children and his family for their loss.  There are many of us in the company who were hired by Brian; the decision to work at Amonix was a slam dunk after meeting with him in person.  His passion, vision, tenacity and belief in solar energy is what got me excited to join Amonix.  It was very shocking for me personally to hear about his demise especially since I had lunch with him a day prior where he talked about work and different strategies.  This memory will resurface each time I eat a hot pastrami sandwich from subway.   I will never forget my time and moments with Brian and his legacy will live on at Amonix.  I’ve worked for many companies but have never respected and admired anyone as much I did Brian.   He was one of the true advocates of solar energy and will be missed.  He had many great traits but the one that struck me was his attention to details and multitasking.  He was walking human calculator and no one dared to challenge him with numbers.  He was great leader who never lost his cool even in the most stressful situations.  It was his vision to make Amonix a success so all of us should pledge to make his vision come to reality by taking Amonix to highest levels in the solar industry.   I learned a great deal from him and I looked up to him as a great mentor.

Our hearts and prayers go out to Brian's family in this time.  This is truly a tragic event.  Brian was a great man and an excellent leader.  While Amonix must now go on without Brian, we need to make ourselves available to support his family, and ensure that he's in our memories during this season of rebirth.

It was simply terrible to hear about the passing of Brian Robertson. Above all, we are deeply saddened for Brian's wife and children, who are bearing this heavy burden at far too young an age. We also know that the Amonix family is shocked and heartbroken to have lost such an inspiring, brilliant and visionary leader.

Clearly, Brian's passing is also a tremendous loss for the solar tech industry and the green power cause. We'll never know what contributions he would have made in the future, but in his time at Amonix he was already tipping the scales in favor of alternative fuel and a greener environment. Most of us dream about making an impact on the world before we die. Brian was someone who actually did.

The deepest of condolences to his wife, children, family, friends and all of us at Amonix who loved him. Brian's leadership was the reason I joined Amonix. It is the reason a lot of us joined Amonix. He believed in the company and all of his staff so deeply that making the decision to work at Amonix was one of the clearest choices in my life. He was the most inspirational leader I've ever met, and words truly cannot express the fire of Brian's presence. If ever any of us had doubts concerning our work, our purpose, our direction, a few simple words of encouragement from Brian could refocus you so quickly that you felt silly ever feeling anything but an absolute certainty of success. He was such a fantastic visionary and role model that if you were someone lucky enough to share a conversation with him the best choice you could make was to just listen, just absorb. And yet, one of his premiere qualities was his ability to just listen. He was a man more successful in business and family during his short 38 years than most people would be in a hundred lifetimes, and yet he maintained humbleness and an ability to listen, to continue learning. It was simply awe inspiring. He was a man who made everyone who knew him want to be a better leader, a better father and husband, a better person. Brian's sweat and leadership indisputably brought some of greatest moments in 20 year history of this company, and his sudden passing will long be remembered as the worst. We've lost our white knight. But, we all know that with time, reflection, prayer and love our spirits will grow stronger and our purpose clear. We will learn to focus not on the agony of his loss, but on the veracity of his vision. All of us who knew him will cherish the time he gave to us, the time he spent enlightening us, educating us. I promise to never take that time for granted, to reiterate his lessons in all that I do and to always remember to pause, to listen and think, “What would Brian do?”

Brian will be deeply missed for all of his incredible qualities and vision.