Among the many things we all might be wondering post-election-day is the question of what the outcome means for clean energy companies and sustainable building efforts.

In what many saw as a surprising turn of events, Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. While Trump taking office does show positive potential outcomes for the residential and commercial construction industry as a whole, with past remarks about climate change being a hoax invented by the Chinese, Trump has left a large concern for those working to combine clean energy and sustainable building. And, although political candidates are well-known for their lack of follow-through on promises made during their campaign, Trump has also said that he would rip up the Paris Climate Agreement - which went into effect just 5 days ago and has been backed by 96 countries.

After Trump's victory, shares in Vestas ( VWS.CO ), the world's biggest wind turbine maker, were down 8.6 percent, while Germany's Nordex ( NDXG.DE ) traded 7.9 percent lower, according to Reuters . Stocks for Tesla and Solar City have already been rocky because of what many saw as a questionable potential merger of the two companies, as well as the aggressive spending taking place in order to get ambitious plans underway. And, the recent election results haven't given shareholders any extra doses of hope. Though, what many do hold strong to is the full-fledged confidence that Tesla CEO Elon Musk still holds in his steps forward with the growing use of clean solar energy, with or without any type of government aide. In a CNBC interview last week, Musk said that he doesn't think the outcome of the election will have much of an affect on Tesla as a whole.

Recently, Tesla Energy released the Powerwall 2.0 and their new, sleek solar roof tiles — the impressive and innovative follow-up to the Powerwall Home Battery, which stores energy gathered from solar panels to reduce electricity costs and reliance on the commercial power grid during peak hours. The end goal of both products would be to eventually remove homes from the commercial power grid completely. The Powerwall 2 stores double the amount of energy than the first edition did.

In the unveiling of the Powerwall 2 Solar Roof on October 28 this year, Musk said that he expected to sell more Powerwall home battery packs than cars , and we all know Tesla is not having much of a problem in that department. As we explained in a previous article on the subject, Tesla spends a grand total of $0 on marketing and they can't make cars fast enough for demand. The release of the $35,000 Model S was one of the most successful product launches in history. So, the question remains, can Tesla have the same success in the housing industry with the unpredictability of the next term?

Presidents and policies aside, at the very first Housing, Innovation, Vision & Economics (HIVE) event in Los Angeles back in September, Tesla CTO JB Straubel did a Q&A with the audience after his keynote speech in which an attendee brought up a valid point... Tesla made the electric vehicle popular in large part because they made it luxuriously sexy. She asked: "how do you make solar panels sexy?"

Laughter from the audience signaled that it was partly true, traditional solar panels aren't the easiest on the eyes, nor the best for upping the outside curb appeal of a home. But, while Straubel didn't say anything at the time, it turns out they were already working on a solution to that exact problem. The homes that surrounded the stage of the Powerwall 2 and Solar Roof announcement just one month later were all covered in Tesla solar tiles made of glass, and yes, they were very sexy. You can see examples of the what tiles pictured below look like on a house in the video above.

While sexy is great and all, we eventually come to one of the same problems Tesla Motors faced in their beginnings — affordability. Is it practically priced for the average homeowner to be able to install? Musk was vague around the pricing of installation mentioning that it would be dependent on size, location, and other factors relative to each individual home. But, he also said that Tesla’s roof will be competitive or better than the cost of a traditional roof combined with the cost of electricity from the grid, according to Stone Bridge Contracting . The hope is that the solar roof becomes so common that people will automatically say "of course I'm getting a solar roof, why would anyone get anything else?"

So, while many Tesla shareholders may still be shaking in their boots, Elon Musk seems to still be standing strong to the principles behind his and Tesla's mission - complete sustainability. That, or regular missions to Mars.

So what do all of these factors mean for the future of Tesla and sustainable building? The election did its part to show us that popular projections of future outcomes are far from certain, but those who are behind the utilization of sustainable resources can do one thing, continue to support its implementation into commercial and residential building in any way possible despite any doubt.

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