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“Remote site assessment for solar design is a game changer.”
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CASE STUDY: 3D Solar Modeling Airphrame’s 3D models of buildings and surrounding obstructions are used with Aurora Solar’s design tools to estimate shading impacts and accurately calculate solar system output. Background: Aurora Solar is a leading software solution that allows contractors to visually design solar systems using a simple drag-and-drop interface. The tool builds a full 3D model of a house and the proposed solar system, incorporating sophisticated shading analysis from manually-built 3D models that include the building and nearby trees. Aurora then simulates the sun’s path over the resulting 3D model. Aurora’s shade analysis results have been verified by NREL (a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy) to be equivalent to results from on-site shading measurements. Challenge: To generate a precise shading analysis (necessary for proper output calculation), Aurora users must create an accurate 3D model of the home and surrounding obstructions. Aurora provides some basic tools to accomplish this, and where available can also overlay publicly-available LiDAR data as a guide in determining the size and height of buildings and trees. However, such data has several limitations: it is not available in many locations, it might be many years out of date, and it is very low resolution - sometimes only 1 or 2 points of data per square meter. Solution: Aurora has partnered with Airphrame to allow joint customers to combine Airphrame’s high-resolution, up-to-date 3D data with the Aurora Solar design tool. This groundbreaking, integrated solution makes it possible for solar contractors to acquire high-density (36-81 points per square meter) 3D data for an area and use that data directly within their Aurora Solar design tool account. With this solution, customers can immediately leverage the power of Airphrame’s geospatial data within Aurora Solar. “Remote site assessment for solar design is a game changer.” Results: The combination of Airphrame’s high-quality data and Aurora Solar’s proprietary shade analysis and solar design tool creates a best-of-class solution for remote solar system design. This reduces the time and costs required to design solar systems remotely, improves the accuracy of solar system designs, and enables solar companies to close more deals faster than ever before. Digital Access to the Physical World www.airphrame.com
Transcript of “Remote site assessment for solar design is a game changer.”
CASE STUDY: 3D Solar ModelingAirphrame’s 3D models of buildings and surrounding obstructions are used with Aurora Solar’s design tools to estimate shading impacts and accurately calculate solar system output.
Background:Aurora Solar is a leading software solution that allows contractors to visually design solar systems using a simple drag-and-drop interface. The tool builds a full 3D model of a house and the proposed solar system, incorporating sophisticated shading analysis from manually-built 3D models that include the building and nearby trees. Aurora then simulates the sun’s path over the resulting 3D model. Aurora’s shade analysis results have been verified by NREL (a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy) to be equivalent to results from on-site shading measurements.
Challenge:To generate a precise shading analysis (necessary for proper output calculation), Aurora users must create an accurate 3D model of the home and surrounding obstructions. Aurora provides some basic tools to accomplish this, and where available can also overlay publicly-available LiDAR data as a guide in determining the size and height of buildings and trees. However, such data has several limitations: it is not available in many locations, it might be many years out of date, and it is very low resolution - sometimes only 1 or 2 points of data per square meter.
Solution:Aurora has partnered with Airphrame to allow joint customers to combine Airphrame’s high-resolution, up-to-date 3D data with the Aurora Solar design tool. This groundbreaking, integrated solution makes it possible for solar contractors to acquire high-density (36-81 points per square meter) 3D data for an area and use that data directly within their Aurora Solar design tool account. With this solution, customers can immediately leverage the power of Airphrame’s geospatial data within Aurora Solar.
“Remote site assessment for solar design is a game changer.”
Results:The combination of Airphrame’s high-quality data and Aurora Solar’s proprietary shade analysis and solar design tool creates a best-of-class solution for remote solar system design. This reduces the time and costs required to design solar systems remotely, improves the accuracy of solar system designs, and enables solar companies to close more deals faster than ever before.
Digital Access to the Physical World
www.airphrame.com
