Roof Orientation Tool

Project sunroof uses google earth s high resolution imagery to help calculate a roof s solar energy potential.

Roof orientation tool.

An easy way to determine the direction that your roof faces is to use google maps. It can be used for designing large scale photovoltaic pv systems based on numerous factors to reflect the characteristics of landscape specific to the area including site location time zone sun path nearby. Please see below for a more detailed explanation of each of these factors. Look up your property and use the grid to find true south then compare your roof.

It is a free tool for designing and analyzing a specific site and evaluating the amount of power that can be produced from that site. The original layout for the house favored the east which minimized the amount of shade on the garage panels but slightly reduced the total daily output of the panels. Energyplus software was used to simulate different configurations of four roof orientations i e north south east west east and west of test houses located in bandung. Comparemysolar uses your own roof details of location orientation angle level of shading and available roof size to estimate the outputs of potential systems from local installers.

A unique feature of the variable orientation tool is that it preserves the global plunge in the locally re orientated ellipsoid. In keeping with leapfrog s ethos we have made the vo tool highly visual so the user can clearly understand the impact of applying variable orientation and visualise this in relation to the target domain available. Learn more get an estimate and connect with providers. The roof azimuth tool is provided to you for free by solmetric.

The measured data from the field measurement were compared with the simulation result to validate the simulation tool. Solmetric focuses on developing quality solar site assesment tools that provide capabilities such as solar access shade measurements pv design and simulation software and pv performance verification and iv curve measurements. Upon entering an address the tool analyzes factors such as shade roof orientation and local weather patterns to calculate how many hours of sunlight hit that roof in a typical year.