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How To Get High-Quality Outsourced Solar Designs
Outsourcing is a new growth lever in solar. In 2023, over two-thirds (67.1%) of Designers report outsourcing at least ten percent of project volume, and 13.4% report they always outsource something. This is a complete flip from just two years ago—in 2021, the majority of solar contractors (63.3%) did not outsource any tasks. What’s driving the change?
Combine Satellite With Drone-Based Imagery For Perfect PV Installs (Here are 4 Reasons Why)
While satellite imagery is great for preliminary designs—particularly for a quick-turnaround sales conversation—it has four distinct problems that make it dangerous to use as the sole resource for array design.
How To Remove Trees in Property Designs Using Drones and Scanifly
In the past, scoping for tree removal has typically meant looking with remote imagery or hand measurements—but trees and overall site context are not easily assessed or reliably captured with these methods. If you conduct on-site surveys with a drone, on the other hand, you’ll easily capture all this important info in a single visit every time.
The Top 5 Roof Obstructions You Can’t See With Satellite Imagery (But Can With Drones)
Too many people rely on satellite imagery in solar despite 91% of surveyors acknowledging it’s not perfectly accurate. While it might be tempting to use satellite imagery to make an installation plan because it appears like a faster route, missing little obstructions results in more truck rolls, redesigns, and overall time to complete the project.
How to Choose a Third Party Design Vendor for Solar Projects
Design is the part of the solar process where it’s easiest to get behind or backlogged. A lot of contractors choose to outsource some or all of their design work to third parties. Unfortunately, that opens its own problems—namely, how to choose a vendor to work with. In this article, we’re sharing our rubric and the steps to follow when it comes to selecting the right design partner.
3 Ways to Improve Collaboration Between Surveyors and Designers
When surveyors and designers don’t talk, everyone suffers. Not only is the whole team more prone to mistakes, but the company operates far less efficiently
4 Reasons Why Designing in 3D is Better Than in 2D
Blueprints, plan sets, layouts, and as-built diagrams are almost always in 2D. It’s been this way in most contracting industries, including solar, for decades. But
5 Reasons Why Solar Redesigns Happen
Redesigns are a profit-eating nightmare in the solar world. Every time a contractor needs to change up the plan, a lot of downline things may
4 Ways to Make A Solar Designer’s Life Easier (And Get Higher Quality Designs)
Solar designers are often put in no-win situations. Despite being given imperfect data from satellite imagery or manual measurements, designers are expected to deliver perfectly
4 Reasons Why Software Automation Won’t Eliminate Redesigns
There are a handful of solar-specific software platforms that claim to use AI to develop perfect designs. But we’re here to share an annoying truth:
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