How Can Solar Contractors Avoid Change Orders During a Lease Review?
Discover how solar contractors can prevent costly change orders during lease reviews. Learn how using drones, mobile apps, and Scanifly’s integration with SunRaise Technology ensures accurate data and speeds up the approval process.
Why Solar Shade Analysis Is So Subjective & How to Fix It
Solar Contractors often rely on potentially outdated or incomplete satellite, aerial, or LiDAR imagery for shade analysis. This results in subjective modeling that is inaccurate, expensive to fix, and in the case of lease agreements, can result in financing delays or cancellations. Leveraging drones with mobile apps in the sales process fixes this friction—real-time, on-site data is objective and delivers completely accurate layouts and production simulations that inform all financing agreements.
Scanifly Integrates Nearmap, LiDAR and other Data Sources to Launch Remote Design Capabilities
Denver, CO, Nov. 28, 2023 — Scanifly announced integrations with various remote data sources as part of its new preliminary design solution, Scanifly Prelim. Scanifly
6 Clues for Identifying Young Trees That Will Cause Shade Over Time
Hot take: Do you know if the tree is young, or mature and a small species? If it has smooth, and often lighter bark texture,
What Are Dormant Deciduous Trees And How Do They Impact Residential Solar?
Dormant deciduous trees–species that lose their leaves seasonally–cause interesting challenges for solar contractors in both production and shade estimates. This article looks more in-depth at which dormant deciduous tree factors impact solar projects and how to manage them as a contractor.
How To Pick Trees That Won’t Shade Your Solar Panel Array
Planting new trees on any property is a great way to beautify. But it can also be a huge hassle for solar arrays. Picking trees does not need to be complicated though. Here’s a simple framework you can follow (with resources to find the right tree species for you).
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.
Why Scanifly is the New SunEye
As more solar surveyors recognize that being on the roof is dangerous and time-consuming, the industry is looking for ways to capture data digitally. This
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