Solar radiation (GHI, DNI, DHI) and PV potential for any address

Solar radiation

C4B charts direct normal, diffuse horizontal and global horizontal radiation for the site, with a compass to read the radiation reaching vertical surfaces facing any direction.

PV potential

The yearly PV potential analysis sweeps panel tilt and azimuth to show both the solar radiation received and the electricity produced, and highlights the optimal tilt. Projects on a paid plan add the optimal PV panel orientation to the design direction.

Projects on a paid plan also add PV Energy Potential, which lays real modules on a flat, single-slope, gable or hip roof inside a setback and simulates them hour by hour from the project's weather file, with the row-to-row shading of the spacing built. On flat roofs, optimizers search tilt, orientation and row spacing, and the technical view, on the Technical and Enterprise plans, can run detailed IEC, PVGIS and NREL SAM models with researched or custom modules, the inverter and editable losses.

BIPV Façade Potential, also on paid plans, estimates the electricity that PV integrated in the walls could produce, façade by façade and level by level, from the window-to-wall ratio of each level and façade and the panel typology; its technical view, on the Technical and Enterprise plans, adds exact windows, a verified product or a custom panel per façade and the detailed IEC, PVGIS and NREL SAM models.

Geothermal potential

Ground temperature profiles down to 10 m for the three coldest and three warmest months, from the weather station file's ground temperature data, for a first look at ground-source heat pumps and earth-coupled strategies.