Aurora Solar Lidar

It has integrated tools which are absolutely priceless when creating a solar design.

Aurora solar lidar.

Aurora solar a cloud based platform that enables sophisticated solar pv engineering design supports operations and facilitates customer acquisition for solar professionals. Aurora is our main tool for creating solar designs and proposals. Aurora s irradiance engine provides nrel validated solar access values that are statistically equivalent to traditional on site shade measurement tools. Here is how to model using lidar in aurora.

Lidar is a technology where a scanner emits pulses of light energy using a laser at buildings and other objects in an area and measures how long it takes for the pulse to return. With lidar you can skip truck rolls and sell to your customers with confidence. The laser pulse travels at the speed of light. After completing your design click on the lidar button on the top menu.

An nrel study funded by the us department of energy doe found that remote shading engines that implemented lidar were within 3 5 of on site measurements. Generate bankable shade reports that are accepted by major rebate authorities and utilities including nyserda masscec oncor and more. Read nrel s validation of aurora s shading accuracy. Aurora has streamlined our design process and is our go to when it comes to accuracy.

Easy lidar enabled 3d roof modeling. Aurora solar a cloud based platform that enables sophisticated solar pv engineering design supports operations and facilitates customer acquisition for solar professionals. Lidar assisted modeling commercial design automatic obstruction detection bankable shade reports. Aurora uses lidar 3d data to calculate building heights roof slopes and tree heights.

Aurora offers lidar coverage through many parts of the united states and select international locations visible on our map below. Aurora s current coverage areas are shown in green for aurora lidar and orange for google 3d. Austin hohman westhaven solar. Click the lidar settings button to toggle between mesh or point cloud.

Our shading analysis is within 3 accuracy of solmetric readings taken on a rooftop for sites that have lidar data and within 5 for sites without lidar. Toggle into the 3d view by clicking the 3d box icon or holding right click and moving your cursor up. Our interactive shade simulator visualizes the sun s movement and impact on your client s pv system.