Along with the improvement of solar technology in the last few years, Sungevity has now planned to introduce a system for ordering solar panels through the Web.
Sungevity, a company which was founded two years ago and has a dozen employees, is using software to cut the costs of ordering, procuring and installing solar panels, a process that can be unwieldy and expensive. Last year, the company booked revenue of approximately US$2.7 million.
In 2008, Sungevity added a page to its Website that allows potential customers plug in their home addresses and find how much various solar panels would cost and how much energy they could save in the next several years.
A Sungevity engineer is able to calculate the costs within approximately 10 minutes using Microsoft’s Virtual Earth - mapping software that helps him visualize the length, width, pitch and orientation of a roof and how much sunlight it can get.
Microsoft sends planes that fly over populated areas with specially equipped cameras that can shoot five angles of a building at one time. Besides, at the customer orders, a technician can often install the panels without making an extra visit to measure the house first.
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