For more than 18 years, Solar Design Studio has provided a wide range of services to solar installation companies, project developers, energy services companies, real estate developers, and utilities. Our clients often refer to us as their “Solar Engineering Department.”
We engineer solutions for our clients.
Regardless of its size, we have the capability to provide all of the required engineering services necessary to shepherd your project from concept to construction. Our core engineering services are electrical and through our associates, we are able to provide structural, civil, and environmental engineering as well.
Our engineering methodology is based on solar performance modeling, which identifies the constraints of a system’s design and reveals the optimal results. These findings are then used to consider cost and performance options for the system’s design, ensuring the best possible return on investment.
For clients new to solar, or who are expanding their business, we provide solar business operation and sales consulting services. These services draw on our more than 18 years of experience in the solar industry, in which we have provided solar solutions for a wide variety of clients and tackled unique and complex projects addressing and overcoming diverse obstacles with a proven track record of success.
For clients requiring integrated service offerings, we bundle our services together to deliver a comprehensive solar project management solution. Our ongoing relationships with key solar equipment distributors and experienced installers enable us to deliver a quality project on time and within budget.
We maintain ongoing relationships with private investment groups who may have an interest in financing your project. Before engaging one of these groups, we prepare a detailed feasibility and financial analysis for their review.
Our team of professional engineers and NABCEP certified designers create all the necessary design packages for permitting, utility submittal, construction, and “As Built” documentation. We use cutting-edge tools to build our design packages, including Helioscope, System Advisor Modeler, HOMER, and AutoCAD.
Solar projects have many moving parts, including client expectations, suppliers, AHJs, utilities and contractors. We provide effective project management services to ensure that all of these pieces work together to meet the customer’s expectations and achieve their profitability objectives. Our structured methodology ensures that every step is completed in a timely manner with progress reporting to both our client and their customer.
The first step in our engagement with a client is usually to assess the feasibility of a project. This specifically involves reviewing 24 months of electrical usage, preparing an initial solar array performance model, developing a project budget, and preparing a financial analysis. Using Energy ToolBase, this analysis includes the application of all incentives, electric rate escalation, benefits of using battery storage, and financing options. The resulting deliverable is a document specific to your project that provides a summary of your options alongside a detailed cash flow analysis demonstrating how the project will pay for itself.
Schedule a consultation, but first gather your actual electrical bills for the last 24 months and forward them so we have starting point to develop a solution.
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