August 4, 2016 | By RGR Marketing Blog

Improving Your Solar Business’s Software

While the idea of replacing fossil fuels with solar power is a relatively new one, solar power itself is as old as the universe, so it’s not surprising if some solar companies aren’t as quick to adopt new technologies. However, there are a variety of software programs that can be extremely useful to solar companies that are looking to attract new solar leads.

Here are five solar software programs that you should definitely be aware of if growing your solar installation business is in the front of your mind.

WattPlan

One of the hottest new solar software programs, and one you can definitely use to help you generate new solar energy leads is WattPlan. WattPlan is personalized decision-making software designed to enhance and increase online customer engagement.

WattPlan is configured to your site, so potential solar energy customers can go online and take a guided tour through the process of adopting solar energy. They can see why solar energy might be right for them, the potential costs and savings, and how the whole process of becoming a solar household will work for them.

WattPlan can save you time and money trying to educate potential new consumers and increasing customer satisfaction among existing clients.

pvPlanner

pvPlanner by Solargis is one of a number of useful photovoltaic software programs on the market. It promotes itself as a quick and reliable solar energy calculator. You can use pvPlanner to almost instantly generate photovoltaic potential calculations for your solar energy jobs, and they even have a free trial version so you can check it out before you buy it.

PvPlanner is designed so that even laypersons can use it, but it is still a powerful solar energy-calculating tool. You can also download the reports generated, translating them into over ten languages.

HelioScope

HelioScope from Folsom Labs is another time-saving utility that can streamline your solar energy business. Used by hundreds of developers and engineers, HelioScope allows you to create a solar system layout and to estimate bankable energy production in minutes.

The program evaluates various design alternatives to help you find the optimal array design, and it is cloud-based, so your work is easily sharable with clients, colleagues and your sales team. Being able to generate fast, efficient solar energy estimates can be a great boon when trying to grow your solar energy business.

RetScreen

Canadian based RetScreen is a free Clean Energy Management software system you can download to your computer in minutes. The RetScreen Suite includes two main programs: RetScreen 4, which uses Excel to generate reports on the economic and technical feasibility of your renewable energy project, and RetScreen Plus, a Windows-based tool that allows users to verify the continuing energy performance of their renewable energy facilities.

Solarius-PV Free UPP

Solarius-PV Free UPP is a photovoltaic design software program with an interesting payment model. Use of the software, updates, training and technical support is all free. Instead, you only pay for what you print. Solarius offers a solar PV calculator with step by step design, graphical input from CAD, it calculates the solar PV system efficiency rate, and can even do solar panel shading analysis from a photo.

Taking Advantage of the Latest Solar Technology

It's the 21st century, and solar energy is becoming more popular than ever. If you’re not using the best solar energy software programs to streamline your business and to help you generate new solar leads, then you could get left behind. Take some time to look into these and other solar energy software today, and get the most out of new solar technology.

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