Two faces, from the sunlight data
Each segment you add becomes a face on the plan. Rename it, set its pitch and azimuth, and mark its eave, ridge and rakes. The dashed bands are the edge setbacks.
SunrAI Design reads the roof from Google’s Solar data. Fill the faces with panels, string them, check the layout and export it. The design stays linked to its lead and project.
Early accessFor team owners and admins.
Product preview: the SunrAI Design editor for a sample house in Geneva, Illinois. An address is searched and its roof segments are detected from Google’s Solar data. Two segments are added as roof faces, a circular keep-out is placed, and Auto-fill puts 22 panels on the faces. Auto-string makes two strings. The Production tab then shows 10,576 kWh a year for 8.80 kW DC, and the checks pass. On a phone, the product shows a read-only summary of the design instead of the editor.
Create a design from a lead and it is named for the lead’s address. Search that address on the Site tab, then detect the roof segments: Google’s Solar data lists each roof plane with its pitch and azimuth. Add a segment as a face, or apply it to one you drew yourself.
Each segment you add becomes a face on the plan. Rename it, set its pitch and azimuth, and mark its eave, ridge and rakes. The dashed bands are the edge setbacks.
Sample data. The result carries the imagery date and quality. If Google found the wrong building, pick the right one on the map.
Sample data. The Site tab lists four detected roof segments with pitch, azimuth and area. Segments 1 and 3, both south-facing, have been added as the faces South main and Garage south.
Auto-fill packs a face with modules inside its setbacks and around keep-outs. Auto-string groups the panels by roof plane and cuts each string to fit the voltage window. Validation puts every check in one list.
Sample data. The roof plan shows 22 panels on two faces, outlined in two string colours. The strings table lists two strings of 11 modules, each inside the voltage window. The Validation tab shows all checks passing.
Annual and monthly production comes from NSRDB weather (PVGIS outside its coverage), with shading from the Solar API’s sunlight layer. Turn on Irradiance to see the heat across the roof. Every panel is coloured by its TSRF, an approximation rather than a certified figure.
Sample data. The assumptions print under the numbers: the weather source, the losses and what the shading rests on. It is a modelled estimate, not a guarantee.
Sample data. The panel nearest the tree is red: under 65%, consider excluding. Trees and obstructions newer than the imagery date are not in the data.
Sample data. The Production tab shows 10,576 kWh a year, a specific yield of 1,202 kWh/kWp, a monthly chart and the split by roof face. The plan with the Irradiance layer on shows the heat across both faces and colours three panels near a tree amber or red.
Sample data. The Export menu lists seven deliverables; the shade report is greyed out until Irradiance is on. Below it, the lead’s Design card and the project’s Roof Assessment card both show the same design: 8.80 kW DC, 22 panels, 10,576 kWh a year.
Seven deliverables from one menu. An item stays greyed out, with the reason under it, until the design has what it needs. The design stays linked to its lead and carries over to the project when the lead converts.
Design is in early access for team owners and admins. Ask for access and we’ll be in touch.