GOOGLE SHOWS THE SOLAR WAY TO SAVE
How Much Can You Save With Solar Panels? Just Ask Google
Cade Metz, August 18, 2015 (Wired)
“…[Google is offering a new online service that will instantly estimate how much you’ll save with a roof full of solar panels. Project Sunroof] calculates your home’s solar power potential using the same high-resolution aerial photos Google Earth uses to map the planet. After creating a 3-D model of your roof, the service estimates how much sun will hit those solar panels during the year and how much money the panels could save you over the next two decades…The service is now available for homes in the San Francisco Bay Area, central California, and the greater Boston area…[O]thers have developed services along these lines…[but Google] is taking a particularly comprehensive approach. In analyzing satellite images of your home, Google uses ‘deep learning’ neural networks to separate your roof from the surrounding trees and shadows…Project Sunroof also simulates the shadows that typically cover your home on any given day (see animation above), and it tracks local weather patterns…” click here for more
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