{"id":691575,"date":"2023-05-26T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=691575"},"modified":"2023-05-26T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:53:12","slug":"how-shade-impacts-on-home-solar-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/691575\/how-shade-impacts-on-home-solar-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"How shade impacts on home solar performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Solar power systems are in high demand as homeowners look to protect themselves from ongoing loadshedding and benefit from government\u2019s home solar tax incentive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>However, one factor that is often overlooked when considering a solar investment is the impact of shade on its performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.looksee.co.za\/property\/solarscore?cid=EP_4Ay5H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Understand your roof\u2019s solar potential with LookSee\u2019s free Solar Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>LookSee&#8217;s executive head, Marc du Plessis explains: \u201cMany homeowners start their solar journey by looking at the various systems available on the market. However, it\u2019s best to consider your property first.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8220;In fact, your home\u2019s structure determines how successful your solar installation will be in generating electricity for your family to use.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It\u2019s for this reason that Standard Bank\u2019s home management platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.looksee.co.za\/?cid=EP_4Ay5H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LookSee.co.za<\/strong><\/a> developed South Africa\u2019s first, free, online Solar Score for residential properties to help homeowners easily understand the generation potential of their roofs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Got shade?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Shady conditions are one of the factors that can significantly reduce the efficiency of solar panels and ultimately lower the amount of electricity produced.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cSolar panels work by capturing direct sunlight and converting this into electricity. When solar panels are shaded \u2013 even partially \u2013 the amount of direct sunlight they receive is reduced, which has a significant impact on the overall performance of a solar panel system,\u201d says du Plessis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Shade can come from various areas such as trees, buildings, and surrounding mountains. It\u2019s important to see how much shade your roof will experience and whether there is anything you can do to remove or minimise the causes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Bear in mind that as the sun moves across the sky, the areas of shade will change too.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You\u2019ll also need to take into account that the sun\u2019s position changes with the seasons, and this could also have an impact on the extent of shaded area.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Free roof assessment<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you\u2019re not keen on spending the day watching your roof for shade, then the LookSee Solar Score is for you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This easy-to-use system only requires your physical address to assess the structure against a variety of factors that will impact the performance of a solar solution.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>These include the direction the various roof panes face; the slope and available roof area on optimal panes; radiant power from sunlight; and shady conditions from surrounding buildings or vegetation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cThe LookSee Solar Score is the first of its kind to provide this level of insight into South Africa\u2019s residential properties, helping homeowners to take the guesswork out of their solar decisions.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8220;Not only do we provide a score on the home, but we also reveal valuable information such as usable roof area, average days of sunlight, energy generation potential and how much a homeowner could save on their electricity bill,\u201d says du Plessis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Homeowners can experience the Solar Score by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.looksee.co.za\/property\/solarscore?cid=EP_4Ay5H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.looksee.co.za\/property\/solarscore?cid=EP_4Ay5H\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Please note that the Solar Score is currently available for most of South Africa\u2019s large metro\u2019s with sectional title properties currently excluded. Sectional titles and more cities and towns will be added during 2023.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar power systems are in high demand as homeowners look to protect themselves from ongoing loadshedding and benefit from government\u2019s home solar tax incentive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":684959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[13718,499],"class_list":["post-691575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-looksee","tag-standard-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691849,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691575\/revisions\/691849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}