MyHEAT is using the Solar API available through the Google Maps Platform to offer this platform for communities. We are continuing our company’s mission to make energy visible by helping citizens see their roof’s invisible potential to generate renewable sources of energy.
How to Use the Platform
When you enter your address, your home is identified using Google Maps. The Google Maps Platform Solar API technology combines that information with other databases to create your personalized rooftop analysis. When calculating how much sunlight hits your roof in a year, the Google Maps Platform Solar API takes into account:
- Google’s database of imagery and maps;
- 3D modeling of your roof;
- Shadows cast by nearby structures and trees;
- All possible sun positions over the course of a year; and,
- Historical cloud and temperature patterns that might affect solar energy production.
For more information on the Google Maps Platform Solar API methodology, please review Google’s methodology page.
Your Roof’s Solar Potential
MyHEAT feeds Google Maps Platform Solar API calculations into tools that help you explore your roof’s solar potential. Financial and environmental benefit estimations are generated using assumptions tailored to each region.
Estimates provided on this website should be used for informational purposes only. While your building may have great solar potential, we recommend that you contact a qualified solar installer to complete a detailed site assessment to figure out what is appropriate for your building. Additionally, while the Google Maps Platform Solar API technology calculates solar potential for every rooftop, the system size and financial estimates are tailored specifically to residential buildings. The economics for commercial and industrial buildings are often different from residential buildings due to different regulations, electricity prices, and solar installation costs.