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SunReports and Valentin Software Close the Loop on Solar System Performance
Design Simulation Software Plus Performance Monitoring Provide Industry’s Most Accurate Solar System Information
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Valentin Software, Inc., the global market leader in solar PV and solar thermal design and simulation software, and SunReports, Inc., a provider of performance monitoring solutions for residential and small commercial solar installations, have teamed up to close the loop on estimation tools and provide valuable performance data to the solar industry. SunReports will provide actual performance data to customers whose PV and solar thermal systems were designed and estimated using Valentin’s software programs.
“The SunReports feedback loop is a natural and valuable extension to the prediction capabilities our customers rely on us for, thus allowing them to identify system operations issues in advance.”
Valentin Software’s design simulation software has been validated, tested, and used to design and plan thousands of installations in over 70 countries throughout the world. The company’s easy-to-use design tools enable users to optimize each system’s design to maximize the performance and return on investment. Using a complex simulation, the software automatically calculates the performance over the expected life of the system.
“We understand the value of predictive data as seen in the thousands of installed systems designed with our software,” says Paul DeKleermaeker, North American General Manager for Valentin Software. “The SunReports feedback loop is a natural and valuable extension to the prediction capabilities our customers rely on us for, thus allowing them to identify system operations issues in advance.”
SunReports will complement the Valentin Software’s simulation results by providing actual performance data that can be compared with the Valentin estimated performance. This complete solution provides solar installers with unprecedented visibility into system performance, both predicted and actual, via the SunReports Installer Portal, in addition to helping installers identify system installation and maintenance requirements early on.
Thomas Dinkel, CEO of SunReports comments, “With SunReports and Valentin’s state-of-the-art product line, installers now have the ability to rate the performance of their entire installed-base against their performance predictions to customers. This ability to show highly accurate actual vs. predicted performance data on the same visual provides installers with a valuable and powerful differentiation tool when going to market.”
About Valentin Software
Valentin Software has been providing solar professionals with industry
leading design, simulation and sales software programs for over 20
years. The company’s powerful, yet easy-to-use, software tools for solar
professionals are used by customers in over 70 countries throughout the
world for the development of residential, commercial and utility scale
projects.
www.valentin-software.com
About SunReports
SunReports, Inc., provides ‘ZERO-configuration required’ performance
monitoring solutions that compare actual vs. estimated system
performance for renewable energy installations in the residential and
small business/commercial markets.
http://www.sunreports.com