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Solar_calculator.md

PV calculator for homeowners

Pitch

This app is meant to provide homeowners with a ball park estimate of the upfront cost of a pv system. It will also provide them with costs based off of what percentage they want to offset their electic usage, and taking into account federal tax incentives and current utility rates

Problem

There is a lot of information that goes into estimating the total cost of a pv system. It can be overwhelming for a homeowner to calculate this cost and for a solar installer to make that estimate will cost them money if in the end the homeowner decided that the economics is not worth it. A simple and easy to use calculator could better inform a homeowner if solar is right for them.

Solution

I want to build an easy and interactive calculator that a homeowner can play with to inform them of what a system would cost based off of their geographic location, the size of the system (which will be dertermined by how much they want to offset thier electricity usage). It will also provide them with what the payoff will be and take into account federal rebates.

Target Audience

This will taget homeowners interested in the cost of a pv system

Integrations

This will use the NREL API

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