Solar Speaks: Software Helps Lower The Soft Costs Of Solar

Contractors Corner by Solar Power World
07/02/2014 6 min
Solar Speaks: Software Helps Lower The Soft Costs Of Solar

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While solar component costs are decreasing, balance of system and soft costs remain a huge obstacle to completing many commercial solar projects. But concept3D, a Colorado-based software studio and media services company, has partnered with NREL to help lower the soft costs of solar energy. concept3D received $1.3 million in funding from the DOE’s Sunshot Initiative to develop simuwatt Solar a tool that uses 3D modeling to streamline the entire process from sales to engineering, to permitting in a single application.
We spoke with the company’s CEO Oliver Davis to find out more.

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