No, Google isn’t installing solar energy panels on homes itself, rather it’s guiding people through the process.
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Sunroof is designed to work on houses, but here’s what happens when you punch in the address for Fenway Park, the famous Boston landmark and Neil Diamond shrine.
There has been a lot of talk about the feasibility of solar power (more specifically, solar panels) in providing a consistent source of energy, especially in the domestic sphere.
This is just the latest unusual but helpful project to come out of Google, which has been installing solar panels to cover its own energy usage for years.
Project Sunroof has commenced its pilot program in the San Francisco Bay Area, Fresno, Calif. and Boston with the promise to make it more widely available in the coming months.
It also helps calculate the best way to obtain solar panels: Lease, loan or buy. Google’s Project Sunroof is trying to change that.
“I learned that many people are in favor of going solar themselves personally but they wrongly believe it’s very expensive”, Elkin said in an interview Monday.
You can see Google’s pitch in the video clip below.
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While Project Sunroof generates leads for social services today, Google could likely use the data to provide targeting options for search and display advertisements, along with other creative content, as well as search engine query results. The system relies on the same aerial imagery that Google already delivers in Google Earth, figuring out rooftop area and then taking into account factors like what angle the sunlight will hit it, whether it’s in the shade of nearby buildings or trees, and even what the weather might be like in your area.
