Three ways to improve your solar business during COVID-19

Over the past few weeks, we at Scanifly have spoken to customers around the world to check on how they’re responding to COVID-19. Specific to the United States, sales have slowed, especially in the residential market. Existing projects have continued since many engineers, project managers and operations teams can work remotely. However, depending on the AHJ, securing permits may be slow to impossible as many municipal workers are at home. While the duration of these challenges is unknown, our team at Scanifly has noticed three trends that point to a silver lining and opportunity for increased efficiencies. Solar surveying doesn’t have to slow. Drone-based 3D modelling software, like Scanifly, enables surveyors to capture all external dimensions and property details in a 10- to 15-minute drone flight. Solar surveyors (or drone pilots) can do this from a property’s edge.