Edna Hospital Project

A solar electric system located at the Edna Adan University Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The 10 kW system will reduce reliance on grid-supplied electricity, displace carbon-intensive diesel generated power, and save the hospital nearly $10,000 annually. The savings will help underwrite Edna's incredible work, including providing health care services to unimaginably disadvantaged women, educating a new generation of Somalilander health care professionals, and fighting female genital mutilation.

Quoted from: http://www.solevis.com/blog/2015/3/31/edna-hospital-project
And here is how it was started:

Some installations in Minnesota

Anoka

Afton

Maplewood

Center City

Photos from IPS website.

http://ips-solar.com/installation-list/

Work aim

The aim of our work is to estimate a possible number of panels on the roof and choose optimal placement for installation. And to show the client an image of his property as it will look with solar arrays on it.

Let me introduce our service with a simple example. All information we need for design is an address of the building. Then, using google maps and street views, we create a model with dimensions that are very close to the real ones, including trees and roof obstacles. When the model is ready it's a turn for analyzing the shadow path. After sunny areas found, we fill them with standard PV panels, unless alternative panels specified, like below.

Business model

Prices and descriptions of our projects

Our typical project contains a model of an existing building with solar batteries hypothetically mounted. Drawings of an approximate power of the system, shading analysis or yearly solar insolation. Considering roof obstacles and trees around.

Our hourly rate is 20 USD. For instance, project below took 2:30 hrs ($50 respectively). That is an average timing.

Full terms and conditions

To work out a project we need full address of a building and type of initiated batteries specified by a customer. If the building can hardly be seen on a satellite map or customer requires a precise model we need sketches of building with dimensions.

The project is to be supplied in PDF or JPG format with printable resolution via e-mail. Any other details, such as layout style, project content, model features, are to be discussed during a work process.

Payment accepted through Upwork.

Refund and cancellation policy

According to Upwork policy

Privacy policy

Me, Andriy Kucher, guarantee privacy to my clients, which mean sharing NO private information with any third parties for any reasons. No private contacts, credit card numbers, personal information are to be sent or published.

I reserve the right to publish our projects as a portfolio's items, which may include a non-personal information, such as customer's company logo and title, names and contacts of executives, location address.

Full contact details

Kuleshka Solar
Andriy Kucher, owner
Pancha street, 11/108
Lviv, 79020
Ukraine
kuleshka@gmail.com
Tel.: 38 (098) 798-78-07

Identifying available roof planes. Shading analysis.

There are few ways to identify planes, suitable for installing solar panels. One of them is shading analysis: sun path simulation in SketchUp. We usually apply for panels unshaded area for 10 AM till 3 PM day period during March, 15 - October, 31 year period. Actually, to examine full period, enough to generate last day sun path (Oct, 31; 10:00 - 15:00.)

First incarnated design

Nothing is more inspiring than realized project. Daniel Williams from "Powerfully Green" (Minnesota) sent me a picture of installed 5 kW Photovoltaic system, which we designed in March. I made a video, showing design process. In addition, Daniel tells about sun conditions in MN, decreasing installation cost and sharing his vision on going solar.

Companies, we worked with

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