Validating the estimate Before proceeding with the next steps we shall validate our results to help calibrate the "gut feeling" required for estimates. The estimate of the peak power of balcony solar was fairly straightforward and does not require additional verification. The estimation of the capacity of a rooftop …

Rooftop solar estimate We want to compare this to the capacity were the panels mounted on the roof of the building. The shape of the building is somewhat similar to the following In the leading picture of this post we are looking at the buildings' upper left corner (1->3 direction). First we shall estimate the width …

Estimation 1 - Potential of balcony solar In the first instalment of the estimation blog we'll have a look at estimating the potential for solar panels installed on the balconies of the building depicted below Our aim is to estimate various quantities related to a solar installation for this building and we start with …

We have observed two very notable under-estimations: The width of the visible wall and therefore the effective width of the building \(w\) The length of the building \(l\) Since both factor into the calculation of the area of the rooftop our error is magnified quadratically. First we consider the error in the …