Solar Carport Parking Lot
Solar carports can also significantly improve a parking area s overall lighting.
Solar carport parking lot. Solar canopies are an efficient use of space parking lots are an untapped opportunity for solar installations all across the country. A credible and experienced solar carport installer will tell you that no two parking lot properties are the same. Ysg can lease parking lots to install solar canopies and pay you for rent. A solar carport installer who sees the project as being boilerplate is one to pass on.
Ysg solar operates extensively in the solar carport canopy and parking lot sector of the solar market. Parking lot solar canopy installations are an excellent installation option for malls airports hospitals and other facilities with large parking areas. This is due to the fact that the lighting is now closer to the ground with a reflective material located above the parking lot s finished surface. We offer solar mounting canopy structures for areas such as walkways detention basins recreational parks ball parks as well as new or existing carport parking lot structures.
In terms of the percentage need met by each system energy sage estimates that solar carports will meet 88 5 rooftop solar 90 6 and ground mount 96 8. Solar canopies are an increasingly popular way to take advantage of parking and invest in solar power. Advantages of solar carports. Lockheed martin mission systems and training lm mst have had solar carports installed at their facility in clearwater fl.
In 2014 whole foods constructed 325 kw of solar power at their site in brooklyn ny covering their entire parking lot in solar panels. According to big dog solar a solar carport will cost 3 99 per watt a rooftop solar system will cost 3 58 and a ground mount system 3 86. Each solar canopy project is customized to a client s needs creating the most functional and cost effective solar installation available. By specializing in parking lot and drive area coverage we can simplify your carport project by configuring one of our solar ready carport styles or provide design services to develop a custom solar carport solution for your next renewable energy project.
Not only will you generate green power but your employees and customers will appreciate the shade to protect their vehicles. According to the lawrence berkeley national laboratory pavement makes up 35 to 50 percent of total surface area in cities and 40 percent of that pavement is parking lots installing a solar canopy over an existing parking lot is simply a more efficient use of. Our carport systems are designed in such a manner that the area of already existing parking spaces is used in the most e cient way and as much roof area as possible for solar power generation is created at the same time.