A Sun Number Score is a rating between zero and 100 that represents your home's solar power potential. With zero being the lowest and 100 the highest, the higher your Sun Number Score is, the better suited your home is for generating solar energy.Sep 13, 2021
What is sun number on Zillow?
Sun Number, the company that produces its namesake metric that's displayed on Zillow, measures the roof of each home and calculates the pitch, orientation and size of each roof plane.
What does the sun number mean on a real estate listing?
A Sun Number score is a rating from 1–100 that shows you, the potential home-buyer, the potential for solar capabilities. The closer the score is to 100, the better suited your home is to have solar technology installed.Dec 1, 2016
What is the sun score in real estate?
What is a Sun Number Score? A Sun Number score is a rating from 1–100 that shows you, the potential home-buyer, the potential for solar capabilities. The closer the score is to 100, the better suited your home is to have solar technology installed.Dec 1, 2016
What is a good sun number score?
70 or higher
How do you measure sun exposure for solar panels?
Solar radianceSolar radianceSolar irradiance is the power per unit area received from the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation as measured in the wavelength range of the measuring instrument. The solar irradiance is measured in watt per square metre (W/m2) in SI units.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Solar_irradianceSolar irradiance - Wikipedia can be measured using a pyranometer, which looks at global radiation; in other words, it takes the whole hemisphere of the sky. It can also be measured using a pyrheliometer, which measures direct radiation by taking a measurement of the sun only.
What is a good solar offset?
Only a fraction of people have the needed resources to offset 100 percent. Many of our customers fall in the 50-75 percent range. And plenty others only see 20-40 percent of their electricity offset by solar.May 22, 2017
How is sun number calculated?
The Sun Number Score technology uses a detailed roof analysis to determine how much roof area is suitable for solar based on the pitch, orientation, and size of each roof plane, as well as the amount of sunlight the roof receives based on surrounding obstructions like trees or taller buildings.Oct 20, 2017