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The Ultimate Dual-Purpose Asset
Why let your parking lot bake in the sun when it could be generating electricity? Solar carports offer incredible ROI by utilizing previously "dead" space while providing tangible benefits to your visitors and employees.
Shade and Weather Protection
Protect employee, customer, or tenant vehicles from intense sun, rain, and hail. Covered parking is considered a premium amenity that you can offer alongside renewable energy.
Direct EV Charging Integration
Easily integrate Level 2 or DC Fast Chargers directly into the canopy pillars. Power the growing fleet of EVs with clean, direct-from-sun energy right at the parking space.
Highly Visible Commitment
Unlike rooftop solar which is hidden away, solar canopies are highly visible testaments to your organization's commitment to sustainability and green initiatives.
Pros
- Optimizes space that otherwise only serves one purpose
- Bypasses rooftop structural limitations or roof aging issues
- Perfect structure for mounting security cameras and lighting
- Premium covered parking amenity for staff/customers
Cons
- Often the highest upfront cost due to steel structural engineering
- Extensive trenching required to tie back to main electrical panels
- May lose a small percentage of parking spots to structural columns
Sizing Canopy Systems
A standard parking space is roughly 160 square feet. This is enough area over a single car to support about 8 to 10 high-efficiency solar panels, which generates roughly 3.5 to 4.5 kW of capacity.
This means covering just 10 parking spots can yield a powerful 45 kW solar system. Furthermore, many modern canopies use bifacial solar panels, which pull extra energy from sunlight bouncing off the bright concrete or asphalt below.