Solar and Photovoltaic System Design

We implement principles of Environment, Engineering, and Economics in each project we approach. By considering economics throughout the design process, our engineers are able to engineer the most efficient and highest return on investment project that can possibly be implemented for our clients.

This includes the use and integration of Solar Energy Systems.

Our Solar/PV engineering solutions include:

• Usage Requirements
• Design Concepts
• Solar Feasibility Studies
• Interconnection Analysis
• Cost Estimating
• Code Evaluations
• Load Assessments
• Site Surveying
• LEED Documentation

We design solar and PV systems across California, including the Inland Empire and Orange County.

What shapes a solar design in California

Photovoltaic design decisions are driven as much by utility interconnection rules and available
roof or site area as by the equipment itself. Interconnection analysis determines how a system ties
into the building’s electrical distribution and what the serving utility will accept. Structural
capacity, shading, orientation and the building’s actual load profile then determine how much of
that potential is worth installing.

Designed alongside the building’s other systems

Solar is most effective when it is designed with the electrical distribution rather than added to
it later. Because we also engineer the
electrical systems and the
mechanical loads a photovoltaic array is meant to
offset, the sizing conversation happens with the full picture in view. Solar also contributes to
performance targets under the California Energy Code and to
LEED and CALGreen objectives.

Related work

See our LEED and sustainable projects and our
work across the Inland Empire, where solar
performance is strongest.