Installation planning 01
A solar installation roadmap from first bill to handover
Understand the decisions and documents that connect site review, design, permits, installation and monitoring.
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Good decisions, down to the detail.
Bring the roof, equipment, permits and connection process together. Prepare your solar installation brief and request a site-specific review through HAUSE.
Permits & connection 02
Calgary solar permits and grid connection: two workstreams
Identify the contractor permit, site conditions and distributor documents that a Calgary solar proposal should address.
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Calculator method 03
What a solar calculator can estimate from your inputs
Read the capacity, annual yield, household-use and bill-value assumptions behind an early solar scenario.
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Electricity & savings 04
Self-consumption, export credits and the bill that remains
Distinguish electricity used in the home from exported electricity and continuing utility costs.
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Roof & site 05
Decide whether the roof is ready before designing the array
Bring roof condition, replacement plans, attachments and future service access into the solar brief.
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System sizing 06
Use electricity records to build a defensible sizing brief
Combine annual kWh history with separately documented future loads and the distributor's requirements.
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Quotes & scope 07
Compare solar installation quotes on the same design basis
Review capacity, equipment, construction scope, approval duties and savings assumptions before comparing totals.
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Calculator method 08
Test the solar payback number by changing one input at a time
Compare generation, on-site use, export value and project cost without turning a scenario into a guarantee.
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Financing & programs 09
Solar financing and incentives: verify the program before the quote
Separate repayable financing from rebates, check current application rules and model the complete borrowing cost.
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Storage & resilience 10
Define the outage job before choosing a home battery
Separate power, usable energy and essential circuits so a backup proposal addresses the loads you actually need.
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Roof & generation 11
Review shade and orientation behind the annual yield
Ask how the production model handles roof planes, changing shade and equipment losses without applying them twice.
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Ownership & aftercare 12
Solar handover: keep the records that make service possible
Confirm approved operation, monitoring access, as-built documents and a clear fault-response contact.
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