Solar roofs

Solar-roof adoption from aerial property intelligence

Published · Updated · 6 min read · Mapizy Insights Team

Suburban roofs with solar panels seen from aerial imagery

Current aerial imagery can show which roofs already carry solar arrays, and which still do not, so home-service, insurance, and property teams can plan from a parcel list instead of a street survey.

Mapizy’s property analytics treat solar panels as a parcel attribute alongside roof quality, pools, trees, and turf. Home-service teams can find residential and commercial buildings with or without solar, then export mailing addresses to plan outreach. Insurers can search for properties that already combine solar with other amenities such as pools. The same signal has been presented as solar-roof monitoring in Mapizy’s public talks.

Key takeaways

Detect

Present or absent

Computer vision flags buildings with solar arrays and those without, rather than leaving the count to a drive-by inspection.

Reach

Address lists

Home-service workflows can export mailing address and contact information for buildings that match a solar offer.

Risk

Portfolio filters

Insurance users can look for parcels that already have solar and pool, with other roof and vegetation filters applied at the same time.

Context

Roof first

Solar sits on roof material, shape, and condition. A panel map is more useful when those roof attributes are current too.

Methodology

1

Read the roof

Use current aerial imagery to locate arrays on residential and commercial roofs instead of waiting for a site visit.

2

Filter the suburb

Combine solar presence with roof quality, pools, and vegetation so the list matches a service or underwriting question.

3

Act on the list

Export addresses for marketing, or keep the attribute in a quoting and renewal workflow through Property Analytics.

Aerial roofs with solar arrays outlined on satellite imagery
Conceptual solar-presence sketch. This graphic is illustrative and does not report a suburb percentage.

Practical applications

Installers and energy retailers can target roofs that still lack arrays. Insurers can treat solar as part of a property’s current amenity set. See Home Service & Urban Planning, Insurance & Real Estate, and Property Analytics.

Sources and limitations

Solar detection, mailing-list export, and insurance filters are taken from Mapizy’s published home-service, insurance, and property pages. This report does not invent adoption rates or installer conversion figures. Tree shade, roof pitch, and image date still affect what can be seen. Diagrams are conceptual.

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