New Website Offers Tools to Evaluate Roofs for Solar

HUDSON, Mass. - April 5, 2016 - PRLog -- New England Clean Energy has launched a new website that teaches people how to evaluate their roofs for solar, and provides a searchable gallery of almost 400 photos to help them envision solar on their homes, President Mark Durrenberger announced today.

"The websites of many solar companies have taken a turn for what I would call the worse. All they do is capture people's contact information so their salespeople can pester those people. Based on the feedback we get, that approach is annoying consumers, and it's not helping the solar industry. New England Clean Energy has always focused on educational, low-pressure sales. Our new website takes the educational element up a notch with its new features," Durrenberger said.

The criteria that make a roof work for solar are identified in a video entitled "Good Roof Bad Roof," in which Durrenberger explains why eight roofs do or don't work for solar, based on their azimuth, pitch, obstacles, roof material, and shading.

The gallery of photos is searchable by town, state, panel location (roof or ground), house style, roof style, roof material, roof obstacles, and monthly solar production.

"Every individual considering solar wants to know what a system would look like on their home. This tool allows someone to see what solar panels on barns with metal roofs look like, or Colonial-style homes with hip roofs," Durrenberger said.

Each photo in the gallery can be enlarged into a mini-case study with details on the installation such as location, system size, monthly solar production, installation date, and in some cases, additional photos.

The new website is mobile-friendly, and provides additional new features including more animation, new case studies, an expanded Business/Nonprofit section, and a new look for Durrenberger's blog, The Energy Miser (http://newenglandcleanenergy.com/energymiser/).

In conjunction with the new website, the company announced a new, shorter domain name. The website is now at www.necleanenergy.com, and employee email addresses use the @necleanenergy.com domain.

New England Clean Energy also announced it is moving offices this week. While remaining at 43 Broad Street in Hudson, where it has been located since 2012, the company is expanding into a larger space, suite A408, to accommodate its 36 employees.

The company has introduced a new toll-free number: 877-886-8867. The number 978-56-SOLAR (978-567-6527) will remain in use as well.

Hudson, Mass.-based New England Clean Energy designs, engineers and installs solar electric systems for homes and businesses in Central Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Since being founded in 2006, the company has installed 670 solar energy systems. The company has more positive reviews on independent review site Solar Reviews (http://www.solarreviews.com/installers/new-england-clean-...) than any other solar company in the Northeast.