Solar Site Survey AI

Map roof planes, obstructions, and usable area from aerial and drone imagery, and read electrical panels and meters from site photos, so every solar design starts without a truck roll.

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Aerial image of a house roof with AI detection labels for features like chimney, vents, skylight, and usable roof planes, plus an inset of a 200A main electrical panel.

Solar Site Survey AI for the Toughest Residential and Commercial Solar Design Pipelines

  • Deploy Anywhere, Run Everywhere

    Run solar site survey on aerial, satellite, drone, and homeowner or installer photos, in the cloud, on the edge, in your VPC, or via API.

  • One Platform, Full Adoption

    Tools every solar team can adopt, from designers and site surveyors to sales and permitting teams, no separate ML team required.

  • Secure, Compliant, and Audit-Ready

    Data stays safe with SOC 2 Type II compliance, encrypted data, HIPAA compliance, and an uptime SLA, with an annotated image behind every roof plane, obstruction, and panel reading.

  • Roof Plane & Facet Segmentation
  • Vents, Chimneys & Skylights
  • Usable Roof Area Mapping
  • Tree & Shading Obstructions
  • Electrical Panel & Breaker Reading
  • Meter & Main Disconnect Photos

Talk to a Vision AI engineer who's shipped in solar.

Bring us your toughest solar site survey problem and we'll map a working solution.

Ask us about:

  • Solution architecture that fits your imagery sources, design tool, and permitting workflow
  • A live demo on your own aerial imagery and site photos
  • Deployment options: cloud, batch, edge, on-prem, or VPC
  • ROI modeling against truck rolls, survey hours, design rework, and time from lead to proposal

Over 80,000 organizations build with Roboflow.

  • Rivian
  • Pella
  • Chobani
  • USG Corporation
  • BNSF Railway
  • American Woodmark
Start where you are

Vision AI is transforming businesses

Customers across the board are solving complex challenges and driving meaningful impact.

  • Automotive customer

    $10 million

    Saved by automatically detecting defects on the production line

  • Logistics & freight company

    90%

    Less time spent manually tracking shipping inventory

  • Building materials supplier

    60%

    Lower customer return rate with improved product quality

Survey Every Site, from the Roof Plane to the Main Panel

Add an automated survey layer to every solar lead with Roboflow vision AI for solar roof analysis. Built for residential and commercial installers and design teams where every proposal needs roof planes, obstructions, and electrical details, a site visit costs a truck roll and a day of scheduling, and a missing panel photo can hold up a design for a week.

Map the roof:

  • Segment every roof plane and facet from aerial, satellite, and drone imagery, with a model trained on the roofs in your markets.
  • Find vents, chimneys, skylights, satellite dishes, and existing equipment, and map the usable area left on each plane for modules.
  • Flag nearby trees and structures that cast shade, and pair roof planes with the elevation and pitch data your design tool already uses.

Check the site:

  • Classify roof material and flag visible wear or damage, so a roof that needs replacing is caught before the design is drawn.
  • Check every site photo set for completeness, including the roof, meter, main panel, and attic framing, and ask for a retake while the homeowner or installer is still on the phone.
  • Run the same models on drone flights for commercial roofs and larger sites.

Read the electrical:

  • Find the main service panel and read its label, main breaker rating, and breaker layout from a photo with industrial OCR.
  • Read meter numbers and locate the main disconnect and sub-panels, and turn every reading into structured data for design and permitting.
  • Carry the same platform past install into solar panel inspection for the life of the system.

Bring intelligence to every solar lead today. Get from address to design-ready site data without a truck roll.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a solar site survey with Vision AI?

A solar site survey with Vision AI runs a trained computer vision model (opens in a new tab) on aerial imagery and site photos to map roof planes, obstructions, and usable area, check roof condition, and read electrical panels and meters. The output is structured site data, with an annotated image behind every value, ready for your design tool.

What imagery does it work with?

Aerial and satellite imagery, drone flights, and photos taken by homeowners or installers on a phone. Models are trained on your own images, so they learn the roof styles, materials, and panel brands in your markets.

Can it read electrical panels and meters from photos?

Yes. A detection model finds the panel, label, and breakers in the photo, and OCR reads the main breaker rating, label text, and meter number. The result comes back as structured data that drops straight into design and permitting forms.

Roboflow serves as the detection engine, and your design and engineering teams own the layout rules, setbacks, and every design decision.

Can it integrate with our design, CRM, and permitting tools?

Yes. Roboflow sends roof geometry, obstructions, panel readings, and annotated images over a REST API (opens in a new tab) or webhooks to solar design tools, CRMs, and permitting workflows, and batch processing can survey a whole lead list at once.

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