SolarNEST Ground mount and Rooftop mounting BOM calculator 🇺🇸

OpenSolar’s mounting calculator now supports SolarNEST’s ground mount and rooftop systems, making it easy to generate a full, accurate mounting BOM in just seconds. Design faster with accurate calculations and fewer manual steps.

How to use the integration 

1. Access your project and select the design tab.
2. Add panels to your design. 
   • For SolarNEST, it is recommended to place 2 panels to begin with, as step 4 will snap the panels into the correct configuration settings, after which you can lay more panels. 

2. Navigate to the Mounting tab 
3. Depending on whether you are designing for a flat roof or ground mount, specify this in the Selected Mounting System Type
4. Select SolarNEST 

Note: the panels’ orientation is adjusted to landscape, and racking set to dual-tilt to reflect SolarNEST’s panel configurations (you can see this in the panels’ basic settings by selecting the panels) 

• You can now lay the desired number of panels

SolarNEST is designed to have panels facing E/W, you can rotate the panels using our azimuth control against the compass tool

Configure your preferences using our customizable dropdowns and inputs

1. Tilt options: 
   1. East/West tilt 
   2. Triple tilt (E-W-S) is designed for optimal output
2. Soil type 
3. Frost line depth
4. Ground clearance
5. Ground slope
6. Wind speed: Is fetched from our externally integrated server
7. Design Snow Load: Is fetched from our externally integrated server

Once the setup is complete, the hardware will be added to the design. You can review the automated BOM in the mounting tab