{"id":61560,"date":"2016-06-09T00:09:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T07:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=61560"},"modified":"2016-06-09T00:09:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T07:09:15","slug":"project-sunroof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/61560","title":{"rendered":"Project Sunroof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tHave you volleyed around the idea of going solar?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61561\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61561\" class=\"wp-image-61561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/poppies-1031588_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"217\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-61561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Unsplash by via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If the venture seems a little too \u201cout there\u201d or overwhelming to pursue, you might be interested in a free online Google tool called Project Sunroof.<\/p>\n<p>The tool \u201chelps homeowners explore whether they should go solar or not\u201d by offering a birds-eye view (aka high-resolution aerial maps) to help calculate a roof\u2019s solar energy potential \u201cwithout having to climb up any ladders.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61562\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61562\" class=\"wp-image-61562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2507194_d5971089.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-61562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Joan Sykes via Geograph<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(I couldn\u2019t resist that photo!)<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Currently available in 42 states, the tool searches your address and, if it\u2019s available, comes up with a basic analysis of how much sun your roof gets and what sort of solar installation might work as well as prospective costs and savings. You can also tweak the estimates based on your actual electricity usage and other parameters. If you\u2019re interested in exploring more, Project Sunroof will help you find local installers who could give you a more accurate quote.<\/p>\n<p>If your address isn\u2019t accessible yet, fear not\u2014Google plans to reach all 50 states this year.<\/p>\n<p>Try Project Sunroof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/get\/sunroof#p=0\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you volleyed around the idea of going solar? If the venture seems a little too \u201cout there\u201d or overwhelming to pursue, you might be interested in a free online Google tool called Project Sunroof. The tool \u201chelps homeowners explore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/61560\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/61560\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift_for_gab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}