Web Apps

CASE STUDY

Solar Web App

Created a web application for a solar company to help its customers design solar projects and buy products online. The app, PV Powerhouse, calculated the solar parts needed for a project, based on the roof, house location, solar panels used and other criteria. The app results provided the solar installer an option to purchase the products directly online, in addition to drawings, installation instructions, and engineering calculations.

WHAT I DID

  • Branding & Concepts
  • Design
  • Front-end development
  • Project management
  • Developer management
  • Integrated store

TECHNOLOGIES

  • Photoshop
  • HTML
  • Responsive CSS
  • jQuery, JS
  • Light PHP and SQL
  • Github

Objective
Make residential solar roof systems easier and faster to design and purchase for solar installers.



CHALLENGES

  • Complex engineering calculations
  • Multi-step forms & data inputs needed
  • Approval needed from multiple teams
  • Manual order & payment processing

SOLUTIONS

  • Automate standard solar layouts
  • Pre-fill fields with a solar part database
  • Run demos for stakeholder buy-in
  • Integrate with online solar store

OUTCOMES

  • Reduced internal team workloads
  • Faster ordering & positive feedback
  • Helped standardize internal processes
  • Increased online store purchases