Parking circulation
Stall angles, drive aisles, islands, accessible routes, and fire access shape the buildable canopy.
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Enter the property address, outline the parking zone where canopies are allowed, and compare complete manufacturer-sized canopy bays with real panel placement, shading evidence, and annual production.
Satellite-first site design
Outline the parking zone where canopy structures are allowed. We fit only complete manufacturer-sized bays inside it and screen surrounding height data for shade.
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The first result now starts with the property’s satellite image, a user-confirmed parking availability envelope, real module dimensions, and manufacturer-informed portrait canopy tables. The drawing does not create a custom canopy shape: only complete 32 ft structural bays that fit inside it are kept. It compares placements instead of multiplying a typed parking-space count by a generic factor.
The height surface screens nearby elevated objects for potential shade at canopy height, and PVWatts models the selected capacity at the property coordinates. A NuWatt review then verifies the parking survey, structure, drainage, access, electrical service, EV charging, and utility constraints.
Stall angles, drive aisles, islands, accessible routes, and fire access shape the buildable canopy.
Foundations, snow and wind loads, drainage, clear height, and column protection require engineering.
Service capacity, utility interconnection, charger load, conduit, and controls are verified after the first screen.
Cost, incentives, financing, and payback are added only after the physical scope is credible enough to price.
NuWatt centers a measured satellite image on the property and lets you outline the parking zone where canopies are allowed. The drawing is an availability envelope, not a custom structure: the engine keeps only complete 32 ft manufacturer-informed bays using three-high single-slope, six-high dual-slope, or mixed portrait canopy tables. The anonymous result shows the drawn area, panel count, DC system size, covered-space estimate, shading screen, and annual production range.
No. It is a satellite-measured feasibility layout, not a survey or engineered structure. Final column locations, spans, clear height, foundations, drainage, lighting, ADA circulation, fire access, vehicle movement, and electrical scope require site and engineering review.
Yes. Draw each separate parking area in the same carport assessment, then add the building-roof or ground-mount assessment for the same address. The tool keeps a combined property summary while preserving the different racking, clearance, shading, and engineering assumptions for each asset type.
Parking geometry, islands, drive aisles, structural spans, shading, module selection, and local design requirements can materially change the buildable capacity. A range is more honest until the lot is measured and the structure is engineered.
Carport pricing depends heavily on foundations, steel, drainage, clear height, lighting, electrical service, civil work, and site logistics. The free result therefore stops at capacity and production; cost, incentives, financing, and payback follow a site-specific scope review.