Parking circulation
Stall angles, drive aisles, islands, accessible routes, and fire access shape the buildable canopy.
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Enter the property address, choose Single, Double, or Mixed, then click the start and end of each canopy line. Compare complete manufacturer-sized bays with real panel placement, shading evidence, and annual production.
Satellite-first site design
Choose a single- or double-row canopy, then click the start and end of each canopy line. We fit complete manufacturer-sized bays and screen surrounding height data for shade.
Direct answer
The first result now starts with the property’s satellite image, user-placed Single or Double canopy lines, real module dimensions, and manufacturer-informed portrait canopy tables. Each line becomes only complete 32 ft structural bays; a Single rises away from its low line, while a Double forms a V whose center line is the low valley. 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. Choose a Single, Double, or Mixed canopy concept, then click the start and end of each canopy line. Every line can follow a different direction, and the engine keeps only complete 32 ft manufacturer-informed bays using three-high single-slope or six-high V-shaped dual-slope portrait canopy tables. The anonymous result shows panel placement, 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. Add a separate Single or Double canopy line for each parking row, even when the rows face different directions. 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.