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Deciding Whether to Install Solar Panels on Your Home? A New NIST Web Tool Can Help

The software analyzes the economic and environmental impacts of rooftop solar technology.
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Deciding Whether to Install Solar Panels on Your Home? A New NIST Web Tool Can Help

The landing page for the Present Value of PhotoVoltaics web tool is incorporated into an illustration of houses with solar panels on their roofs.

Whether it's to live more sustainably, save money or both, many people think about adding solar panels to their homes. Homeowners consider a number of factors, including which type of solar panel might work best for them, when deciding whether the investment is worth it.

Now, an online software tool from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help answer homeowners' questions. The software is called [PV]2 — Present Value of PhotoVoltaics — and it analyzes the economic and environmental impacts of rooftop solar technology. The tool can assist homeowners and even installers when evaluating rooftop solar photovoltaic systems.

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