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Weekly UpdatesAt Intersolar North America, Vela Solaris AG (http://www.velasolaris.com), a privately-held Swiss corporation providing software solutions for the renewable energy sector, has announced the upgrading of their Polysun family of products in the United States to include the latest data from the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) for all US solar system components.
"We consistently strive to improve upon our industry-leading Polysun software, and we are thrilled to have added SRCC data to our Polysun line of products as yet another key benefit of our product over competing offerings in the United States," said Simon Geisshuesler, chief marketing officer of Vela Solaris. "The most accurate and cost effective energy efficiency reading possible is of utmost importance to our customers, and the addition of SRCC data only strengthens the Polysun software's ability to provide the most accurate and efficient solution available."
SRCC is the only independent third-party certification entity for the US solar industry. SRCC currently administers a certification, rating and labeling program for solar collectors and a similar program for complete solar water heating systems. The SRCC label is required by many state and local governments to meet their rebate program requirements, and is seen in the industry as a key endorsement of a solar product.
"Additionally, we are thrilled to announce that Heliodyne, a pioneer in the solar hot water industry, is now utilizing Polysun software for demonstrations and training," continued Geisshuesler.
"Working with Polysun facilitates and speeds up our planning process tremendously," said Ole Pilgaard, CEO and president of Heliodyne Corp. "Polysun greatly simplifies the system design process and also serves as a sizing instrument. In addition, Polysun generates professional PDF reports that are a great help in sales and marketing."
The Polysun family is the world's most flexible and accurate software for the simulation and design of renewable energy systems optimized for any particular site and structure. While other software programs are based on fixed inflexible templates, Polysun takes input for variables in building design, energy system components, and climactic variables to create a highly accurate energy analysis and system design that can be tailored to any site and structure.
The Polysun family includes three product lines: Polysun PV targeting photovoltaics (PV), Polysun ST targeting solar thermal and Polysun HP targeting geothermal ground loop and heat pump systems. Polysun enables system designers, installers, planners, manufacturers, and other users to design an optimized system for their site, calculate energy and carbon savings, and generate accurate ROI reports for cost analysis. Polysun also produces reports with the data needed to obtain state and federal energy tax rebates.
Each family of Polysun products can be purchased in three different configurations with feature sets tailored to the needs of different types of users: Polysun Light, Polysun Professional and Polysun Designer.
All Polysun products make the design of solar thermal, PV and geothermal systems simple and professional. The software takes into account data from building geometry and orientation, domestic hot water consumer profiles and a variety of other loads - with a complete year dynamic simulation - providing reliable yield forecasts that generate a much more precise read of what the energy efficiency will be and an accurate return on investment. Additionally, they offer the most comprehensive climatological database, with more than 8,000 weather station data points, making the Polysun system more accurate than any other program available.
Vela Solaris offers software updates every three months for one year with the purchase of a software license. Polysun Light ranges in price from $159 to $239, Polysun Pro is $489 to $1,169, and Polysun Designer is $1,949 to $2,919. Prices are dependent on the options included in the purchase.
For more information on Vela Solaris and the Polysun product family, please visit www.velasolaris.com.
About Vela Solaris:
Vela Solaris AG is a privately-held Swiss corporation providing software solutions for the renewable energy sector. Founded in 2007 as a spin-off of the Institute for Solar Technology SPF at the University of Applied Science Rapperswil (HSR) in Switzerland, Vela Solaris is one of the leaders in the European market, combining software innovation with expertise in renewable energy.
For more information, visit http://www.velasolaris.com or call 858/442-3492.
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