If you have renewable energy, you need to tell your sustainability story. The North American renewable energy industry is exploding, and with this rapid expansion comes many challenges. One of which is how to show off your renewable energy investment and its impact, especially when your system is out of sight. If you manage a solar or renewable energy system that no one can see, due to rooftop installation, for instance, look no further than Solar Data Systems for the solution!
According to the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Studies, renewable energy has the potential to meet demand with a much smaller environmental footprint than fossil fuels, and can help to alleviate other pressing problems, such as energy security. About 79% of the nation’s energy comes from fossil fuels, 8% from nuclear, and 13.1% from renewable sources. In 2019, renewables surpassed coal in the amount of energy provided to the U.S. and this trend has continued through 2022. Wind and solar are the fastest growing renewable sources, but contribute just 6% of total energy used in the U.S.
So, how does a renewable energy or solar plant owner tell their sustainability story, especially when that system is not visible due to rooftop or off-site installation?
Simple!
Solarfox Solar Displays provide a visually captivating and dynamic solution for bringing your business or institution’s green story to life! Visualize your renewable energy savings and ecological contributions for your customers and visitors with a customizable software and hardware system designed to showcase multiple solar plant systems. Solarfox is extremely versatile not only in functionality, but also compatibility with a variety of solar inverters, monitoring systems and data loggers.
Solar Data Systems, being the North American Home of Solarfox, is THE company that can deliver this amazing display system to North American consumers. Demonstrate your commitment to sustainability and climate protection while beautifully showcasing your building’s green energy features and technologies to your customers, visitors, and suppliers.
In addition to the approximately 4.6 million existing North American solar sites, the number of installations is growing rapidly, which means plant owners and managers will face the increased need to showcase their solar investment, tell their sustainability story and convey their renewable energy impact to customers, employees and visitors.
Solarfox Displays have long-standing compatibility with many different brands and manufacturers, including Solar-Log neutral energy monitoring and control, making their partnership with Solar Data Systems a natural match.
Solar Visualization Issues
If you own or manage a solar plant that helps power your business, school or institution, then you’re well aware that such systems are typically located on the roofs of such buildings. Or the system is simply far away. This makes it impossible for anyone to see your solar plant or even know about your investment in renewable energy.
“If you do something awesome, you should be proud of yourself.”
-Damon Lindelof
Many investments in sustainability often remain hidden and unused for marketing and sales. Sustainable companies benefit from tools for customer communication and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Take comfort in making the unseen become visible. Solarfox Displays will welcome your visitors and showcase renewable energy contributions that would otherwise go unnoticed! Effectively communicating information is important, so Solarfox focuses on making your message matter with clear and easily understood templated slideshows. Solarfox Displays’ functionality doesn’t stop there; you can customize your display with your own content!
Functionality
Solarfox Displays not only provide information about solar energy and carbon savings, but they also serve as electronic notice boards for a variety of data. Innovative bulletin boards for your own slideshows, presentations, animations, webpages, and logos can be created using Solarfox. The setup is user-friendly and can be done remotely.
Bring your solar story into the company’s office or conference room with Solarfox’s customizable displays and software. Educate executives and board members on weekly, monthly or annual energy savings data, then seamlessly transition into your own slides, PDFs, images and animations!
Solarfox for Schools
Over 11,000 students aged 13 to 19 took part in Cambridge International’s first ever Global Perspectives survey. The results found that students are keen to learn about global issues like climate change in school, but almost a third aren’t getting the opportunity to do so.
As of January 23, 2024, the combined annual green power use of EPA’s Top 30 College & University Partners amounts to more than 4.1 billion kilowatt-hours of green power, which is equivalent to the annual electricity use of more than 381,000 average American homes.
Solarfox provides schools and universities with a visual centerpiece to show off their dedication to renewable energy and environmental preservation, making a positive effect on the upcoming generations of environmentally aware students. These displays let institutions visually express their environmental awareness and commitment to parents and visitors, too!
Students can view solar monitoring dashboards on a computer or tablet for educational purposes. Alternatively, the dashboards can be displayed on a Solarfox public display located in the school office or lobby, so everyone from students to faculty and staff can see the school’s commitment to renewable energy contributions!
Solarfox takes energy education further by offering fun images and text to captivate the minds of students eager to learn about their school’s renewable energy contributions!
Learn More About Solarfox for Schools, Colleges & Universities
Other Applications
Solarfox is perfect for all business types, or anyone with a need to showcase their renewable energy data to employees, customers or visitors. Your visualization options include solar and other renewable energy data sources, heat pumps, storage, consumption and more!
Showcase your building or business’ self-sufficiency and energy independence!
▶ Public Institutions
▶ Grocery Chains
▶ Municipalities
▶ Schools
▶ Retailers
▶ Non-Governmental Organizations
▶ Charities
▶ Industrial Companies
Solarfox is cloud-based, and the online platform offers 24/7 access to your display. To change the display’s content, you just need to login with a computer on any network, and this web-based solution enables high flexibility and future proofing.
Solarfox Displays are…
- Perfect for boosting renewable energy awareness.
- Highly adaptive with support for all leading monitoring systems across the globe.
- A centralized platform to handle all displays remotely.
- Easy customized to display images, videos, advertisements and offers.
Compatibility and Connectivity
Solarfox screens are compatible with most PV systems and can be conveniently managed from a distance with no need to establish a wired connection between the solar panel and the screen. An external data logger or an inverter with an embedded data logger connected to the web is all that is necessary.
Communication with the Solarfox display is simple:
- The data logger or inverter transmits data to the internet (e.g. through connection to a router).
- The data is transferred to a portal or to an FTP server.
- The Solarfox web server accesses this data and generates a slide show, which can be individually configured via a web browser.
- The Solarfox display accesses the data via the internet and then shows the data in a visually appealing slide show.
And take comfort that Solar Data Systems is available for answering your solar visualization needs and providing technical support!
See Solarfox Online Management in Action!
Showcase Your Solar Energy
Installation takes no more than an hour, and setting up the display requires only a network connection. High flexibility and ease of use means that Solarfox is accessible by anyone, even those without technical knowledge. Indoor and outdoor displays are available, so your renewable energy visualization needs can be met for all circumstances! All model variants are complete plug-&-play packages with all components included.
Multimedia Solar Displays for Indoor and Outdoor Use
Solarfox SF-300 | 32″ – 55″
Indoor
The SF-300 series is designed for plug-&-play indoor installation and sets itself apart through robust hardware and a large range of functions. The displays can be operated for up to 18 hours daily and can be turned on and off by a timer. They also support animations and video files.
▶ LED widescreen 32″, 43″ or 55″
▶ Built-in control software
▶ 15° tilting wall mount
▶ Cable and accessories
▶ Internet connection – LAN, Wi-Fi (4G via router)
▶ Online management
▶ Individual content and design
Solarfox SF-600 | 55″
Outdoor
The SF-600 series is equipped with a high-quality waterproof enclosure and anti-reflective glass with vandalism protection, along with high luminance for outdoor use. All this makes the SF-600 an eye-catcher. The display has a modern cooling system with a filterless heat exchanger.
▶ SAMSUNG high-brightness LED monitor
▶ Solarfox Connection Kit and control software
▶ 0° wall bracket with theft protection
▶ Cables and accessories
▶ Internet connection – LAN, WLAN
▶ Online management
▶ Individual content and information
Summary
First impressions matter. Ensure your buildings’ visitors have a good one by showcasing your renewable energy data on a beautifully customized display and with customizable software. Your rooftop solar system definitely isn’t telling the sustainable green story you need it to, so let Solarfox craft the narrative for everyone to see.
Solarfox offers large-format display systems that plant owners and solar professionals can use to feature their solar plants and their individual sustainable stories. Users can visualize solar energy production and building consumption and promote their energy independence. Each display features a number of user-friendly templates and charts that can be customized as needed. Displays can be tailored so that the user decides which content should be the focus. As a result, the products not only display energy data, but they can also function as innovative bulletin boards.
Solarfox Displays can be connected to almost any photovoltaic system and easily managed via the internet. There is no need for direct cabling between the solar PV array and the display. Plus, Solarfox systems are compatible with virtually all data loggers and monitoring systems.
Need more convincing? Here are 10 simple reasons why you should choose Solar Data Systems for your energy visualization solutions provider.
- Perfect and eye-catching for showcasing sustainable stories to visitors and customers (public/commercial building).
- Connects to almost any PV system.
- Easily managed via the Internet, independent of solar system location.
- Displays can be tailored with displaying energy data.
- Also function as innovative bulletin boards.
- Visualize multiple installations, including alternate energy systems.
- Hardware-agnostic means displays work with inverters and loggers from different vendors.
- Flexible packages and data transfers, special offers for schools and kindergarten.
- Systems are already in use in 10K+ public and commercial properties worldwide; indoor and outdoor options.
- Convenient data exchange via the Cloud.
