The energy crisis of the late 1970s and the consequent boom in the solar industry brought about a need for reliable solar/shade analysis. In answer to this need, a brilliant engineer and his mathematician wife teamed up and invented the Solar Pathfinder™. Other inventors also tried to answer the same call for a solar site analysis instrument, but none surpassed the Pathfinder™ in its engineering, accuracy, ease of use, comprehensiveness in solar site data collection Read More...
Community News & Updates
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Things That Work!
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What Industry Experts Say
Great tool for certified solar site assessors
by Clay Sterling -- MREAWe have found the Solar Pathfinder to be a simple, straight-forward tool for training certified solar site assessors.
Graphic Display
by Dean Moffatt -- Sundesigns ArchitectsUnsurpassed for the professional analysis of solar characteristics at any proposed site and for a graphic display to clients.
International Distributors
Solar Pathfinders are sold world-wide. Click on the link below to find the closest international distributor in your area.
The Solar Pathfinder
The Solar Pathfinder has been the standard in the solar industry for solar site shade analysis for decades. Its panoramic reflection of the site instantly provides a full year of accurate solar/shade data...
Solar Pathfinder Assistant
This companion software to our Solar Pathfinder carries the shading information into a concise, thorough, professional-looking solar site analysis report in just seconds...
Demonstration Video
Any scientific analysis is only as accurate as the least accurate input. Gross errors in structure orientation, solar system sizing, collector placement, component specification, and scientific studies can result when designers/engineers fail to accurately assess shading patterns at proposed building/ecological sites.