A sensor to get the best out of your solar panels

Solar panels do not generate as much energy as they did in the beginning. Pollution and degradation of the material reduce the generation capacity, according to Ed Veldhuizen and Stephan de Kievit of Duurabel. They develop sensors to measure the capacity of solar panels over a longer period of time.

The sensors measure the maintenance condition of the building envelope, the outside of a building. All this is now checked with visual inspections, which is expensive, time-consuming and arbitrary. Through the sensors and the collected data you can immediately see when a part of a building needs maintenance. In addition, you can also predict when maintenance is required because you can take measurements 24 hours a day.