The solar sales and design platform pros at Aurora Solar acquired Lyra this week — a provider of instant plan set packages. Lyra’s permit packaging software helps solar professionals automate, create, and export permit-ready design plans.
The solar permitting process can be challenging for homeowners and installers alike. Complex regulations from Authority Having Jurisdictions (AHJs) and the solar industry’s heavy reliance on manual data entry contribute to significant delays — and ultimately costs — to solar installations.
Integrating Lyra into the Aurora Solar platform will help alleviate these challenges by providing instant, permit-ready proposals, backed by Aurora’s solar proposal accuracy. The integration will empower solar installers to deliver projects faster, with lower costs, to enable more solar installations.
“Lyra’s advanced automation software for plan sets is the solution the solar industry needs to alleviate a key homeowner pain point — the often agonizing local permitting process – and cut down on wasted time and energy for solar professionals,” said Chris Hopper, CEO at Aurora Solar. “Our intention is to be the market leader in U.S. residential plan set services and automation; the acquisition of Lyra significantly accelerates our ability to achieve this goal.”
More from Aurora
Earlier this year, Aurora Solar announced new tools for solar pros to estimate a homeowner’s holistic energy needs and design whole-home electrification plans.
- Energy optimization: Add any electrical appliance or energy efficiency solution, like heat pumps, duct sealing, or EV charging, to a homeowner’s energy load profile for clean energy proposals
- Storage retrofit proposals: Design proposals that add additional panels and/or storage to existing PV systems
- Comprehensive storage modeling: Optimize bill savings and energy independence with storage modeling for backup, self-consumption, or energy arbitrage in Aurora
The set of whole home energy management features will be released throughout the summer, but comprehensive storage modeling is available today. Learn how to design whole-home electrification plans and schedule a personalized demo here.
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