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Commercial Services

 Solar Panel Cleaning

Your Solar Power System will reduce or eliminate your building’s electric bill. These savings have a tremendous impact on your company’s future and competitive edge over others. By generating your own energy you reduce your company’s exposure to extreme rate fluctuations and ensure your hard earned money is being properly allocated to help fulfill your long-term vision.

Anything that prevents or restricts sunlight from entering the solar cells will reduce their capacity to perform at their maximum efficiency.

Salt, dirt, dust, grime, bird droppings and many other environmental pollutants can dramatically reduce the cell’s efficiency; so it’s very important that you establish and maintain a regular and effective solar panel cleaning program.

Commercial Solar Panel Cleaning Temecula

Bird Deterrent

Effective Bird Control

Every year, birds cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to solar panels. Rooftop solar panels create an ideal environment for pigeons and other pest birds to nest and roost. The panels provide shade from the hot sun, security from predators, and an easy in-and-out vantage point for birds. What’s more, birds can be incredibly persistent, especially if they’ve nested under solar panels the previous season. Since most solar panels are usually just 8″ off the roof deck, removing nests and droppings can be a challenge. 

Extensive Damage

Over time, bird nests, droppings and debris can cause considerable damage to solar panels. When birds build nests under solar panels, they attract other pests, such as squirrels and rodents. These critters can chew through a solar panel’s electrical wiring, which may lead shorts and rooftop fires. In addition, bees, wasps and other insects have been known to build their hives under solar panels. Finally, bird nests and droppings can harbor any of 60 diseases—like encephalitis, salmonella, meningitis, even the West Nile virus.

Preferred Bird Control Strategies

The best way to address the problem of birds and critters under solar panels is to install effective and humane deterrents. Ideally, this should be done when solar panels are first installed, or at the very least before pest birds arrive. A proactive approach can keep pest birds and critters away from solar panels before they settle in to roost and nest. The next best tactic is to deter birds as soon as they’re noticed. Delays in implementing bird controls will only allow birds to gather in greater numbers, making their removal and cleanups more difficult.

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Commercial Solar Panel Cleaning
  • We are willing to work around your schedule. Often commercial building needs to be completed on the weekends of at night to avoid disrupting customers.
  • Special requirements are sometimes needed for insurance, which we are happy to accommodate
  • Inspect site prior to work being performed.  Note any hazardous conditions.
  • Cover all electrical equipment, i.e. inverters and combiner boxes, beneath area to be cleaned with tarps prior to cleaning.
  • Use of aerial man lift where required to reach surface of solar modules to be cleaned.
  • No chemicals or abrasive cleaning are applied to solar modules during the cleaning process.
  • Surface of solar modules to be visually inspected prior to cleaning.  All accumulated debris to be removed from array surface.
  • Spray down all solar modules with water at minimal pressure. 
  • Water to be conditioned through reverse osmosis prior to application. This is done to minimize mineral deposit.
  • In heavy soil situations a soft bristle automotive style brush to be used to break free accumulated soil on surface of solar modules.  Brushes are designed to avoid causing micro fractures or scratches on surface of solar modules.
Solar Bird Poop Cleaning
Solar Bird Spikes

Solar Panel Bird Deterrent Mesh

Specifically designed to keep birds and critters away from solar panels, this kit includes a weather-resistant mesh that effectively blocks pest birds from nesting or roosting under the panels. Installation is a snap, thanks to specially designed clips that will not scratch or affect the integrity of the solar panels. There’s no drilling, and the mesh is virtually invisible when installed. Denied access under the panels, birds will simply move on, preventing damage to wiring underneath and keeping the tops of panels free of droppings that can degrade the panels’ efficiency.

Stainless Steel Bird Spikes

Ideal for keeping birds off virtually any structural surface, these bird spikes come in 1-, 3-, 5- and 8-inch splay widths to provide increasingly wider areas of protection. The rugged spiked strips feature a patented “bend-and-crush” design, which means the spikes are firmly embedded in an unbreakable UV-protected polycarbonate base. This flexible base bends a full 360 degrees, so it can easily “follow” a variety of curved mounting surfaces.

Bird Netting

Bird netting is used to humanely block birds from entering rafters, school breezeways, concession areas, overhangs and other semi-enclosed areas.  Bird Net mesh creates a physical barrier that won’t allow birds to land or nest and is easy to install using a complete line of professional grade installation hardware and is virtually invisible – available in 3 colors to blend in with the area of installation!

 

Bird netting is the most efficient and effective method for excluding birds and is effective for all bird species.

Commercial Properties we service:

  • Retail Complexes
  • Schools
  • Hospitals
  • Churches
  • Office Buildings
  • Government Buildings
  • Ground Mounted Solar Farms
  • Parking structures

We will tailor the right solution for your specific bird problem.
Call us at (951)370-5434 for a free estimate!