Nova Metrics
Nova Metrics
Solar Intelligence

Everything an installer
needs

One system covering the full job lifecycle: design the system, generate the proposal, run the install, hand it over, and clear the municipal SSEG paperwork. Built specifically for South African residential and small commercial solar, up to 100 kW DC.

1.0

System sizing engine

Solar, battery, and inverter sized directly from a client's load profile, not a rule of thumb. Every design runs through multi-gate validation before it's accepted: DC/AC ratio, battery depth-of-discharge, autonomy runtime, and inverter compliance are all checked against Nova Metrics design rules and the type-tested inverter register before the numbers reach a proposal.

Validation gates
DC/AC ratioWithin Nova design range
Battery DoDWithin design range
InverterCross-checked, 2,400+ models
AutonomyRuntime confirmed
2.0

Financial modelling

25-year projections built on NERSA-aligned tariff escalation, panel degradation, and battery replacement cost. On commercial proposals, NPV and IRR are calculated at a 12% discount rate, not a marketing number. Every figure is marked clearly as an indicative estimate, because that's what it is.

3.0

Proposals

The engineering runs first. The proposal narrative is written around numbers that have already passed validation, then delivered as a branded PDF with your logo, your colours, and your contact details on every page. Sent by email, or by WhatsApp with a ready-written message and link, with email opens, views, and downloads tracked automatically.

4.0

Job Portal and installation pipeline

Once a proposal is accepted, the job moves into a structured workspace: site visit, install prep, installation checklist, sign-off, and handover. Every stage unlocks once the previous one is complete, which gives you a clean audit trail from first contact to signed handover.

  1. Site visit assessment
    Roof, electrical, shading, cable run, DB board. A mismatch against the proposal flags a design change.
  2. Installation preparation
    Team, schedule, and exact equipment spec locked in.
  3. Installation checklist
    Pre-installation, structural, electrical, and commissioning, ticked off with notes.
  4. Final sign-off
    As-installed specs, punch list, inspector name and date.
  5. Customer handover
    COC number, grid approval, warranty details, printable handover record with installer authorisation and customer sign-off.
5.0

Municipal SSEG compliance

SSEG approval isn't one national process — every municipality runs its own requirement list, its own checklist, and often its own submission portal. Nova Metrics resolves each job to the client's real municipality and shows the real, sourced checklist for that municipality, rather than a generic template applied everywhere. Where a municipality's process isn't confirmed yet, the platform says so honestly instead of guessing.

Live today: City of Cape Town, City of Ekurhuleni, Drakenstein, George, Knysna, Mossel Bay, Overstrand, Saldanha Bay, and Stellenbosch. City of Johannesburg and City of Tshwane are available but are being re-verified against their current official processes.

6.0

Design change management

When a site visit turns up something the original proposal didn't account for, a new revision is generated with the exact delta calculated against the accepted specs. The client gets a secure approval link, and the job stays locked until they respond. Nothing proceeds on an unapproved change.

See it against
your own numbers

Start a free trial and run a real proposal, or open the interactive demo first with no account needed.