Present assumptions, costs, approvals, and responsibilities in language residents can understand.
Housing Society Solar
Make common-area power work harder for every resident.
Your Energy helps RWAs, apartment associations, builders, and facility teams evaluate rooftop solar with clear engineering, financial, approval, and maintenance planning.
Common-area load and bill review
AGM, documentation, and approval guidance
Safety, maintenance, and performance planning
Evaluate lifts, pumps, lighting, security, clubhouse loads, and other shared consumption.
Include monitoring, cleaning, preventive checks, warranties, and service responsibilities from the start.
Where Solar Helps
Target the electricity costs shared by the whole community.
Society solar is usually planned around common facilities. The right design starts by matching daytime generation with the loads and meters the association is responsible for.
Lifts and common lighting
Review operating hours, connected load, meter arrangement, and daytime consumption before sizing.
Water pumps and treatment
Map pumping schedules and high-demand equipment so solar generation is used effectively.
Security and facility systems
Include gates, CCTV, fire systems, offices, clubhouses, and other recurring common loads.
Parking and future EV loads
Plan cable routes, distribution capacity, and future demand without confusing solar generation with backup.
Multiple blocks or meters
Check how buildings, meters, sanctioned loads, and applicable DISCOM rules affect the project structure.
Shared roof and terrace use
Balance available area with water tanks, access paths, services, shading, and resident use of the terrace.
Before The AGM
Give the committee a decision, not a collection of sales claims.
A useful society proposal should make the technical scope, financial assumptions, approvals, roof impact, maintenance plan, and vendor responsibilities easy to compare.
Baseline and load analysis
Review bills, tariff category, sanctioned load, meter history, and equipment schedules before estimating savings.
Roof and structural review
Measure usable area and examine access, shading, drainage, wind exposure, structure, and safe maintenance paths.
Financial comparison
Compare project cost, expected generation, tariff assumptions, operating expense, financing terms, and ownership model.
Resolution and responsibility
Define who can approve, sign, coordinate access, handle payments, track approvals, and oversee the system after handover.
Funding Routes
Choose an ownership model the society can explain and sustain.
Availability and terms depend on project size, lender or investor approval, location, and current regulation. Every option should be compared on total cost, control, responsibility, and long-term savings.
Society-owned CAPEX
The society funds and owns the asset. This can offer strong long-term value, but requires approved capital and clear maintenance responsibility.
Loan or structured finance
Ownership remains with the society while payments are spread over time, subject to lender eligibility, security, pricing, and documentation.
Third-party OPEX / RESCO
An external party may invest and sell solar power under a contract. Review tariff, tenure, guarantees, roof rights, exit terms, and maintenance carefully.
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Verify subsidy eligibility before approval.
Check MNRE guidance
Central assistance for eligible RWA or group-housing common facilities is governed by current PM Surya Ghar and DISCOM rules. Capacity limits, technical requirements, vendor conditions, and rates can change.
Society Project Process
Six steps from first bill review to monitored generation.
Every stage creates information the committee can review before the next commitment is made.
Discovery and bills
Collect common-meter bills, load details, society contacts, and the current decision stage.
Technical survey
Inspect usable roof area, structure, shadows, electrical rooms, cable routes, safety, and access.
Design and proposal
Prepare sizing, generation assumptions, equipment scope, commercial model, exclusions, and timeline.
Committee and AGM support
Clarify questions, comparison points, responsibilities, and the documents needed for formal approval.
Approvals and execution
Coordinate applicable DISCOM steps, procurement, installation safety, testing, and commissioning.
Handover and care
Provide operating information, monitoring access, documentation, cleaning plans, and service support.
Safety And Quality
A society roof remains a shared, occupied space.
Engineering and execution must protect residents, workers, the building, and future maintenance access. Final requirements depend on site conditions and applicable standards.
Structural suitability
Confirm loading, anchoring approach, wind exposure, corrosion protection, and any engineer review required.
Roof and drainage protection
Protect waterproofing, drainage paths, parapets, services, and access while deciding structure placement.
Electrical protection
Document earthing, surge and isolation protection, cable management, labeling, shutdown, and fire-safety interfaces.
Safe access
Keep maintenance paths, edge risks, ladders, roof entries, and restricted areas practical for long-term use.
Monitoring and records
Retain approved drawings, test reports, warranties, serial records, approvals, generation data, and service history.
Planned maintenance
Agree cleaning frequency, inspection scope, response expectations, and responsibilities before commissioning.
Society Solar FAQs
Questions committees should settle early
Does a housing society need AGM approval?
The exact requirement depends on the society’s governing documents and applicable law, but a formal committee or general-body approval is commonly needed before committing shared roof space and funds. Obtain professional legal or compliance advice where required.
Which electricity loads can society solar support?
It is commonly evaluated against shared loads such as lifts, pumps, lighting, security, clubhouses, and facility equipment. The final arrangement depends on meters, sanctioned load, operating hours, and local DISCOM rules.
Is subsidy guaranteed for our society?
No. Eligibility, capacity, equipment, vendor, application, inspection, and commissioning conditions are governed by the current scheme and DISCOM process. Assistance should be treated as subject to approval, not as a guaranteed discount.
How much roof space will we need?
That depends on module dimensions, capacity, shade, row spacing, structure, access paths, tanks, services, and safety setbacks. A measured site survey is necessary before confirming usable area.
Can solar provide backup for lifts during an outage?
A standard on-grid system normally shuts down during a grid outage for safety. Backup requires a properly designed hybrid or storage solution, critical-load planning, suitable controls, and a separate commercial evaluation.
What should we compare between quotations?
Compare usable capacity, generation assumptions, module and inverter details, structure, electrical protections, approvals, taxes, exclusions, warranties, monitoring, maintenance, timeline, payment terms, and accountability.
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