Orange Button News & Events
$1M Available to AHJs via SolarApp+ Prize
In an effort to promote the adoption of SolarApp+, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office has created a $1M program to incentivize AHJs. SolarApp+ streamlines and digitizes the solar permitting process by reducing the number of permits that...
The Benefits of the Orange Button Initiative
The U.S. Department of Energy Orange Button Initiative's goal is to provide a common platform for solar and energy storage companies to exchange data in a standardized format. It provides numerous benefits to the solar industry (and supporting industries) including:...
Orange Button Taxonomy 2202.0.0 Release Announcement
The Orange Button Taxonomy for OpenAPI now supports data detailing Entities, Contracts, and Products, to include modules, inverters, batteries and solar cells. Improvements have been made to the taxonomy to more consistently assign element data types and units and to...
Utilizing the AHJ Registry- Part of the Orange Button Initiative
Residential solar installer, Ipsun Solar both uses and advocates for the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) Registry. As part of the US Department of Energy’s Orange Button Initiative, the AJH Registry addresses data standardization for solar...
Orange Button and the Solar Data Ecosystem at SPI
The Orange Button data exchange standard is designed to reduce solar soft costs associated with finance, system design, and operational setup. Enabling the smooth flow of information between project developers, contractors, vendors, financiers, and other stakeholders,...
World Economic Forum Data Collaboration for the Common Good
Insight Report from the World Economic ForumApril, 2019 Enabling Trust and Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships.Produced in collaboration with McKinsey & Company As the digital technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution continue to drive change...