Can solar installers use AI to qualify rooftop leads?
Yes. An AI voice agent can call a rooftop solar lead within 30 seconds and ask about monthly electricity bill, roof type and area, ownership, city and timeline, then book a site survey. It does not quote final system prices or promise subsidy amounts, which depend on current scheme rules and your survey.
Why solar lead quality is mixed
Solar ads on Meta and Google bring in homeowners, tenants, curious students and people who only want to know the subsidy. A sales engineer driving to a site survey for someone who rents an apartment loses half a day. Qualifying by phone first protects the survey calendar.
The qualification call
| Question | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Average monthly electricity bill | Likely system size |
| House, apartment, factory or shop | Segment and sales route |
| Own or rent, and roof access | Whether install is possible |
| Roof type and shade, in the caller's words | Rough feasibility |
| City and DISCOM | Net metering and local rules |
| Purchase timeline and budget range | Priority |
Booking the survey
For a qualified lead, the agent offers survey slots from your calendar, books one and sends the address confirmation on WhatsApp. It then logs the captured fields and a summary for your engineer, so the visit starts with the bill and roof details already known.
Subsidies and prices
Government rooftop solar schemes and state subsidies change, and eligibility depends on the household and the DISCOM. The agent should not quote a subsidy figure unless you give it the exact current wording. A safer line is that your team will explain applicable schemes during the survey.
- —Do not promise a payback period or savings percentage on the call.
- —Do not quote a final price before the survey.
- —Pass loan and financing questions to your sales team.
Languages
Solar sells widely in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala, and homeowners prefer their own language. The agent speaks Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi and English, and shifts to English when the caller does.
At ₹5 per connected minute, a three-minute qualification call is roughly ₹15 before GST, and leads that never pick up are not billed.
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Follow-up questions
Can the agent tell a customer how much subsidy they will get?
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Only if you provide the exact current scheme terms, and even then it is safer to say the survey will confirm eligibility. Schemes change and depend on the household, so the agent should record the interest and let your engineer explain the figures.