Making Solar Performance Understandable: Syner Dashboard UX/UI

Client project for Syner Role: Research and UX/UI design

Syner needed a customer-facing dashboard for people who had installed photovoltaic panels. The design brief focused on helping households understand the value of their installation through energy production, consumption, savings and environmental impact.

My role covered research and UX/UI design. I structured the experience around the questions customers bring to their solar system: whether the installation is working, how much money they are saving and where their generated energy goes.

The overview starts with a short daily summary, followed by figures for energy generation, monthly savings, self-consumption and avoided CO₂ emissions. A production chart supports comparison across the day, while the system status area separates operational information from performance figures. An energy flow diagram distinguishes electricity used at home from electricity exported to the grid.

I used information hierarchy, explanatory labels and familiar comparisons to make the technical figures easier to interpret. Navigation separates the overview, savings and return on investment, and performance areas, giving each topic a defined place within the product.

The result was a dashboard design organised around the customer’s understanding of their installation. For Syner, the design was also intended to support the relationship after installation by giving customers a place to review performance, understand savings and consider future maintenance or optimisation needs.