Solar Roof Shingles - Aesthetically appealing solar solution
Some people might be bothered by the additional weight of solar panels or they simply don’t like the looks of it on their roof.
There’s one solution out there that can provide the same protection as any other roof shingles and it generates electricity too. It is called the Solar Roof Shingles. This isn’t actually new and it has been in the market for quite some time but a lot of people are still unaware that such technology exists.
One of the manufacturers is Unisolar.
UNI-SOLAR® Photovoltaic shingles serve as a conventional shingle for weather protection, while generating clean solar electricity to commercial and residential buildings. These shingles have been honored with the prestigious Popular Science Grand Award, “Best of What’s New (Environmental Technology),” and Discover magazine’s “Technical Innovation Award” for best innovation (Environment).
If you are going to build a house or extend your house, do some cost/benefit analysis. You can deduct the cost of roof shingles and replace it with these solar roof shingles. It will definitely cost more than you average roof shingle but with the long term energy savings it could be a wise decision.
[via alphasolar ]
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1 opinion for Solar Roof Shingles - Aesthetically appealing solar solution
Lucian Urbanski
Sep 10, 2007 at 3:25 pm
What is all this hoopla about roofing shingles? Everybody is praising them, saying how great they are, but when I wanted to get some I was told that Uni-Solar has lost the UL listing for them. Called them direcly and I was told that they discontinued their production. SHR-17 were UL listed. Anybody knows what happened? Is there any other company manufacturing them?
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