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Thin Film Solar Flat Roof – 5 kW in 2.5 hours.
Posted under News by Webmaster at 21:32 on Jan 27 2010
www.coolflatroof.com – Thin film, peel + stick, Solar PV panels: Easy and Quick installation. www.coolflatroof.com – Learn how to design and install solar PV panel on residential and commercial buildings. Roof – integrated Solar Flat Roof from IB Roofs Building-integrated solar flat roofs are cool, green and have the lowest cost/watt to install, and virtually no maintenance cost. IB makes Lifetime residential flat roofing and now they together with Uni-solar have the only real BI-PV solar flat roof system for your home or business. Find out more at www.coolflatroof.com Benefits of thin-film solar and Roof integrated IB Solar-Wise PV systems include better than average light capture in cloudy conditions, minimum roof penetrations, no shading from adjacent panels, and combined 30% federal tax credit for both the Solar and the roofing system. Your roof integrated solar array will be the most cost effective installation for any flat roof.
1 rickbar123on 27 Jan 2010 at 21:50
does it work as well as the panels??
2 ChrisF3F3on 27 Jan 2010 at 22:13
This product has been enhanced and licensed to SunTech and will be available through them early 2010
3 gdolim8on 27 Jan 2010 at 22:39
That’s truly amazing! I slashed my electric bill in half! look here: solar.xfollow.me (Copy to your browser’s address bar)
4 coolflatroofon 27 Jan 2010 at 22:51
well, nano solar is a mfg of thin film pv that is essentially printed onto metal substrate…
as for AC or DC – all solar panels produce DC electricity which usually goes into an inverter and becomes AC …
5 tessyblueon 27 Jan 2010 at 22:52
sorry to ask, but does nano solar gives AC or DC current?
6 Schangrion 27 Jan 2010 at 22:58
Ja packt Euch das aufs Flachdach!!Und selbst wenn die Zellen das durchhalten,ist das Abdichtmaterial nach 20 Jahren am Ende…viel Spass bei der Sanierung danach,und bei der Sondermüll entsorgung….
7 Christopher711on 27 Jan 2010 at 23:32
I am wondering how well they will hold up in a hail storm or if tree branches land on then? How easily do they break?
8 coolflatroofon 27 Jan 2010 at 23:37
If you talk to solar integrators, you will learn that they hate the roofing part of the installation. Remember that panels must be attached to a roof, otherwise the wind will knock them down. This “attachment” usually results in a leak, which can be avoided by using roof-integrated solar system.
9 coolflatroofon 27 Jan 2010 at 23:50
Think of it as regular UniSolar thin film panels for low slope roof.
It has lower efficiency per sq. ft., but is much better at catching light on a cloudy day.
Best thing about IB SolarWise is that you have a choice to use other Solar panels. The main benefit is the complete integration of Solar PV and Roofing membrane. The end result give you a leaks free roof and well performing solar array and you won’t need to replace the roof in 5 years.
10 roofingchicagoon 28 Jan 2010 at 00:15
This looks great. Does it perform well?
11 coolflatroofon 28 Jan 2010 at 00:36
Just as a note: In this video, the solar panels are from Open Energy. The company operantly stopped manufacturing those panels for some reason.
IB produced this video before they actually released SolarWise.
IB has just released and is now selling IB SolarWise that uses proven Uni-Solar thin-film laminates. Actual product looks slightly different, and comes in rolls vs. sheets as seen in the video.