Video: Solarcentury’s Integrated Solar Roofing Tiles

November 28, 2008 · Print This Article


When it comes to bolting on a costly solar array up on your roof, you come across a laundry list of common concerns. For example, some society say they look ugly. Well, innovative solar companies like Solarcentury are listening, and they’re making great progress in overcoming a few of the aesthetic complaints. They’ve created a set of solar roof tiles that actually sit flush with your slate or tiled roof, helping your solar project blend in from ground level.

Being integrated into you actual roof tiles, Solarcentury’s tiles additionally solve the problem of water pooling around your panels and causing leaks. Plus, they’ve got to be more

difficult to steal. The “UK’s fastest growing energy company” has put together that helpful video to reply all of the typical questions asked by those interested in investing in a solar array: What’s the installation like? Does it really save you any money? What about your home’s resale value? whether they can build electricity meters run backwards in chronically gloomy London, they must be doing something right.

[via Treehugger]

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[Source] Josh Loposer

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