Finally, a close-to-market solar innovation
Posted: 06 October 2009 07:30 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Solar shingles

Brilliant idea. smile

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Posted: 06 October 2009 02:42 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Now that’s what I’m talking about.  My house will need a new roof in five or ten years.  I’m sure these are more expensive than a normal roof, but a lot less than a new roof and normal solar panels, plus you get all the benefits (tax breaks, cheaper electricity) from traditional solar panels.  So, if I’m going to replace the roof anyways, might as well use these instead (assuming they work as planned and do replace standard shingles and the math works).

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Posted: 07 October 2009 08:56 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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not only that, think of the space efficiency - you dont just lay down a few panels. Every square inch is covered.

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Posted: 07 October 2009 09:02 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Unfortunately, the article didn’t address heat gain, but I would be curious to know if using the new shingles would cause the house to become warmer than it would using regular shingles, or a reflective roofing.

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Posted: 07 October 2009 09:36 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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EvaLSeraphim - 07 October 2009 04:02 PM

Unfortunately, the article didn’t address heat gain, but I would be curious to know if using the new shingles would cause the house to become warmer than it would using regular shingles, or a reflective roofing.

Yeah - they wouldn’t be much use if you had to turn on the air conditioning to make the house cooler because they produced too much heat

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