Standing Seam Metal Roof With Integrated Solar Panels

Clipless one piece positive locking standing seam panel that provides a timeless roof appearance.

Standing seam metal roof with integrated solar panels.

Unlike conventional solar panels thin film solar on metal roofs lays flat against the roof in direct contact. Solar installation on a classic metal roof. This allows your solar installation to look discrete and natural. Standing seam is great for mounting of the pv solar panels no need to drill any holes in the roof as pv panels are mounted onto the seams of the metal roof with the help of s 5 brackets.

A standing seam metal roof integrated with solar panels is a powerful combination of durability longevity energy efficiency and most importantly value for the money. Based on the long established principle of fully supported metal roofing the panels are secretly fixed with no penetrative or through fasteners offering a completely watertight roof system. Uni solar is the most well known manufacturer of thin film solar for standing seam roofs. In that case the pv system is actually integrated into the building design and is almost unnoticeable on the roof.

Metal roofing provides the best platform for the building integrated photovoltaic bipv system. Proseam is a standing seam metal roof panel suitable for residential commercial and light industrial properties. Roofit solar modules are building integrated photovoltaic bipv construction elements that replace the conventional roofing and facade materials. With a conventional roof such as asphalt shingles you would need to drill holes into the roof in order to mount the panels.

Thin film pv systems are flexible lightweight and adhere directly to the pan of a metal standing seam roof. The six green homes in this community in hinesburg vermont are all positive energy buildings producing as much energy as they use over the course of the year. With clip fastened standing seam roofs the panels can be clamped onto the raised seams so that no or very few actual roof penetrations are necessary. The installation is as easy as the installation of standard standing seam metal roof.

Unisolar thin film pv laminates were originally designed to fit into and be integrated with standing seam metal roof panels. The south face of this standing seam metal roof is overlaid with a four kilowatt array of thin film solar panels. Colonial seam continuous standing seam metal roof panel with an integral seam. Traditional solar panels can be integrated nicely with our metal roofs.

The series connection of modules is made under the roof sheeting between the battens. Electricity is produced in a thin photovoltaic layer that covers the metal sheet.