Me & the Boss

Me & the Boss

Saturday, July 25, 2009

A Little About Solar Roofing

By Scott Rodgers

In addition to being more aesthetically pleasing than bulky roof top mounted panels, solar roofing materials can cut the cost of household solar installations by doing double duty, generating electricity while protecting the building from the exterior elements. So, if you can use one product to do two things, you can save a lot of money.

Sun is a renewable source of energy, therefore, we should make use of it's energy rather than going for non renewable sources. Solar roofing is very useful in this concern as through these shingles we can make use of the solar energy to generate electricity for our daily lives.

These new type of shingles resemble the traditional asphalt shingles in size and finish, but are covered with thin film of solar cells that are responsible for converting sunlight into electricity. Despite their thinness, these solar cells are able to produce the same amount of solar energy as produced by the large array of solar panels.

Off-grid and on-grid are the two basic types of solar shingles. The earlier one is self contained where as the later one is attached to the public utility. Besides the difference in the size of the solar cells, the overall work mechanism is the same as that of the old solar panel arrays which is, generating power using the photo voltaic cell.

The amount of energy generated from the solar roofing is directly proportional to the number of solar panels installed in the home. Greater the number of solar panels installed, larger will be the amount of energy generated for the home.

Using solar roofing, enough energy can be generated to power all the basic appliances in a home, like lights and fans. It can also be used to power other appliances like water heaters etc.

Many enterprising individuals have resorted to selling the excess solar energy they generate from their solar roofing. This is good as unlike other sources of energy, it is environment friendly and pollution free.

Make sure to purchase the solar shingles from a reputed manufacturer as this a brand new concept in the market. Many also offer professional installation. It is always better to do a little amount of research on the internet to find a satisfactory supplier.

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