Tag: rooftop

  • SPI Preview: Eight innovations for rooftop mounting at SPI

    Advanced Racking (booth W1113) specializes in the design, manufacturing and sale of PV mounting systems for all types of roof tops and will be debuting a new solution at SPI — the Total Roof Platform (TRP) — that they say is the first system to standardize rooftop mounting hardware. TRPRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Rooftop trackers? Edisun to debut the PV Booster at SPI

    Edisun Microgrids, a company created at Idealab, has launched an entirely new tracker concept called the PV Booster. This would be the only dual-axis solar tracker designed and built for the commercial and industrial rooftop sector. Edisun says PV Booster’s technology yields 20 percent better solar rooftop economics than conventionalRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Rock-It Systems from EcoFasten Solar receive UL 2703 First Edition Certification

    EcoFasten Solar’s Rock-It System and the newly launched Rock-It System 2.0, rail-free solar roof mount solutions, are now certified to UL 2703 First Edition. The Rock-It System and Rock-It System 2.0 conform to UL 2703:2015 First Edition, by Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) TÜV Rheinland, and hold a Class ARead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out Austin’s largest rooftop solar array (via Freedom Solar)

    Freedom Solar Power inaugurated the largest rooftop solar installation in Central Texas at the Strictly Pediatrics Surgery Center in Mueller at a festive celebration June 18. Comprised of nearly 2,500 high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower, the 812-kW system designed and installed by Freedom Solar Power includes two solar canopy structuresRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • U.S. roof market: Tiles trending up, reroofing to rebound, more

    US demand to grow 3.9% per annum through 2019 US demand for roofing is projected to rise 3.9 percent annually to 252 million squares in 2019, valued at $21.4 billion. This will be a rebound from the 2009-2014 period, spurred by strong advances in building construction activity. Roofing demand fellRead More — Solar Builder magazine