Solar Roof Technology Vertical Garden Model House

Recently the company revealed the cost of the eco friendly solar tiles and they have a price tag of just 21 85 per square foot.

Solar roof technology vertical garden model house.

Under a large glass roof the sun warms up the air greenhouse effect which is sucked in by the central vertical cylindrical tube chimney effect. This solar powered vertical garden is an off grid world original design developed from a need to grow food in a small space using high yield high density aquaponics growing techniques. First came solar shingles that use copper indium gallium selenide solar cells the lightweight and unobtrusive thin film solar technology that s the slender cousin to the wafer like. The system has a sma inverter.

The product was unreliable difficult to install and more expensive than traditional solar panels. Solar garden roof system is fully integrated into the green roof that anchors the pv panels to the roof without penetration of the roofing membrane. The updraft wind thus created drives turbines generators and so generates electricity. One for the south tilted section a flat segment for the middle of the house a third roof for the sunroom and one for the back of the house.

There is a screened porch but it s quite small. The principle of this technology is rather simple. Image via solar world usa. As green tech media noted bipv frequently amounts to paying a premium for less of a return.

The installation was completed in november 2015 on a concrete tile roof. One way to ensure azimuth alignment is to copy. As for house design you can notice many gables and rooflines. There s a reason bipv products fell off the market.

The system is originally based off of a shipping container s ability to stack vertically as well as provide a portable and shippable solution for easily transporting and setting up a vertical farm. Department of energy solar decathlon. That s nearly 20 percent less than a normal roof. This house has 24 mono black solar panels each providing 280w to the total power of 6 72 kw.

The solar roof is a new take on existing technology known as building integrated pv bipv.