Passive Solar Glass Roofing Tiles

It got me to thinking those tiles look a lot like glass bottles cut in half.

Passive solar glass roofing tiles.

These are not active solar tiles but a passive solar roofing option the glass tiles can be installed using traditional roof tile installation methods and the tiles have a longer life than conventional concrete or clay roofing tiles. So these passive solar roofing tiles look like a clever idea. The 17 efficient solar cells were bonded to the tile through epoxy adhesive and then covered with another adhesive layer before installing the protective glass. Swedish company soltech energy has developed some cool looking award winning solar glass roofing tiles.

Elon musk has unveiled a redesign of tesla s solar roof tiles dubbed solar glass roof the new roof design will cost around 42 500 for a 2 000 square foot roof with 10kw of solar capacity. The number varies due to the roof. Purchase solar roof at one of the lowest cost per watt of any national provider and take control of your monthly electricity bill. The thermal performance of the device was compared to that of a roof tile with no pv devices and a conventional solar tile with no passive cooling.

Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels. Swedish company soltech energy has developed some cool looking award winning solar glass roofing tiles. Now i am thinking about designs for a passive solar heater. Interested in re roofing your house.

Nov 27 2013 october 25th 2010 by zachary shahan interested in re roofing your house. Soltech energy a swedish company selling solutions for clean solar power has developed a unique home heating system contained within roofing tiles made out of ordinary transparent glass. Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels. Or building a home and wondering what roofing system to go with.

These are not active solar tiles but a passive solar roofing option the glass tiles hellip.