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Mastercraft Exteriors - Solar Roofing in the News

Mastercraft Exteriors - Solar Roofing in the News

Roofing Company Develops Peel-and-Stick Solar Panels

By Alexis Madrigal May 09, 2008 | 4:26:00 PM

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A construction company has developed solar panels that use peel-and-stick technology to attach to roofs.

That's right: Lumeta's Power-Ply 380 is a solar panel sticker. The product's adhesive back allows it to be installed about twice as fast as conventional rack-mounted solar panels. Check out the video to see a speedy installation.

Coming from Lumeta, a subsidiary of DRI, a $90 million a year construction company headquartered in Irvine, the product is another sign that  energy generation is being incorporated into conventional building practices.

"Solar needs to become part of the building envelope and this is a step towards that," said Stephen Torres, COO of Lumeta. "The whole idea was [to] create a new product that integrates better with the roof system."

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Posted 01:22 PM May 10, 2008


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Sometimes the future arrives through many small contributions and this is one of them. Stay the course, Benzine free by 2020

Posted by Uncle B on 09:09 AM May 13, 2008

Very clever idea, but they should really be implementing the more efficient Gratzel cells in this sort of stuff by now, Si solar cells don't have the same life time or efficiency, how ever as they've been around longer they are still a little cheaper to mass manufacture

Posted by T on 06:49 PM May 13, 2008

That is great that roofing companies are taking responsibility. Mastercraft Exteriors is a leader in the roofing business.

Posted by Tim on 01:55 PM May 21, 2008

I love this idea! I wonder how it would work on an RV or my Camper Van!

Posted by Anonymous on 04:28 PM May 30, 2008

To me it would be even better if the actual roofing tile doubled as a solar cell rather than covering up roofing with solar cells.

Posted by jim sadler on 05:27 PM May 30, 2008

"To me it would be even better if the actual roofing tile doubled as a solar cell rather than covering up roofing with solar cells."

there is...... in Australia (which is outside the USA).

the KISS tile ....
http://www.tractile.com.au/

from pdf at
http://www.tractile.com.au/Skins/Main/Images/kisstile_brochure.pdf.

The KISSTile is a polycarbonate chassis into which is fitted a technical package consisting of solar cells, a heat exchanger, and associated electrical and water connectors. Multiple KISSTiles are integrated as roof cladding to create an array, and are designed to simplify installation by using the new or existing tile roof structure with no modification required.

Comment by meika on 08:00 PM May 31, 2008

more on kiss tile

This
will reduce costs and allow homeowners to fit the tiles and make the tile-to-tile connections
themselves, only requiring an electrician to wire up the inverter and the grid connection. The
polycarbonate tiles (without a technical package) can be cut into hips and valleys allowing
greater coverage of complex modern roof planes, or used on their own to build an integrated
skylight array. The modular nature of the KISSTile also provides the possibility of using a
broad range of solar cell technology such as: poly or mono crystalline photovoltaic (PV);
amorphous PV; sliver cell PV; and chemical dye artificial photosynthesis (dyesol.com). This
ensures the KISSTile can always provide the user with the most current solar power option,
and the manufacturer with an easily updatable platform to work on

Comment by meika on 08:02 PM May 31, 2008

Can I instal a 10 watts panel on my existing two 30 watts solar panels?

Where the connection shoul be made? Between the regulator and the first panel? Between the two existing panels? Or at the last panel?

Thank you.

Frank.

Posted by Frank Graandlienard on 10:57 AM September 17, 2009

Can I instal a 10 watts panel on my existing two 30 watts solar panels?

Where the connection shoul be made? Between the regulator and the first panel? Between the two existing panels? Or at the last panel?

Thank you.

Frank.

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