[MassHistPres] solar panels in historic districts

[Garrett Laws]

James,

Every manufacturer has at least a slightly different installation method
(some dramatically different) therefore product specifications need to be
closely examined before making any assumptions as to how things will turn
out when complete.

The solar shingles we are talking about in Brookline are called Sunslates
and are manufactured by Atlantis Energy. There are some pictures at their
website, we installed the roof on the red cape house on the bottom left of
their front page. I know they have an installation manual online for anyone
interested in seeing the engineering side too.
http://atlantisenergy.com/?page_id=255

Cheers,
Garrett

The Copper & Slate Company, Inc.
Fine Roofing and Exterior Finish Carpentry
238B Calvary Street, Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 893-1916

What we do:
http://picasaweb.google.com/copperandslate

Where we've worked over the years:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=206210316541901083869.00049065ef8543e1ef9c3&ll=42.40115,-71.126862&spn=0.125241,0.289421&t=h&z=12


On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:45 PM, james hadley <jameswhadley at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  You can find a guide to wiring solar shingles here -
> http://www.solarshingleabcs.com/installation.html
> They do indeed require a wire and penetration for each shingle, according
> to this guide.
> James Hadley AIA
> Chair, Orleans Historical Society
>
>  > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 14:32:09 -0400
> > From: willa at keyfitz.org
> > To: jdianeol at aol.com
> > CC: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
>
> > Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] solar panels in historic districts
> >
> > On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, jdianeol at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Although I have not worked with them, I believe you have an incorrect
> > > understanding of how photovoltaic shingles are wired.
> >
> > Entirely possible. I'm going on what I was told a few years ago by a
> > NABCEP-certified solar installer, and have never worked with them myself.
>
> > Even if each wire does not penetrate the roof, I would still want to know
>
> > more about how they are connected, because eventually some of the
> shingles
> > are going to fail either as solar panels or as shingles, and individual
> > replacement sounds tricky with all those wires running behind them. But
> > again, my information is secondhand and a couple of years out of date.
> >
> > -Willa
> >
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