Solar green roofs integrate standard solar electric panels with a traditional vegetated green roofing system.
Green roof and solar power.
Politicians who see solar on their constituents rooftops are going to be encouraged to dream big said nathanael greene director of renewable energy policy at the natural resources.
This is however not the case.
In a common configuration solar panel mounting brackets are ballasted by the weight of the green roof layers eliminating the need for roof penetrations.
There is a perception that a roof can either have a green roof or solar power but not both.
Green roof designed for biodiversity and to generate solar electricity photo.
Switzerland germany and austria lead the way in the approach.
Combining the two technologies is common in many countries in the world.
With the two systems sharing elements total costs are reduced and government grants can be applied to both.