Green Roof Integrated Photovoltaic System

Solar garden roofs create the ideal environment for pv panels to maximize their output creating more electricity and greater return of investment roi.

Green roof integrated photovoltaic system.

Green roofs and photovoltaic panels are complementary technologies that improve each other s performance. Green roofs a bit less familiar than solar panels are roofs covered completely or partially with vegetation. The combination of green roofs with photovoltaic pv panels has been proposed to provide synergistic benefits as the panel is cooled by the presence of the vegetation and thus produces more electricity while the solar panel enhances growing conditions for vegetation and increases abiotic heterogeneity resulting in higher plant diversity. The conversion efficiency of photovoltaic pv panels is closely related to the operating temperature of the panel.

Green roof gr and photovoltaic pv systems are both sustainable rooftop technologies. Green roofs protect roof membranes while enabling flora to grow through an integrated root drainage and soil system. Fully integrated solar garden roof systems are fully integrated into the green roof that anchors the pv panels to the roof without penetration of the roofing membrane. This system was used on a green roof that ginkgo sustainability currently maintains on a long term care home in the peel region.

Green roof integrated photovoltaic gripv systems not only combine the benefits of green roofs with rooftop solar but have been proven to work synergistically to achieve efficiency improvements of 10 20 over the same pv system installed on a traditional rooftop. Air conditioning in our homes releases carbon dioxide. When they are combined. They reduce energy bills boost property values and are attractive to customers and investors.

For example zinco canada offers a green roof and solar integrated system that uses the green roof components to fasten solar panels avoiding penetration of the waterproofing membrane. Plants in your green roof will absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These technologies are often viewed as direct competitors as both systems reduce the environmental impact of buildings albeit through different mechanisms.