Commercial Flat Roof System

For this client, a small building owner in Escondido, they desired to maximize the number of Solar Panels on the roof.  Normally you like to tilt the panels for maximum capture of the photons, but due shading considerations, the number of panels would needed to be reduced significantly.  Therefore a flat orientation was installed.  The loss of efficiency was less than 2% over optimal angle, so acceptable to the client.

We also installed a piece of technology from a company called E-IQ that optimizes the current flowing into the inverters and to assist the efficiey of the panels when some late afternnon shading affects one of the arrays.  This is some very cool and advanced technology, and I will dedicate the next blog post to this equipment.

Below, is the case study on this project.

Pole mounted systems

For those property owners that have extra space, or more ideally a hillside that orients roughly south a pole mounted system is a better long term value.  It is easier to maintain, and the are systems that allow for tracking that work better with a pole mounted system.  Below is an example of a project we completed in East San Diego County, near Escondido.

Tile Roof installation

Here is a curved tile roof job we completed in Laguna Niguel.  The roof racks we use work easily with this type of roof.

The future is now

Welcome to our blog on Solar Energy, and how it will positively impact your future.  Our company Solar Edge LLC was founded nearly three years ago at the dawning of the second wave of the solar energy revolution.  We founded our company to help small and mid size residences and commercial property owners realize their dream to go green. 

As a company we are uniquely postioned to guide our clients through this rapidly changing field.  The company founders have multi decade experiences in running large organizations, and our design and build partners are well regarded architects and and builders in the custom residential and commercial space in Southern California, each being in business for over thirty years.  Our supplier is one of the United States largest and oldest electrical Supply companies, with a large selection of Solar equipment and balance of system components.

We have installed a wide variety of "Solar" systems;

• Ground Mount
• Pole mount
• Flat roof
• Angled roof, curved tile
• Angle roof, flat tile
• Residential and Commercial

I share all of this with you to establish our credentials in this space.  We will post our jobs so you can see all of the different types of projects that can be done, and to explain the economics and the value the client is receiving by going solar. 

Our other goal with this blog is to educate everyone on the space, in a very easy to understand way, that is actionable to you.  If you are in Southern California, we are happy to visit with you and answer any specific question you may have.

The future is now.