Comments on: Passive Solar Glass Roofing Tiles

By: C-m Corr-Holmes

C-m Corr-Holmes — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 03:59:00 +0000

Wow–those glass tiles would COOK some major heat during summer sun–they’d need serious venting to outside–and, how much would the excess summer heat raise “heat island” effect in cities where many people used these?
It’s not like owners can cover them to prevent summer over-heating…we covered our solar air heaters during summer to prevent overheating.

By: C-m Corr-Holmes

C-m Corr-Holmes — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 03:56:00 +0000

Just looked at their website. Was hoping to find ‘em in the USA by now [2014]–they were supposed to be here in 2011. Looked at the price of the tiles—they come as singles or doubles, and the glass parts are spend but do-able. IT’s the solar under-pinnings that can be costly. Not sure what they make their stand-alone wall panel air heater of, but it looks like it’s made of soft plastic–yet costs as much or more than hard-materials being sold for same things in USA. But REALLY good looking, and should be very durable. Get extra tiles to replace broken ones, just in case.
Doesn’t look like these can fit onto a curved roof surface, though.

By: Patricia Green

Patricia Green — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:14:00 +0000

http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/25/solar-glass-roof-tiles/

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By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:31:04 +0000

LOve this Zach – wrote about these at the green building blog I write for – what a great product!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:32:11 +0000

They mention snow, but not hail or hurricanes. They would make quite a mess in hurricane force winds if they came off like other roofing material inevitably does.

On that note, how would the insurance companies receive a claim to replace them if needed…

By: rjs

rjs — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:12:50 +0000

looks quite a bit like transparent plastic panels already in use…

By: remodeling

remodeling — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:58:26 +0000

I’m sure they have durability built into their designs, not sure how well the look would be received here in the U.S.But this would be a good beginning if they were solar panels for power, now you’ve got something.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:12:26 +0000

I know, love those

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:12:10 +0000

Looks like some pretty solid glass, but good question… Not sure how often they get hailstorms in Sweden, where it was developed, but seems that they would be quite aware of that question/issue.

By: edwin

edwin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:31:09 +0000

How well will this hold up against hailstorms?

By: bill demeter

bill demeter — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:20:05 +0000

GREAT PICTURES~