Flat Roof Orientation

Only top manufacturers give warranties on panels installed at an angle of fewer than two degrees.

Flat roof orientation.

Architects are still attracted to the elegance that flat roofs bring to a piece of architecture and for good reason. The direction that your roof faces also referred to as the azimuth angle is the primary factor determining how much sunshine your solar panels will see over the course of the day. Side facing windows must be obscure glazed with any opening to be made 1 7 m above the floor. The s flex leichtmount rail mounting system for framed pv modules is the ideal solution for flat roofs up to a maximum pitch of 5 even with a low load bearing capacity.

Just enough slope to drain water but also flat enough to be a problem if not constructed properly. Of course flat roofs are not flat but have a very slight roof pitch of between 1 4 to 1 2 per foot. An easy way to determine the direction that your roof faces is to use google maps. Solar panels are most effective when installed on south facing roofs.

An optimum tilt angle and orientation of your solar panels on a flat roof will ensure top energy production performance of your system. From the outset a building is deemed elementally minimalist based on its elongated form and perfectly linear roof. No alteration must be higher than the existing roof.