Every day, more homeowners are discovering the economic and climate-friendly benefits of investing in rooftop PV systems. As a result, residential solar installers across the nation are responding with innovative solutions that deliver greater efficiency and lasting value.
With interest rates on the rise, the cost of financing new solar systems has gone up, so installers have to be even smarter about choosing products. Read this month's blog to learn how Solar Power NW's founder, Ryan Lingenfelder, lowers his cost with the RT-APEX.
The temperature in Ontario has extreme variations through the seasons. “We can get extreme cold, down to -30°F in mid-winter, up to a very humid 95°F in summer,” said Boone, “so the butyl rubber on RT-MINI makes it a great choice for us. With RT-MINI, our installers never have to mess around with a caulking gun up on the roof to seal mounting hardware, they simply attach RT-MINI and the seal is secure.” He added, “I can’t imagine ever going back to the old way. RT-MINI II is our go-to mounting product now.”
Once again, Roof Tech will serve as a key equipment sponsor for the Solar Games, providing all competitors with RT-MINI II, its patented residential roof mount base featuring self-flashing AlphaSeal™ PV Mounting Technology.
In the fall of 2022, Robert Scibelli, founder of Los Angeles-based RBS Solar, searched for a more innovative way to install solar panels on a new home for an important customer. “We were designing an installation for a multi-million-dollar home with a flat roof,” he explained.
Stephen Vezina, owner, and operator of TreeTop Solar, Inc. in Nova Scotia, Canada, was intrigued by RT-APEX with AlphaSeal™ from the first time he saw it. “It was a brand-new product from Roof Tech at that time,” he said, “so we decided to give it a try,” Vezina explained that RT-APEX was the first rail-less mounting product his company ever used, and the results were impressive.
As general manager for ElecGreen Solutions, a new company offering solar installations in Alberta, Canada, Ben Larson turned to Ontario-based Frankensolar Americas, one of Canada’s leading solar distributors, for product recommendations. “When I spoke to my sales contact at Frankensolar in early 2022, he didn’t hesitate to recommend Roof Tech’s RT-MINI II roof bracket,” said Larson. “So, I ordered nearly 200 of them for our first job – a 23kW residential installation.”
