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.”
It didn’t take long for Peter Kaelin, Director of Operations for EMT Solar & Roofing, to become a big fan of RT-APEX, Roof Tech’s rail-less mounting system. “We first heard about Roof Tech in early 2021 from CED Greentech, our materials distributor,” he said. “Since then, we’ve completed about 1,100 installs with RT-APEX, and more are in the works.”
Ensolar owners first discovered Roof Tech’s RT-MINI in 2019. Vazquez explained that they initially used traditional flashing to install solar panels on their first two jobs, but soon things changed for the better. “Our distributor, CED Greentech, asked if I had ever tried RT-MINI,” Vazquez recalled. “We tried it on one job, and since then we’ve used RT-MINI exclusively on every installation we’ve done.”
A free product sample of RT-MINI makes a lasting impression. Comiskey first encountered Roof Tech at the Intersolar North America tradeshow in San Diego in February 2020. “It was my first major tradeshow, and I made the rounds to learn as much as possible,” he recalled. When Comiskey visited the Roof Tech booth, he was given a sample of RT-MINI.
The Roof Tech team recently traveled to The 31st Annual Energy Fair, sponsored by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA), in beautiful Custer, Wisconsin. This was the first year back for the Fair since COVID-19 derailed plans in 2020 and 2021, and the excitement in the air was palpable.
