Green Roof With Pv Panels

The combination of green roofs with photovoltaic pv panels has been proposed to provide synergistic benefits as the panel is cooled by the presence of the vegetation and thus produces more electricity while the solar panel enhances growing conditions for vegetation and increases abiotic heterogeneity resulting in higher plant diversity.

Green roof with pv panels.

A green roof benefits from pv panels. In countries such as germany and switzerland research shows that combining both solar panels and green roofs can provide many benefits livingroofs 2017. In order to minimise any shading from the vegetation and to protect the microclimate on green roofs the pv modules are mounted higher. While as a rule the substructure is mounted in such a way that the solar panels are at a height of 10 to 20 cm green roofs require a distance of at least 35 to 50 cm from the roof.

However using them together so that a building can get the benefits of both is a new idea. Solar panels and green roofs are traditionally used separately to maximize the benefits from each one. Hard standing on traditional roofs including concrete asphalt and metal roofs all radiate heat and substantially increase the ambient temperature by as. Advantages of a pv green roof compared with simple standard green roofing systems include lamnatou chemisana 2014.

In situ production of electricity by means of a renewable energy technology covering part or all of the energy needs of the building the electricity generated by the pv panels could be also used to power the water pumps used for plant irrigation. Additional advantages of integrating pv s into your green roof include a shadier habitat for a more diverse number of species. The panels can create shaded areas underneath with rain run off making damper areas to the front and drier areas behind. Further enhancing your green roofs biodiversity.

The pv panels should also increase the diversity of vegetation and therefore also fauna using the green roof.