Roof Plane With Southern Exposure

The panels are attached directly to the roof.

Roof plane with southern exposure. The bernoulli effect causes the air on top and on the downwind side of the house to be at a lower pressure. The design allows you to build a family sized small house that s super insulated and maximized for serious southern exposure. It spans the rafters to support the roofing and in the case of panel sheathing such as plywood or osb it acts as a diaphragm with the walls to resist horizontal loads. We are looking at installing a 5kw system lg neon 2 panels and fornius inverter on a double storey house and had initially thought of splitting the panels between our north east and west facing roofs so that we got production over most of the day 8 panels north 4 east and 4 west.

The original plan is being built in idaho but would be great for any sunny locale. We re thinking of using cardinal low e 366 all around the house. I would be grateful for any thoughts suggestions on the direction to face solar panels. These types of mounts are generally used for homes that have way too much shade on the southern roof exposure and a sunny northern exposure.

Don t despair if your roof doesn t face true south. We will be changing the overhangs on the southern exposure to optimize summer shading and winter passive solar gain. It s easy to find out what direction your roof faces by looking your house up on google maps. Designed for southern exposure.

The southern exposure will have seasonal full sun. This will orient you toward true south which is slightly different from magnetic south and give you a good idea about how much real southern exposure your roof has. When air passes over your home it works the same way as it does over an airplane wing. There is no air gap between the roof and the panels so there is no cooling.