Pilot Solar Roof Integrated with Renusol Mounting System

In a new pilot project, one of the leading Dutch housebuilders, BAM Woningbouw, has produced a solar roof featuring a roof-integrated mounting solution from Cologne-based manufacturer Renusol. After comparing several mounting systems available on the market, the general contractor opted to use Renusol’s InterSole system, which ranks among the most reliable roof-integrated mounting systems for photovoltaic installations. The prefabricated solar roof incorporating the InterSole system was installed on a house in Heerhugowaard, in the province of North Holland, in December.

“We were impressed with the Renusol mounting system as it is extremely easy to install and has proven its worth for over ten years on the market. We manufactured the roof with its integrated solar installation in our factory and then delivered the fully prefabricated solar roof to the site where it was installed in one piece,” explains Linda van Leeuwen, production manager at BAM Woningbouw, a subsidiary of the Royal BAM Group, which operates throughout Europe. In addition to planning and constructing new homes, the multi-award winning, innovative company specialises in renovating old buildings. “Roof-integrated solar installations particularly lend themselves to renovation projects. Instead of cloaking the roof in tiles, a solar array is built into the roof. It is visually appealing, saves the homeowner money on roofing materials and generates clean power,” adds van Leeuwen.

“We are currently seeing unprecedented demand for our in-roof mounting solutions, particularly from the Netherlands and Great Britain. The InterSole system allows a diverse variety of modules to be quickly and securely built into the roof,” states Stefan Liedtke, Managing Director of mounting systems manufacturer Renusol, which is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, and has agents in Europe and the USA.

The InterSole system is mounted directly onto the roof’s thermal insulation layer, and consists of durable HDPE sheets that are secured to the roof battens like roofing tiles. These plastic sheets overlap like tiles, thus ensuring no water ingress. The solar modules are then mounted onto the sheets. Thanks to adjustable module clamps, almost all commercially available framed and frameless photovoltaic modules can be integrated into the roof. The InterSole system is suitable for roofs with a pitch of 15° to 60°. The ability to adjust the height of the mounting brackets allows the solar installation to be inserted harmoniously into the roof.

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