HeaderImage

Blog

The Age of Power Independence | 2022

SOLAR ARCHITECTURE

The Age of Power Independence

Building a home solar powered home requires solar architecture. Solar architecture can be defined as designing a home with solar energy as a highlighted feature of the home.

Lets start with some basics:
  1. Design a roof plan that will allow for a square or rectangular solar panel layout. This provides for a clean layout.
  2. Consult with your solar energy company to confirm system size and footprint.
  3. The solar panels should be on a South or West roof and preferably on the rear or side of the home.
  4. This is also the time to determine if solar pool heating and solar hot water heating will be part of the solar architecture solution.
  5. Integrate the solar collectors into the roofing system by installing a composition roof in the footprint area of all solar panels and then install your tile roof or other roofing materials around the solar collectors, framing them in for a clean, recessed look.
  6. Select your solar panels so that they are black framed and black backing so there is a black solar system with no white mixed in.
Orientation of the home, windows, overhangs, and mass, should all be taken into consideration for passive solar gain.
What do we mean by this?
  1. Allow the sun’s energy to passively enter the home for heating during the cooler months.
  2. Create an overhang over windows to block the sun’s energy from entering in during the summer months
  3. Have concrete, stone, or other mass in the home that can receive this energy and hold it naturally.
  4. Of course, ventilation and air flow are critical to the overall health of the solar architecture.
The state of California requires all homes to be Title 24 compliant and solar electricity is mandated in this process. Having a solar energy company in your hip pocket is key to a successful new home construction project. Suntrek Industries, Inc has been working with Architects and Home Builders for over 3 decades.

Your Trusted Solar Provider | 2022

3 Reasons Why The Pool Industry NEEDS a Trusted Solar Provider

  • Have you ever had a client with a solar pool heating system that needed service? For most pool industry professionals, they may be comfortable at the pool equipment, but getting on the roof is another story. Sure, you could turn the solar off. But is that the best service you could provide your client?                                                                             

Suntrek Services all makes and models of solar energy systems. Whether it be for your swimming pool or for powering your home or business. We can even help you trouble shoot over the phone.

  • On how many occasions have you come to your client’s home for their regular pool cleaning/maintenance, only to find that their pool equipment has been upgraded by someone else? The homeowner didn’t consider asking you to do it. What’s worse? A solar company likely made the upgrade without talking to you either.                                       

Suntrek was grown through relationships with the pool industry. When possible, we give the business back to the service industry. By partnering with Suntrek, you have a teammate that will not steal equipment upgrades from you and try to send you business, just like the service industry has done for us.

  • Solar isn’t going anywhere. Odds are, if your clients don’t have solar (solar pool heating, solar electricity, or other) they will have it in the near future. Why not make a buck and refer your client to a solar company you can trust

By having Suntrek as a trusted partner, you can confidently refer us to your clients as a complete solar energy provider to assess options for solar pool heating, solar electricity and energy storage. We have a referral fee program so that you can capitalize on the relationships that you have. Do the math, if you have 50+ service accounts, that’s a quick way to make over $1000 per account.

    1. Solar Pool Heating – $300
    2. Solar Electricity – $500
    3. Battery – $300

It’s a smart business decision to have a solar company you can trust and rely on for support. Trust in a name that has been in the solar industry for over 30 years.