Solar Roof Shingles: 2010 International Builders Show

[valko007]

about $25k hummm.

and you can save up to 40% ,,,,

F#$# you dow, as always ,trying to squeeze every penny .

all this shit is made in china,,, meaning it cost them a bucket of pennys, yet they wanna charge 200% ,

[jRFrancine384]

alright!!!

[CheapEnergyIdeas]

only costs DOW 50 cent apiece to make er i mean import them, but big oil and utility company surcharges,political lobbiest bribes and the chinese excise tax makes em cost us around $500 ea. they can all KMA

[gaypotter]

are those his arms?

[cshargeit]

the solar subject has left youtube since google owns everything. the guy said you need some mexican to push the hammers nail in it... no taxes no health care... no pension no nothing.. just need a mexican on the roof. alert alert.. the whole world is a sham for the rich.

[Curas1]

I think forget paying back into the system, just be hooked up to the system as a back up while batteries charge up to power my house at night and charge my hybrid car

I would also want my attic fans to be able to be used to charge my batteries as well and have it all connected to my home computer system

They can keep the natural gas and in fact give me a paper stove and free water so I can grow my own food in a hothouse and recycle my plastic junk for what I cant grow

living grid free!

[arnoldcustom]

every home need new Shingles every 25 to 30 years, huum 20,000 $ every 30 years thats one hell of a replacement every 25 to 30 years, as I take it there would be no way to save the ones wilh the solar cell, same thing with all this stick on solar filim, once roof need redoing there you now lose your investment, stay with cheep solar panals, the cost of them here anyway has droped over 50%or more

[Fuerza10]

OMG!!!! $25,000?!?!?! Are you kidding?!?!?!?!?!? Your average homeowner that wants to go green will NOT be able to afford these. If the current administration (Obama) wants to see people across the country embrace this technology, they best be offering an immediate 80% discount through some sort of advance tax credit. 25K....pffft, get real!!

[reprobacious]

@Fuerza10 Yes, it's pretty crazy, but if one needs to replace a roof anyway it's not so bad. For example, my original 75-year-old slate roof is starting to go and replacing it with new slate (not cheesy-looking asbestos) would be around $80K. My local electric co charges over $0.20/kwh. While global warming is obviously a complete fraud, this tech has promise and price will drop. My chief concern right now is finding a company in this biz which doesn't help fund radical ecoterrorism.

[yzhaogo]

It looks so beautiful! I like the appearance very much.

[ecdfann]

Dow keeps pushing back their roll-out (now supposed by END of 2011), now over a year and a half delayed, due to the moisture problem they haven't corrected.

They were suppose to be out last year. Then mid 2011. Then later in 2011.

Now "by the end of 2011". Ya, we'll see.

[reprobacious]

@ecdfann I'm sure the epic ongoing depression isn't helping much either...

[cripin2021]

There's a difference between roof tiles & solar panels: tiles can be stepped on, like when someone needs to get on the roof. Last i checked, solar panels don't stand up that well to the weight of a 200 pound man. Plus, the covers on solar panels are smooth like glass, & offer very little traction. That could prove fatal if someone were to slip. I'll stick to the cheaper risen-up panels.

[cripin2021]

You know that utility companies won't like this, especially one's that still run by fossil fuel production. People generating half of their own power, less incoming power usage, less business. Oregon is a bit different though, in that most of our state's power is hydroelectric.

[ecdfann]

Uni-Solar's PowerShingle

The 1st BIPV roofing shingle to fit seamlessly with asphalt is the PowerShingle (U/L certified) by Uni-Solar Ovonics, a subsidiary of the Detroit, Michigan company Energy Conversion Devices [ticker symbol ENER].

Uni-Solar's PowerShingle is more efficient, will be less expensive, and will be available sooner than the ones shown in this video. The Uni-Solar shingle:  uni-solar. com/products/residential-produ­­cts/powershingle/

It's worth a look.

[flownder28]

Gotta love big Corp. America......NOT.

[ecdfann]

Right off the bat Bob is mistaken, Dow's is NOT the 1st BIPV roofing shingle to fit seamlessly with asphalt. Uni-Solar Ovonics, a subsidiary of the Detroit, Michigan company Energy Conversion Devices [ticker symbol ENER] has the U/L certified PowerShingle.

Uni-Solar's PowerShingle is more efficient, will be less expensive, and will be available sooner than the ones shown in this video. The Uni-Solar shingle: uni-solar. com/products/residential-produ­cts/powershingle/

[js111410]

i got thin film 800 watts 1,000 dollars  this is a rip

[exitre]

oh pls, for $25, 000 you can get quite few high power (im talking about 650 watts) solar panels. This guy is ripping you off

[eastern2western]

government rebates jack up the prices of the solar shingles

[pjfitzinc]

The prices will come down soon.

[snoopyjocl]

If there were no Government rebates, then the market would help to set the price much lower! Your tax dollars at work!! :-/

[foxdogboy]

For a better electricity production, it is recommendable to have at least 6' off the roof for convection air to cool the conventional PV panel system. How does heat problem effects production from hot shingle solar panel system? How about thin-film technology? -- just a thought.

[ChristopherJManess]

I can make my own solar panels for about $200 per square meter. Plus, installing the converter boxes, I still won't top $5,000 for an entire rooftop. The only person would have to be the electrician, to ensure and inspect my work. I take it, you guys don't watch much YouTube, hahaha!

[MrCrackerMatt1]

@ChristopherJManess, you wont be laughing when you house burns down

[clintcastle]

Why so expensive?  15 grand i can understand but 25?

[prentis45]

The down side to this is the price let's not forget there are far more poor people than there are rich. O yea I just happen to have 35,000 laying around.

[shanghaitheory]

Because its a niche market now, and companies are expecting early adopters to not be so price sensitive. As it becomes more common, the price will go down. Also they are looking to get a lot of the government money out there which is a % of overall costs. For reference the cost of solar panels is about 1.95/watt.

[xcaliber69]

I know many people that would like to use these shingles... but if the price is going to be that high...it's unaffordable.

[depro9]

wtf, why so expensive!? I mean COME ON, really!

[StoicObserverS]

@depro9 because they are greedy. They convince people that the federal, state and local tax incentives will offset the cost, so they get paid up front and you have to figure out how to recoup the difference IF and I mean IF there is still funding for the programs when you sign on the dotted lines.. there is NOT always refund money available. It is a shell and pea game.. be careful. If it sounds too good to be true... well... it is.