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A pre-installation structural assessment confirms the roof's capacity for the additional dead and live (snow) load. Roof age, mount type, and orientation are evaluated. The Tilecroft Farms 79.6 kW system is a multi-plane barn-roof installation that achieved 82% annual offset — the highest verified offset of any Green Integrations project across all sectors.
Key points
What this means in practice.
- Barn roofs, processing buildings, and agricultural outbuildings are among the most common solar surfaces in Ontario
- A structural assessment confirms the roof's capacity for the additional dead and live (snow) load before installation
- Roof age, mount type, and orientation are all evaluated as part of the pre-installation assessment
- Multi-plane barn roofs can be used — the array is configured around the roof geometry
- The Tilecroft Farms 79.6 kW multi-plane barn-roof installation achieved 82% annual electricity offset
- 82% annual offset is the highest verified offset of any Green Integrations project across all sectors
When this applies
Best-fit environments.
- You operate a farm with barn roofs or processing building roofs and want to confirm they are suitable for solar
- You want to understand the structural assessment process before committing to a solar project on an agricultural building
- You are aware of the Tilecroft Farms project and want to understand what made 82% annual offset achievable
- You are evaluating solar for a multi-building farm operation and want to understand which buildings are best suited
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