Scroll and watch one roof get built the way we actually do it: reviewed, modelled, quoted, then installed by a roofing crew, shingle by shingle, until it switches on.
01 / 06Property review
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Property review
Send us your address or a recent utility bill. We confirm the roof is pitched and check its age, shade and how much sun each plane gets, before anyone climbs a ladder.
On-site roof check
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Roof design
Every roof plane is modelled from aerial and thermal imaging, so the layout follows your hips, valleys and vents instead of forcing a rectangle onto them.
Thermal roof model
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Proposal
You get a system size, a production estimate for your address and the incentives that apply to you. Clear numbers before you commit to anything.
Proposed layout
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Installed by a roofing crew
A standard roofing crew tears off, rolls out underlayment, fastens baseplates in rows, then clips the dark PV inserts in place. Same crew, same tools. Courses are offset by half a shingle, so the roof follows hips and valleys. Each shingle shows 1056 × 333 mm (41.6 × 13.1 in) to the weather, and there's no racking bolted through the roof.
Crew installing courses
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Connect and inspect
Two touch-safe horseshoe connectors join each shingle to the next. The array runs to an interconnection module, micro inverter and the battery storage built into the roof. A licensed electrician on site observes the connections and tests the system.
Wiring under the deck
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Power on
The roof produces. With battery storage built in, it doesn't feed the grid unless you want it to, so it can be turned on right away. And each shingle is serviceable on its own: the laminate swaps out by removing six screws, so a damaged shingle is a repair, not a re-roof.
25 years, roof and solar, with a cooperative member installer. Batteries and electronics: 10 years.
Who it's for
One roof system. Two kinds of property.
Residential
New builds and re-roofs on pitched roofs. If your roof is due anyway, the new roof can be the solar system. No panels on rails and none of the rack bolts they drive through your roof, just a low-profile roof line.
Sloped-roof buildings: multifamily and apartments, HOA and townhome communities, churches, offices, restaurants, schools, and ag and pole barns. If the roof can take shingles, it can make power.
Solar shingles need a sloped roof, so they're not a fit for flat or low-slope membrane (TPO/EPDM) roofs.
Built for real weather
Tested like a roof, because it is one.
From northern winters to coastal storm seasons and desert hail, nationwide, the shingle carries the same certifications you'd ask of any roofing product.
Wind110–200 mphUL 1897. Rating depends on fasteners and exposure.*
Hail2 in steel ballDropped from 51 in onto the glass.
FireClass AUL 790, the top roof fire rating.
RainTAS 100Wind-driven rain test.
Temperature−40 to +90 °COperating range.
ListedUL 1703 · IEC 61215CEC and FSEC listed.
All ratings and the warranty *Wind rating varies with fastening schedule and site exposure. We confirm the rating for your roof in the proposal.
Awards and listings
Best of IBS Winner Best Energy Efficient Product
Best of IBS Finalist Best Green Building Product
Designed, engineered and assembled in the USA
California Energy Commission listed
For roofers & builders
Sell solar on every re-roof. With the crew you already have.
Installs with a standard roofing crew and standard roofing tools.
No racking or rails: the shingles are the roof.
Touch-safe, plug-and-play connectors keep electrician labor to a minimum, subject to local requirements. We strongly recommend a licensed electrician on site to observe connections and test.
Service is simple: swap one laminate by removing six screws.
A solar shingle is a roofing product with solar cells built in, so the roof itself makes electricity. Each Energy ReLeaf shingle is a 55 or 60 watt monocrystalline module with 24 half-cells, mounted on a baseplate that installs in courses like any other shingle. There is no rack and no panel bolted on top of the roof.
Are solar shingles any good?
Judge them as a roof first. Energy ReLeaf shingles carry a UL 790 Class A fire rating, a UL 1897 wind rating of 110 to 200 mph (depending on fastening and exposure), TAS 100 wind-driven rain testing, and UL 1703 and IEC 61215 module listings. The shingle won Best of IBS for Best Energy Efficient Product. Each shingle makes less power than a large panel, so the system is sized by roof area. A free property review shows what your roof can produce.
How long do solar shingles last?
The roof and solar carry a 25-year warranty when installed by an Energy ReLeaf cooperative member; batteries and electronics carry 10 years. The shingle operates from −40 to 90 °C and is tested for fire, wind and wind-driven rain. If one shingle is ever damaged, its solar insert comes out by removing six screws, without tearing up the roof around it.
What happens if hail hits solar shingles?
Each shingle's glass is tested with a 2-inch steel ball dropped from 51 inches. If a shingle is damaged, that one shingle is replaced on its own. And if a storm has already put a new roof on the schedule, solar shingles can be the replacement roof instead of re-shingling and adding panels later.
Who installs Energy ReLeaf solar shingles?
Roofing crews. The baseplates and solar inserts go down with standard roofing tools, and neighboring shingles join with touch-safe horseshoe connectors, which keep electrician labor to a minimum, always subject to local requirements. We strongly recommend a licensed electrician on site during installation to observe the connections and test the system.
Which roofs can take solar shingles?
Pitched roofs on homes and on sloped-roof commercial buildings. Flat and low-slope roofs are not a fit. The property review checks your roof shape, current material and age before anyone visits.
How much do solar shingles cost compared to regular shingles?
More than shingles alone, because the same roof is also the power system. Price depends on roof size, pitch and how much of the roof is solar, so we quote each roof after a free property review rather than publish a per-square price.
