PV ready

The roof on Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.’s vault logistics facility in Thomasville, N.C., features almost 7,700 solar panels. The panels produce enough power (1.8 megawatts) to offset more than 90 percent of the building’s annual energy costs. Photo courtesy of Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., Thomasville, N.C.

Features, Tech Point January 8, 2014

Are You ‘PV Ready’?

Commercial rooftops are an attractive platform for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity-producing systems. These low-slope roofs offer an economical and sustainable structural foundation…