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    Provision For Fixing of Solar Panels in Residential Buildings

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    Electrical power demand is increasing due to population and economic growth, while current power sources are insufficient. Solar power provides an alternative, but large-scale solar plants are limited by high costs and land availability. To encourage rooftop solar, governments provide subsidies. However, most homeowners are unaware of this opportunity. Architects and builders must incorporate solar panel installation into building design standards to better educate the public and promote the use of rooftop solar power. Key designs include sloped roofs over storage areas, dedicated solar areas on terraces, and combining railings and walls to create sloped surfaces for panels.

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    Electrical power demand is increasing due to population and economic growth, while current power sources are insufficient. Solar power provides an alternative, but large-scale solar plants are limited by high costs and land availability. To encourage rooftop solar, governments provide subsidies. However, most homeowners are unaware of this opportunity. Architects and builders must incorporate solar panel installation into building design standards to better educate the public and promote the use of rooftop solar power. Key designs include sloped roofs over storage areas, dedicated solar areas on terraces, and combining railings and walls to create sloped surfaces for panels.

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    Electrical power demand is increasing due to population and economic growth, while current power sources are insufficient. Solar power provides an alternative, but large-scale solar plants are limited by high costs and land availability. To encourage rooftop solar, governments provide subsidies. However, most homeowners are unaware of this opportunity. Architects and builders must incorporate solar panel installation into building design standards to better educate the public and promote the use of rooftop solar power. Key designs include sloped roofs over storage areas, dedicated solar areas on terraces, and combining railings and walls to create sloped surfaces for panels.

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    Provision For Fixing of Solar Panels in Residential Buildings

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    Electrical power demand is increasing due to population and economic growth, while current power sources are insufficient. Solar power provides an alternative, but large-scale solar plants are limited by high costs and land availability. To encourage rooftop solar, governments provide subsidies. However, most homeowners are unaware of this opportunity. Architects and builders must incorporate solar panel installation into building design standards to better educate the public and promote the use of rooftop solar power. Key designs include sloped roofs over storage areas, dedicated solar areas on terraces, and combining railings and walls to create sloped surfaces for panels.

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    PROVISION FOR FIXING OF SOLAR PANELS IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

    A. Krishna Murthy M.Tech, FIE.


    Engineer-in-Chief (Retd)
    Irrigation Dept
    Govt of Telangana
    F/014893/4, akmurty1@gmail.com
    9000601837
    *****
    One of the lifelines of modern living is Electrical Power Supply. Without power
    supply we can’t imagine life now. 90% of our daily life is dependent on power
    supply. Initially we started producing the thermal power using coal, later hydro-
    power using water. To supplement we started tapping Solar power and Wind
    power. Due to the growth of population and growth of industries, use of power
    for agriculture, the demand for power supply increased multifold. At present the
    power supply being produced is not sufficient to meet the present needs of
    population, industries, agriculture etc. Already we are facing power shortages in
    summer season due to non-availability sufficient hydro power during summer.
    In order to meet the growing needs of power, the only alternative left is to tap
    Solar power. The solar power plants in govt / private sector are slowly coming up
    in small scale due to high cost of initial investment and non-availability of
    required open lands.
    To encourage tapping of solar power by public in general the Central/State govts
    have started extending subsidies for installing solar panels on roof tops of
    residential buildings to tap solar power. Telangana States even brought out a
    scheme of purchasing surplus solar power unused by the consumer duly giving
    credit to his account. This has encouraged many owners of independent houses in
    Telangana to go for solar panel erection on their roof tops to tap solar power for
    their domestic consumption to save electricity billing.
    The owners of independent houses in general use their roof tops for drying
    clothes/seeds, for children to play. Most of them are not aware that the roof tops
    can be used for erection of solar panels and tap solar power. Few are erecting
    single solar panel for getting hot water for bathing.
    Public in general are not aware of the market rates of solar panels and the
    amount of subsidy being given by govt. They are under the impression that it is a
    costly affair. Only few enterprising house owners are erecting the solar panels
    duly availing the govt subsidy.
    In order to create awareness among the public, the Architects, Building Planners,
    Designers have to make provisions for erecting the Solar Panels in the residential
    buildings as a general practice. For this the following are the suggestions for
    adoption by the Architects, Designers, Engineers, Builders.
    1. Some owners erect temporary shed above the terrace for store room or for
    servant accommodation. These temporary rooms are provided with A.C
    sheet or GI sheet roofing sloping on to one side. The supporting structure of
    these roofs can be suitably designed for erecting the solar panels over the
    AC/GI sheet roofing of these store rooms.
    2. A portion of the terrace, preferably in a corner, can be earmarked for
    erecting Solar Panels and the columns in that area can be suitably raised so
    that the area below the solar panels is still available for use for any other
    purpose
    3. The roof of Stair case room above the Terrace is generally laid as a sloping
    roof to reduce the wall height. This roof can be laid in such away sloping
    towards sun light side to erect Solar Panels over it.
    4. In general the balconies at roof level are being provided with vertical
    railings as shown in the photograph below. The drop wall from the balcony
    edge, to give protection from Sun and Rain, in general will be a vertical
    drop wall or an inclined drop wall to have tiles design over it as shown in
    the photograph below. If the vertical railing above the roof and drop wall
    below the roof are combined and constructed as a single sloped drop wall,
    it can be used for erecting Solar Panels as shown in the photograph.
    Hence through this article I appeal to all architects, designers, engineers, builders
    to propose sloped roofs, railings, where ever possible for erecting the solar panels
    for tapping the solar power by the owners of individual houses.

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