Smart Energy Council and S-5! team up to offer installer training in solar rooftop attachment solutions

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On Wednesday, August 19 at 12.00 p.m. Sydney (GMT 10.00), John Grimes, CEO of the Smart Energy Council, will introduce S-5! Vice President of Research & Development, Dustin Haddock for his presentation on Metal Roof Mastery: Power up Your PV with S-5! Solar Attachment Technology Solutions.

The S-5! Metal Roof Mastery presentation will cover:

  • Metal roof attachment solutions for solar applications, including the variety of S-5! brackets and clamps available
  • How fixing solar to metal roofing with S-5! provides a competitive advantage
  • How and why S-5! products are designed, customised, tested and certified
  • The difference between direct attach vs. rail-mounted systems and how to reduce overall costs, while simplifying logistics
  • The technical aspects of module layout, wire management, module-level power electronics and load distribution
  • Case studies and examples of solar applications
  • S-5!’s new GripperFix product used to mount HVAC systems, satellite equipment, isolators, combiner boxes, fall protection, service walkways and more
  • Live Q&A

Haddock is no stranger to the Smart Energy Council. His presentation at Melbourne’s Smart Energy Conference was voted best in session by attendees earlier this year.  S-5! presented as part of the Smart Energy Technical Workshop series facilitated by solar industry expert, Geoff Bragg, chairman of the Australian Solar Energy Industries Association and director of the Smart Energy Council.

S-5! attachment solutions can be found on some of the world’s largest buildings such as the corporate headquarters for Apple, Google, IBM and NATO and NREL. S-5! has mounted 2 GW+ of metal-roof solar arrays globally, including five Costco stores in Oz.

S-5! distributors are based in Sydney, Melbourne and Hamilton, NZ–Rapid Systems Solutions (RSS), owned by No. 1 Roofing and Building Supplies; MAK Fastener Specialists, Pty Ltd. and Solar PartnersNZ.

“We have been working with S-5! to increase awareness in the solar and HVAC market of the huge unique benefits of S-5! direct to metal roof solar, HVAC, and other device mounting solutions,” said Matt Hennessy of RSS. “In addition to the competitive material costs, S-5! offers sizeable savings in labour, transport, warehousing and an average of 84% weight savings.”

For more information, visit www.S-5.com  or register by completing this online form.