Steven from Burlington Township, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2020. Two jobs three years apart, in the order that saves the second one.
A new roof
About 2,900 square feet of GAF Timberline Lifetime shingle, finished in June of 2020, taking in 282 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys – the edges and the water channels, where a roof leaks first.
9.6 kW of solar
Twenty-four Hanwha Q CELLS 400-watt black-frame panels on a Snap-N-Rack mounting system, finished in July of 2023, with first-year production estimated at 13,431 kWh. The job took in 110 feet of critter guard around the perimeter.
Three years is not too long a gap
The usual advice is roof first, and this is what it looks like when the two are years apart rather than weeks. The array went onto decking three years into its life rather than thirty, so nothing on this roof will need taking apart to get at anything else for a very long time. Buying them together is tidier; buying them in the right order is what actually matters.
Why Steven chose Green Sun Energy Services
One company designs the roof and solar system together, so there is no finger-pointing between a roofer and a solar installer.
Professional home EV charging made simple, from electrical design through final inspection.
What makes Green Sun Energy Services different
- Roofing: installed as a GAF Certified Roofing Contractor (#CE28608), with a GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System like the one on this home. On this home: a new roof over 2,900 sq ft.
- Solar: design and installation supervised by a NABCEP-certified professional (#PVA-111016-016148), with SolarEdge optimizers on every panel so each one reports its own output. On this home: a 9.6 kW solar array of 24 Hanwha QCELL Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML G10+ 400 panels, a SolarEdge SE7600H-USNBBL14 HD Wave Energy Hub inverter, the Snap-N-Rack mounting system and 110 ft of critter guard.
- EV charging: installed with certifications from Qmerit, ChargePoint, Enphase, SolarEdge and Tesla, by a licensed electrician and fully managed by our team. On this home: an EV charger installed with the solar array.
- Warranty: backed by a 50-year roof warranty, a 5-year roofing workmanship warranty and a 25-year solar workmanship warranty.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with completed roofing projects, completed solar projects and completed EV charger projects across Burlington County and 92 roofing projects, 361 solar projects and 91 EV charger projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Burlington Township
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 1 roof replacement and 2 featured solar projects in Burlington Township. Burlington Township, on the Delaware River in Burlington County, is served by PSE&G.
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Project Facts
- Location
- Burlington Township, NJ
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- June 2020
Solar
- Manufacturer & model
- Hanwha QCELL Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML G10+ 400
- Panels
- 24
- System size
- 9.60 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-USNBBL14 HD Wave Energy Hub
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 13,431 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 97%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 110 ft
- Workmanship warranty
- 25 years
EV charger
- Installed
- with the solar array
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 2,900 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
- Workmanship warranty
- 5 years
Questions from Burlington Township homeowners
RoofingWill roof replacement affect items in my attic?
Vibration and debris can dislodge dust and small particles, and exposed nails may protrude through the deck. Cover stored items and keep valuables away from work areas.
RoofingWhat should a Burlington Township homeowner look for in a roofing contractor?
One that treats the roof, its flashings, its ventilation and its drainage as connected parts rather than as shingles with extras. That means the age and condition of the existing roof, the decking, how many layers are on it, the slope, the manufacturer's installation requirements, ice and water protection, underlayment, starter strips, drip edge, valleys, chimney and step flashing, pipe boots, skylights, ridge caps, attic ventilation and soffit intake, low-slope sections, sheathing replacement, the code requirements and permits, which warranties actually apply and what they cover, gutter size, pitch, downspout capacity and discharge, the fascia, gutter protection, whether solar is coming later, protecting the landscaping, the cleanup and proof of insurance. The wrong question is the price per square. The right one is exactly what is being installed, from the deck up, and what written protection stands behind it.
RoofingWhy is a roof more than its shingles?
Because the visible shingles are one layer in an assembly that has to work together: the structural deck, the leak barrier, the underlayment, drip-edge flashing, starter shingles, the field shingles, the flashings, the pipe boots, the ventilation and the ridge caps. A weakness at any one of those creates a water problem even when the shingles themselves are in excellent condition.
SolarAre panels designed for the wind near Burlington Township?
Yes. The array and its mounting system have to be designed to resist the applicable wind loads, and coastal and exposed locations can carry different wind-design conditions from sheltered inland ones. It is one of the reasons the mounting system and its engineering are chosen for the site rather than by habit.
SolarWhich utility handles interconnection in Burlington Township?
The electric distribution company that serves the property. In New Jersey that is Jersey Central Power & Light, PSE&G, Atlantic City Electric or Rockland Electric depending on the address, and municipal electric systems can have their own requirements.
Solar and EV chargingCan solar panels charge an electric car?
Solar production offsets the electricity that EV charging consumes over time, which is the honest way to describe it. A grid-connected house does not route particular solar electrons into the car: production, household load and the utility meter interact through the electrical system, and the offset shows up over the year rather than moment to moment.
EV chargingCan a ChargePoint charger charge a Tesla?
Yes. ChargePoint offers Home Flex with either a J1772 or a NACS connector. The NACS version connects directly to compatible Tesla vehicles, and the J1772 version charges a Tesla through the adapter Tesla supplies.