Smart RoofA Cost Benefit Analysis

Roof – a sunk cost depreciating over 39.5 years

Smart Roof – a water-tight renewable asset returning photovoltaic produced energy, capturing a 30% cash credit and depreciating over 5 years

What is a Smart Roof?• A roof which returns energy and reduces

carbon output

• Affordable, retrofit-able,low footprint

• No ballast, light weight• Lower lifecycle cost than

traditional roofing projects

Torresen Marine - at 150 kW, the largest solar roof install in the State

of Michigan–installed 2010.

Why a Smart Roof?

Sample Solar Layout*

Smart Roof_________________________

1. Roof• Prepare substrate• 1 layer of ½” Densdeck • 80mil White PVC Roof• 30 year warranty

2. Solar• 50 kW roof mounted ,

grid-tied solar system

*Panels not to scale

Smart Roof EconomicsSMART ROOF (Roof with Solar )

Solar Roof Install Costs ($322,000.00)_____________________________________ 3 YEAR NET: ($20,518.03)

5 YEAR NET: +$19,505.51

10 YEAR NET: +$121,928.69

After only 5 years you have turned your roof into an asset

with an income generating Smart Roof

What is your current roof’s ROI??

TRADITIONAL ROOF

Roofing install cost: ($72,000.00)____________________________________________

3 year net: ($71,353.85)

5 year net: ($70,707.69)

10 year net: ($70,061.54)

Savings of $50,835.85 over 3 years

5 year savings: $90,213.20

10 year savings: $191,990.20

After 20 years your roof will net:$338,128.11

Why Blake Lord Associates?

• Local contractor with nationwide roofing & consulting experience

• Under same ownership since 1991• Illinois first Carbon Neutral Roofing and

Solar Energy Company• Fully insured and bonded• Patent for Smart Roofing

US 2008/0071604 A1• Financing available

DON’T RE-ROOF…SMART ROOF

Use of the Blake Lord Smart Roof – a roof and solar program – provides competitive roof pricing by incorporating photovoltaic solar panel systems into a smart roofing project.

Clients take advantage of both discounts, incentives and energy savings, while providing significant green benefits to their facility & the environment.

Joe Scanlan – Vice PresidentBlake Lord Associates847-452-4560joe@blakelord.com