Low-Profile Solar Panels
GAF Energy’s Timberline Solar™ has been awarded as the winner in the Energy category as part of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. The winners of this award honor clean technology, corporate innovation, new designs for buildings and cities, and other creative works that spur the growth of positive social innovation, tackling social inequality, public health crises, and climate change.
The Timberline Solar ES™ has received multiple awards and honors since its launch earlier this year, including the Best of Innovation award from CES, Green Builder Sustainable Home Award, Good Housekeeping Editor’s Choice for CES 2022, and the NAHB Best of IBS Awards, Most Innovative Construction Tool.
The World Changing Ideas Awards showcase 39 winners, 350 finalists, and more than 600 honorable mentions. Now in the award’s sixth year, climate, social justice, and AI and data are among the most popular categories. A panel of Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 2,997 entries across transportation, food, education, politics, health, technology, social justice, and more.
We're transforming the roofing and solar industries to generate energy from every roof™. A Standard Industries company, we offer homeowners elegant, roof-integrated solar options through a national network of GAF-certified roofers. We have offices in the Bay Area and Greater New York City Area.
Timberline Solar™ Roofing System
The new Timberline Solar™ roofing system is so advanced it makes solar simple.
Homeowners no longer have to compromise when adding solar power to their roof. Get a great-looking roof, a single GAF-backed warranty, and solar energy.
Water-shedding and warranted
Timberline Solar™ is made up of shingles, not panels or heavy tiles. These shingles are water-shedding, strong and warranted to withstand winds up to 130 mph. Rack-mounted solar installations—where the solar is separate from the roof–require the drilling of dozens of holes into the roof membrane. Any resulting damage related to those holes is not typically covered by roof warranties.
For homeowners who already know the quality of GAF roofing products, the Timberline Solar™ roof has the same wind and water-shedding warranty coverage as Timberline HD.
Curb appeal
Investing in a home is no small matter - and the way it looks is important. Timberline Solar™ has a design that blends in with the aesthetic of the house, with elements that add visual appeal like an architectural shingle.
Meeting–and raising–the bar
Timberline Solar™ can supply your home with electricity every day, every hour the sun is shining.
And while we don't want to talk tech jargon, it's met some industry-leading standards such as UL 7103 certification, which means it's been through rigorous testing from an independant certification company that's been around for over one hundred years. We're committed to the quality of our product.
It makes sense (and cents)
A solar roof is one project, one design, one crew, one straightforward proposition. And, it may pay for itself over time, as it generates energy for the home and reduces monthly electric bills.
“Installation? A breeze."
That's a direct quote from one of our roofing partners. Timberline Solar™ Energy Shingles are the world's first nailable solar shingles, which makes Timberline Solar™ easy to install. This solar roof goes on with a nail gun, and roofing know-how.
That means local GAF-certified roofers who live and work in your community can install the product.
DecoTech Solar
The solar may pay for the roof
GAF Energy DecoTech solar can produce electricity at a lower cost than your utility company. The more you produce and use your own electricity, the less you purchase from the utility company. Over time, GAF Energy solar can even pay for itself AND your new roof, via monthly electric bill savings and government incentives.
We've got you covered
The GAF Energy system makes it easy for you to go solar.
Working with a GAF-certified roofer to go solar means your new roof and its integrated solar have the option to be covered under the same industry-leading warranty.
This warranty is backed by our partnership with GAF, a company that has been in business for more than 100 years.
How solar savings work
With a GAF Energy solar roof, you'll not only get a roof that's durable and has curb appeal, it's also financially smart, since you can save on your energy bills over time.
Precision-built solar
We designed our solar to be direct-to-deck. Particularly as compared to rack-mounted solar, our roof-integrated solar has superior water-shedding qualities. And it's installed by those who know roofs best, the world over: GAF-certified roofing contractors.
Sleek and low-profile, this is a roof the neighbors will envy.
Blog
A Solar Technical Trainer’s Hands-On Work at GAF Energy
Juan Chavez’s story and impact on the company highlights what’s possible when skilled professionals meet compelling products. Chavez is a solar technical trainer with an interesting background - from insurance sales to woodworking, before entering the realm of roofing and solar. It may seem like an unlikely path, but for Juan Chavez, it all makes perfect sense.
At GAF Energy, Chavez calls his job “rewarding” and full of perks. “I travel and connect with contractors and installers, and show them how to install the Timberline Solar™ Energy Shingle. It’s amazing because one, I get to meet a lot of people and interact with them,” says Chavez. “Two, I get to travel. And three, I get to work with this product that’s revolutionizing the industry.
Awards and Recognition
GAF Energy’s Timberline Solar™ has been awarded as the winner in the Energy category as part of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. The winners of this award honor clean technology, corporate innovation, new designs for buildings and cities, and other creative works that spur the growth of positive social innovation, tackling social inequality, public health crises, and climate change.
The Timberline Solar ES™ has received multiple awards and honors since its launch earlier this year, including the Best of Innovation award from CES, Green Builder Sustainable Home Award, Good Housekeeping Editor’s Choice for CES 2022, and the NAHB Best of IBS Awards, Most Innovative Construction Tool.
The World Changing Ideas Awards showcase 39 winners, 350 finalists, and more than 600 honorable mentions. Now in the award’s sixth year, climate, social justice, and AI and data are among the most popular categories. A panel of Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 2,997 entries across transportation, food, education, politics, health, technology, social justice, and more.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) named the winning products in its ninth annual Best of IBS™ Awards during the NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS) in Orlando. Among them: the Timberline Solar Energy Shingle (ES)™.