FM-approved PV Solutions & Engineering Support to accelerate your project development.
Each project carries its site-specific fire, wind, and hail challenges. Our approval portfolio matches many site requirements.
Metal Roofs
Solutions for almost all standing-seam and trapezoidal profiles.
Carports
The rail-based solution with clamps can be combined with other carport structures.
Concrete Roofs
Rail based solution either anchored or mounted on precast concrete.
Ground-Based
The rail-based solution with clamps can be combined with other structure designs.
Engineered to pass FM standards — deploy faster with FM-approved PV solutions.
Through partnerships with leading component manufacturers, we improve PV system resilience to meet FM and other insurer PV standards.
Our team has been working on PV rooftop projects since 2004 and developing FM-approved SolaRoof systems since 2016. The trend of less material for photovoltaic components and increased environmental forces increases the risk of PV installation failures. Reasonable component modifications can reduce Life Cycle Costs and improve the resilience of your 25-year+ investment. More resilience pays back only in a few months.
Less material. Greater forces. More failures.
PV components keep getting weaker while wind, snow, and hail loads keep rising. That combination is quietly increasing the rate of failures across the industry.
Source: Kiwa PVEL’s 2026 PV Module Reliability Scorecard (scorecard.pvel.com)
Source: Kiwa PVEL’s 2026 PV Module Reliability Scorecard (scorecard.pvel.com)
System tests show the weakest point of the assembly's load path.
Surprises are guaranteed during system-level testing. Insurers are risk averse. The system test results confirm their general concerns.
Single-component tests
Each part is tested on its own. The interaction and load path between roof, mounting, and module is unknown.
Full system tests
Roof, mounting, and module assembly are tested together the way it's actually installed, to verify the load path and point of failure.