What it costs, and what it returns.

The Voltaic ICON solar roof tile is priced in line with specialty roofing — slate, clay tile, copper, cedar shake. Where it differs from every one of those materials is that this roof generates electricity, lowers your utility bills for decades, and lasts three times longer than the asphalt shingles most homeowners are replacing.

Context

This is specialty roofing. So is everything else worth putting on a serious home.

The homeowners who consider Voltaic are the same homeowners who would consider slate, clay tile, or a standing seam metal roof. They are replacing a material that will need to be replaced again in fifteen years with one that carries a thirty year roof warranty and a limited lifetime tile warranty. That reframing changes the cost comparison considerably.

An asphalt shingle roof is inexpensive upfront and replaced every fifteen to twenty years. A serious home with a serious roof replaces it once. Those are not the same purchase, and they should not be compared on the same terms.

Roofing Material Expected Lifespan Generates Energy Aesthetic Impact
Asphalt Shingle 15 – 20 years No Neutral
Cedar Shake 25 – 30 years No Character, high maintenance
Clay or Concrete Tile 40 – 50 years No Architectural
Slate 75 – 150 years No Architectural, premium
Conventional Solar Panels 25 years Yes Visible, mounted
Voltaic ICON Sternholt 30yr warranty · lifetime tile Yes — invisibly Architectural, indistinguishable

The Return

Every other material on that list costs you money for as long as you own the home. This one pays you back.

The energy generated by a Voltaic ICON roof offsets your utility consumption directly. Depending on your home's size, location, and energy profile, the system can eliminate a significant portion of your monthly electricity costs — often a substantial share of a bill that compounds with utility rate increases year over year.

Unlike a conventional solar panel system mounted on an existing roof, Voltaic replaces the roof itself. You are not adding a second cost on top of a roofing cost. The roofing cost and the solar cost are the same cost, and only one of them generates a return.

Net metering availability varies by state and utility. Your Sternholt project includes a full energy production estimate based on your home's specific roof geometry, orientation, and location.

3×
Longer than asphalt
A 30-year roof warranty where asphalt typically lasts 15 to 20 years — and the concrete tile itself carries a limited lifetime warranty
25yr
Power warranty
80% of original production output guaranteed at year 25 — the same warranty period offered by conventional solar panel manufacturers
1×
One replacement
Most homeowners replacing asphalt will replace it again before they sell. A Voltaic roof is the last roofing decision a home needs to make

Every project is different

We do not publish a price list. Here is why.

Roof geometry, size, pitch, structural condition, local permitting, and utility interconnection all affect the final number. A project on a flat-roof contemporary in Westchester looks nothing like one on a Mediterranean estate in Palm Beach, and pricing them the same way would not be honest to either client.

What we can tell you is that Voltaic sits in the same cost tier as the other materials serious homeowners put on serious homes — slate, clay tile, standing seam metal — and it is the only one in that tier that generates a return. The consultation is the right place to walk through what a project on your specific home would actually involve.

Questions about what goes into the number or the material? See our FAQ.

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