Regular solar panels work well but are an eyesore on a nice home.

Marsymars 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A subjective eyesore shouldn't stop them from getting installed if they're functional.

I tend to think garages are an eyesore, and yet, basically everyone (including me) wants one included with their home.

	▲	batiudrami an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Similarly the real eyesore in neighbourhoods is all the cars and the assorted infrastructure dedicated to them. 40% of Australian households have rooftop solar. You get used to the look very quickly, and well-installed ones look perfectly fine.

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pbmonster 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's a third way: in-roof or roof integrated photovoltaics. Normal panels, but integrated into the roof. Those look amazing. Very popular in Switzerland where some villages have strict aesthetic rules for buildings.

Next best thing aesthetically are full-roof racks, where one face of the roof is 100% covered in panels. Nowadays you just have to select the right panel and you can make it tile the plane perfectly.

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anthomtb an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Eyesore? Maybe on well architected multimillion dollar custom homes.

On the average suburban tract home in my corner of the USA, panels are no more ugly than the shingled roofs they sit atop.