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Structural Solar Canopies

Product Sheets

Every RCSI structure is designed for its site. There is no standard model. The two sheets below are examples of the work, one canopy over a parking garage and one over an on-grade parking lot, so you can see the level of engineering that goes into each project. For your site, start a conversation and we will design to your needs and site.

American steel
Engineered to the site
100%
Self-performed installation
RCSI structural solar canopy on a parking garage
Structural solar canopy over a parking garage deck Example 1

Garage Canopy

Solar canopies built on top of new or existing parking structures. Every garage canopy is engineered to the deck it sits on: spans, loads, wind, and seismic are worked out for your structure, not pulled from a kit. Our own crews install the foundations and erect the American steel.

Built over new or existing parking structures
Engineered to the existing deck and its loads
Long-span geometry configured to the site
Designed and engineered by RCSI, installed by our own crews
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Structural solar canopies across an on-grade parking lot Example 2

On-Grade Canopy

Solar canopies over on-grade parking. Offices, schools, campuses, and public facilities are surrounded by lots that produce nothing; a canopy turns that space into generation and shade, and gives your sustainability commitment a visible form. We configure the structure to the lot: full T-structures, semi-cantilever designs, and long-span layouts where the site calls for them.

Full T-structures and semi-cantilever designs
Long-span layouts configured to the site
Layout planned to maximize generation while preserving the look of the property
Designed and engineered by RCSI, installed by our own crews
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What the examples show

Four things each sheet walks you through.

1
Overview

What the canopy type is for and where it fits.

2
Sample plan-views

Representative rafter, purlin, and column layouts with typical call-outs.

3
A built example

One completed RCSI project of that type.

4
How to reach us

Call or request a free consultation for a configuration specific to your site.

Considering a structure for your site?

Your site won't look like either of these, and it shouldn't.

Tell us about your lot or garage and we'll come back with a structure designed for it, the span, and a free consultation.