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Integrated Architecture - Powered by the Sun

All the benefits of glass plus integrated solar power.

Today's solar architecture has to fulfil requirements that might be in mutual contradiction. The user of the building wishes to have a maximum visual contact to the outside. This is often achieved by large glass surfaces which may imply:

1. Overheating of the building during summertime
2. High heating needs during wintertime
3. Glare protection is needed to maximise comfort
4. Need of an overall energy balance of the building

All these implications can be satisfied by multifunctional architectural glass panels which provide all the benefits of glass and integrated power:

	Light management
	Comfort
	Effective Shading
	Glare Protection
	Thermal Management
	Innovation for Architecture
	Cost saving by combination and integration of several functions.

Use architectural panels as a primary element in the facade, roof-lights or canopies of your clean green building. Building integrated photovoltaic systems lower energy costs, provide glare protection, heat insulation and they paly a vital role in reducing greenhouse gases.

Based on the number of benefits the building integrated photovoltaic systems can provide a cost effective alternative to conventional building materials. It can replace ordinary glass curtain walling, or overhead glazing and shading systems. Incorporated into the same framing systems as conventional glass, it uses the existing support structure: thus no additional structural costs are involved. All with the benefit of providing electricity for use within the building or feed back into the grid for credit.