Featured in The turning point – 05-2011

The sum of small parts

Solar roof tiles: Small, building-integrated solar modules which resemble tiles have been niche products for a long time. Their high cost of manufacture and assembly has always hindered their entry onto the market, but manufacturers keep trying their luck with new products all the same.

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Mirco Sieg

21 Apr 2011

When Thomas Pauer looks over the roofs in his neighborhood, he’s not too impressed with the solar arrays installed there. Those dark rectangular patches on the classic tiled roofs look like foreign bodies to him. And he suspects he isn’t alone in this opinion. A master builder with an inventive turn of mind, he’s just …

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