Featured in Contactless prowess – 06-2011

PV glass potential

PVGU: Pythagoras Solar recently installed, as part of a solar window pilot project, two of the world’s first transparent photovoltaic glass units (PVGUs) on the U.S.’s tallest building. The aim is to evaluate whether photovoltaic glass unit technology can become an established part of the BIPV industry. Following initial feedback, Pythagoras is confident it can be.

In the ongoing quest for environmental efficiency and cost control, the idea of a world where the buildings in which we live and work generate their own clean electricity has, until recently, been an unrealistic pipe dream. However, thanks to the rapid development of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) technology, the notion that individual buildings can …

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