Featured in Fork to the future – 09-2021

Bridging the BIPV gap

Architects and construction companies are being offered an ever growing array of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) products, with their needs for safety, speed of construction and aesthetics in mind. But can it drag BIPV beyond niche status?

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Jonathan Gifford

07 Sep 2021

Image: Mitrex

Earlier this year, Toronto-based Mitrex was involved in quoting for the supply of limestone cladding product. Instead of the conventional cladding, company CEO Danial Hadizadeh instead offered a BIPV product, “at a competitive price, that can give you the same look and have a faster installation,” says Hadizadeh. “This is the construction world, not …

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