Building integrated PV has been described as a place where uncompetitive PV products attempt to go to market. But this may be unfair, says Björn Rau, the technology manager and deputy director of PVcomB at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. Rau argues that the missing link to BIPV deployment lies at the intersection of the architectural community, construction industry, and PV manufacturers.
Multi-family house in Zürich, CH, with integrated, colored PV in façade and roof designed and planned by Kämpfen für Architektur.
Image: Kämpfen für Architektur
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