The leading player in the BIPV industry will additionally deliver full-black photovoltaic modules to its partner from Vancouver, Canada. This is the company’s first ever order from this market.
Expansion of foreign sales
ML System strengthens its position in Benelux countries. ML System strengthens its position in Benelux countries. The company will deliver several hundred glass-glass modules to its business partner from Rotterdam who is constructing 73-meter building in the neighborhood of the Amstel river and the marina, in Amsterdam. It will be the tallest wooden-structure residential sky-scraper in the Netherlands.
– Wood as a building material that does not emit but naturally absorbs CO2 has been selected to emphasize the sustainable approach to construction. In addition, photovoltaic elements will be installed on the building facade. The project also uses recycled components and two-chamber windows, emphasizes Dawid Cycoń, CEO of ML System.
The innovative building will be equipped with photovoltaic modules manufactured by ML System with the total surface area of 532 square meters, provided by a partner from Rotterdam – Hermans Techniglaz. For details of this project see: https://hautamsterdam.nl/en/.
This is another order from this part of Europe. In the last quarter of the year the company will deliver photovoltaic modules with the total capacity of 32.7 kWp and surface area of 336 square meters to roof a distribution center owned by its commercial partner from Eindhoven. The Hague Tower, in the Hague, Netherlands, in turn, uses ML System’s BIPV elements with the total capacity of 12.2 kWp.
In addition, ML System will deliver full-black photovoltaic modules to its partner from Vancouver, Canada. This is the company’s first ever order from this market.
– We believe that the order from Canada will open the door for us to make a presence in this most promising North American market. We hope our BIPV solutions will be well received which will potentially give us u chance to increase the order volume in the future. It is noteworthy, talking about the potential of the industry, that IBIS World estimates the value of the construction glass market in the US at USD 30.8 billion, comments Dawid Cycoń.
Quantum dot – revolution in BIPV
So far ML System has installed pilot modules with a quantum coating in the Aluron office building in Zawiercie and in its own, newly built factory dedicated to the Quantum Glass project, located in Zaczernie near Rzeszów. In addition, the leader of the BIPV industry has received an order for delivery of quantum-coated modules for a tourist center in Norway’s Dalsnibba. It is also possible that in the nearest future active glass panes with quantum dots will be implemented in the automotive industry, where the company already fulfills the first orders based on passive panes.
Quantum dots are small semiconductors with the size in the range of several to several tens of nanometers (1 nanometer=0.000 000 001 m) capable to absorb and emit electromagnetic radiation (light). Thanks to that, a window becomes a private power plant, remaining completely safe to use and transparent, providing additional thermal insulation.
Innovative project for the Warsaw University of Technology
ML System does not forget about the domestic market. As part of thermomodernization of the buildings of the Institute of Heat Engineering owned by the Warsaw University of Technology, the company will install, among others, a photovoltaic skylight.
– As part of the innovation, for the first time, we used ultra light glass in the skylight, which, while ensuring appropriate thermal insulation, significantly reduces the weight, thus bringing measurable benefits in the form of savings on the roof structure. Additionally, the glass has a no-frost layer, which is another technological novelty. As for the panes themselves, we reduced the weight by 7.5 kg per square meter, as a result of which each pane is 12.75 kg lighter compared to a classic one. For the 140 panes used, we reduced the total weight by nearly 1.8 tons, notes Dawid Cycoń.
European Commission supports BIPV
The development of BIPV is supported by the EU policy, promoting energy-efficient construction. In the recently published Renovation Strategy, the European Commission noted that buildings are responsible for approx. 40 percent of energy consumption in the EU and 36 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and only 1 percent of buildings are subject to annual energy-saving renovation. The European Commission recommends at least doubling the number of buildings subject to renovation over the next 10 years. This way, in the Commission’s opinion, by 2030, it will be possible to renovate 35 million buildings and 160 thousand additional “green” jobs will be created in the construction sector.
