The North American BIPV market is growing steadily, driven by rising demand for green buildings, supportive policies, and advances in solar technology. BRENTFORD ...

The increasing integration of photovoltaic (PV) technology into the building envelope represents a significant stride in sustainable construction and urban energy management. Building-integrated ...

Matching the color of solar modules to the building roof or facade they are installed onto can further increase social acceptance of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), according to new research ...

An Indian-British research team has developed a building-integrated linear concentrating PV facade by sandwiching an asymmetric compound parabolic concentrator, PERC cells, and encapsulation layers ...

This milestone proves the potential of the technology: it is sustainable, scalable, attractive, and ready to transform the built environment. NEXT Energy Technologies, Inc. has accomplished another ...

With the American Institute of Architects calling for reducing energy use in buildings by 50% over current codes by 2010, and in the context of rising oil prices and growing concern over global ...

Designers no longer need to sacrifice aesthetics to achieve the benefits of building-integrated photovoltaics in canopies and walkways. New solar PV canopy systems from Duo-GardIndustries Inc. are ...

Retrofitting old buildings or quickly adding traditional solar panels cannot keep pace with the current rate of urbanisation.

The PowerFLEX building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) module is designed for commercial and industrial rooftop applications. Offering 12.6% aperture efficiency, the module features a large format ...

While solar power is undoubtedly a cleaner, greener alternative to fossil fuel-generated electricity, not everybody wishes to see cherished buildings covered with PV panels. But as the technology is ...