Manufacturer Wattstone offers a solution for wall mounting solar modules without protruding components. The advantage of the mounting systems is the floating mounting of the modules in insertion rails, which ensures that they are load-free and thus increases their service life.
A shockproof earthing contact plug, three systems for a solar facade, some new bifacial glass-glass modules and a strategic partnership for a shared wallbox. These are our top products of the week:
Sunovation, the manufacturer of glass modules for solar facades, is moving into its new company headquarters in Obernburg am Main in Germany at the end of the year. This step had become necessary as part of the company's steady growth.
The currently most efficient organic solar module was constructed at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Energies (HI ERN). It achieves a new record efficiency of 14.46 per cent.
Affordable residential and commercial space is possible with more solar energy. Aesthetic and cost-efficient solar facades are a big part of this.
Energie 360 Grad will install solar panels on the roof and facade of its headquarters as planned. Due to a lack of in-depth knowledge about the fire risk, the Canton of Zurich building insurance company had not authorised photovoltaic systems on facades in the meantime. The company has now successfully provided a test certificate with its own tests.
Manufacturer S-Flex has developed an insertion system that is suitable for sloping roofs as well as facades. Basically, the system is based on two C-rails that are screwed to the wall connection. The installer inserts the modules between them.
Intelligent control for heat pumps, more independence and an enhanced Picea app, power electronics that control heat pumps and three systems for a solar facade. These are our top products of the week:
K2 Systems has developed three mounting systems for the integration of solar modules into the facade. These cover the installation of ventilated solar facades on trapezoidal sheet metal, on sandwich panels on masonry and on concrete.
Envelon has developed a complete solution for solar facades. The substructure is based on rails that are glued to the back of the modules.
MO Energy Systems from Austria has developed a modular standard solution for solar facades. The scalable solution is suitable for existing and new buildings. It can be connected to concrete as well as brick and timber facades.
The manufacturer of double-glazed modules for building integration Sunovation has won the construction company Dreßler as a strategic investor. There are now plans to expand production capacities.
A new string inverter with an output of 330 kilowatts, plug-in solar systems for installation on a fence, microinverters with and without grid contact and a solar facade with transparent modules. These are our top products of the week:
The facade on the new administration building of the Gronau municipal utility in the western Münsterland region will be under solar power in the future. A pioneering work. The BIPV modules manufactured by ASCA were integrated into facade glass by BGT Bischoff Glastechnik.
For BIPV applications, coloured PV modules are an attractive alternative to the conventional black and blue ones. The Swiss module manufacturer Megasol Energie is now licensing the Fraunhofer ISE-developed Morphocolor technology for its modules.
The structured facade elements collect solar heat and transfer it to the heat pump circuit. In this way, they can raise the flow temperature for heat pumps.
ML System supplies photovoltaic glass to the prestigious 20-storey Artery business centre, located in Vilnius, designed by the world-famous architect Daniel Libeskind.
The facade of the new administration building of the Gronau public utility company in the western Münsterland region in Germany will be powered by solar energy in the future. A pioneering project. The BIPV modules manufactured by ASCA were integrated into facade glass by BGT Bischoff Glastechnik.
The complete system of coloured solar modules including planning and installation by Envelon was awarded Product Design of the Year at the 2022Architecture Masterprize. The evaluation was based on projects by architect Peter Kuczia.
The solar system on the facade of Group 24 does not require a substructure at all. This is because the lightweight modules were bonded directly to the wall. But the system has even more advantages.
Flat glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain makes inroads into solutions for solar facades in Swiss Europe by investing in building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) provider Megasol.
Mitrex is launching the Solar Brick – a solar-integrated facade solution designed for use as brick wall cladding that transforms a building into a renewable power plant.
With a new type of colour coating, Sunovation can improve the aesthetics of coloured solar modules on the one hand. On the other hand, the company reduces the reduction in performance due to the colouring.
The PlusEnergy house realised this year in Switzerland has won one of the Green Solutions Awards 2020-21. The prizes were awarded at the COP26 conference in Glasgow. Among other features, the jurors were impressed by the solar facade.
A modular facade with integrated systems technology, a storage system compatible with Kostal inverters, a Multi-Picea in a cascaded system and a lightweight single-phase inverter. Here are our top products of the week:
