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The solar façade cladding the Sixt car rental business in Staffanstorp combines energy generation with aesthetics, and has an installed capacity of 55.8 kWh.
Aerocompact is opening up a new market segment with its Compactwall system. In addition to sheet metal facades, installations on concrete and, on request, sandwich facades are also possible.
The new photovoltaic clip, or PV clip for short, from Fischer secures several hundred solar modules to the facade of an existing building in the northern Black Forest. The innovation, which is used in a system with a substructure and sliding nut, secures the solar system to the modern building envelope.
The new mounting systems from K2 Systems enable systematic and rapid installation on vertical facades. The system is suitable for trapezoidal sheet metal and sandwich panels as well as for brickwork and concrete.
The flexible Maas-PV Roof system from Maas Profilzentrum is a customised solution for every roof and every wall. The non-penetrative installation of the system prevents leaks and corrosion damage.
In the planning and realisation of the solar facade, Rhomberg also innovatively solved issues such as fire protection. Collini uses the solar power directly on site.
The inlay transforms facades into power suppliers. In addition, the VHF system ensures high thermal insulation values and very good sound insulation. The Sto rear-ventilated facades (VHF) consist of an insulation layer and a substructure into which the thin-film double-glazed modules are set and secured against lateral displacement.
On 28 and 29 October 2024, modern facade architecture will be on the agenda at the Kursaal in Bern. The speakers at Advanced Building Skins will also be taking a closer look at solar facades.
With the change from Megaslate to Teraslate, 3S Swiss Solar Solutions has achieved a generational shift in systems for building integration.
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 a new insertion system suitable for both pitched roofs and façades. The design is based on two C-rails screwed to the wall connection, with modules simply inserted 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.
The Austrian company has developed a modular solar façade solution that is scalable for new and existing buildings and compatible with concrete, brick or timber surfaces.
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.
