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Form Over Function: A New Way to Look at the Function of BIPV
by Teodor Galitev Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): the name itself may sound complicated and daunting, but this term for one of the most logical uses for solar electric systems, or photovoltaics (PV), is a term glass companies should get to know. PV is a natural match with buildings. Energy-efficiency can go only so far and [...]
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Rioglass Solar, the primary manufacturer for Abengoa Solar Inc., today announced it will open its headquarters and North American manufacturing facility in Surprise, Ariz., making ...
An international team of scientists and industrialists is working at the University of Leicester to develop of a new technique for harnessing the sun’s energy. EnSol ...
MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of GBI Research's new report, "Thin-Film Photovoltaic (PV) Cells Market Analysis to 2020 -- CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide) to ...
Glass manufacturer Guardian Industries in Auburn Hills, Mich., has announced the results of an independent performance study that it says shows that EcoGuard® Solar Boost-LP, ...
The collaboration between Dyesol Inc. and Pilkington North America has resulted in the formation of a new company, DyeTec Solar (DTS). The new company will ...
Pythagoras Solar, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products, has announced plans to commercialize the industry’s first energy-efficient, transparent and high ...
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based solar energy planning firm, said its stock began trading May 3 on the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker EVSI.OB. The ...
Solar Watch
By Deb Levy
Hello and Welcome Hello and welcome to the first and only website dedicated exclusively to the field of solar glazing–one of the fastest growing industries in the world. In the weeks to come, you’ll see news, information and spirited debate about the technology and business around the solar glazing industry. As we ready the site for launch, please [...]
Event News
During Wednesday’s Solar Symposium in Kansas City, hosted by the Glass Association of North America (GANA), several presenters addressed the various solar power applications for which glass is needed, from building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) to less well known technologies. In his ...
During Wednesday’s Solar Symposium in Kansas City, hosted by the Glass Association of North America (GANA), several presenters addressed the growth of solar energy - from its inception into the future - and the ways in which the glass industry, ...
Russ Huffer, chief executive officer of Apogee Enterprises, spoke to Glass Expo Midwest™ 2010 attendees in March in Schaumburg, Ill., about BIPV and achieving zero energy systems and explained how, to him, building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is still a technology ...
Tickets for the solarpeq 2010 conference “Size matters: producing solar at large scale” are now available online at www.solarpeq.de/conferenceticket. The conference will be held all day September 27, 2010, and until noon on September 28, 2010 - the first day of ...
Last week’s international ENERGY FORUM on Solar Architecture in Bressanone, Italy, brought together more than 200 architects, engineers and representatives from the solar industry and research institutes; another 120 participants attended the various workshops. It was the first time the ...


