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Building integrated photovoltaics

Fiber-reinforced, large-sized, solar-active façade elements

Fig.: Prototype designed as curved parapet with standard OPV

With the aid of building integrated photovoltaics, building envelops have a major share in the transition of buildings from an energy consumer to an energy generator. An interdisciplinary cooperation project comprising the construction industry (allton Fertigteile GmbH, 3M Deutschland GmbH), the solar industry (Galaxy Energy GmbH), and science (Weimar Institute for Applied Construction Research gGmbH - IAB) seized development approaches made in the research of UHPC and photovoltaics (PV) in order to develop large-sized, thin-walled, and multi-functional façade elements. The innovations...

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