Custom standardization: unlocking BIPV

The creativity of architects and the need to standardize BIPV products to bring costs down may appear mutually exclusive. In reality, they are the concurrent needs of both the construction and solar sectors and must be considered for the promise of “PV everywhere” to become a reality in our built environment. Work is underway to bridge this gap and the initial results are building in innovation.

Issue 06–2021
HZV BIPV

The “living BIPV laboratory” at the HZB facility in Germany will integrate more than 100 sensors to measure a range of different temperature and performance issues.

Image: HZB

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