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3 years, 7 months agoBuild Solar has developed an innovative building integrated photovoltaic " Solar Squared" that provides combined benefits of electricity, thermal insulation and daylighting
Solar Squared integrates standard photovoltaic cells into an modified glass block design and trnasforms it into a energy harvesting construction material. The technology uses optical solar concentrator to redirect light onto smaller sized solar cells. Different designs of the product allow a variable range of electricity and daylighting.
The flexible modular design provides easy integration within walls, skylights, sloped roofs etc. The key innovation is a highly efficient optical design tested and validated by University of Exeter.
BUILDSOLAR aims to develop integrated, affordable, efficient, and attractive solar technologies as part of the building's architecture, in places where energy d