PV Glazing

Douglas Flandro

Sustainability Design Leader, Exhibit Designer, Associate

CambridgeSeven

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March 11, 2019

We considering PV glazing for a project in SW Louisiana. Anyone have any successful PV glazing projects? Is this ready for primetime?

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Andrea Love

Building Scientist

PAYETTE

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Mon, 03/11/2019 - 20:41

Hi, Doug. We’ve used PV integrated into the glass for part of the shading system of an atrium skylight. The projects is 7-8 years old now, so there are probably more recent examples out there. It was a very fume hood intensive chemistry building so the EUI is incredibly high, and the energy produced by the PV does not represent a significant portion of the building’s energy usage. But we did use the glazing integrated PV, and it does a nice job of integrating into the skylight and providing shading while producing a little energy. I’m happy to chat more about it if you are interested. Andrea Love AIA, LEED Fellow Principal | Director of Building Science alove@payette.com 617-895-1025 2019 AIA Architecture Firm Award From:

Harry Flamm

Senior Sustainability Consultant

Stantec Architecture

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Mon, 03/11/2019 - 21:17

Hi Doug, You might consider speaking with Onyx Solar out of NYCity, https://www.onyxsolar.com/ They are a large fabricator/installer and do a lot of PV glazing. Also, contact Steven Strong of Solar Design Associates, http://www.solardesign.com/about/steven-strong.php He is the king of solar, does PV engineering and design, and may be able to guide you. Harry