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INTRODUCTION
Nick Bagatelos
President, Focus Materials
310.962.4087 nick@focus-materials.com
Now
Energy generation
Future
Incorporation of Smart Walls into building information system Hot water Heat exchange
MULTI-TRADE SOLUTIONS
Growing Trend in Multi-Trade Solutions
BIPV Example:
Photovoltaic engineering and design DC electrical engineering and design Structural curtain wall engineering and design Manufacture Photovoltaic curtain walls and rain screens Installation and final commissioning for the system
Future Possibilities:
Hot water from the exterior envelope Captured warm air from exterior envelope LED lights powered by PV on sunscreens Day-lighting technology included in vision areas Building controls with smart envelopes, operable windows, sunshades and smart glass DC lighting solutions to eliminate the use of inverters
Specialty Panels
Transparent photovoltaic panels Pythagoras
Poly-Crystalline
Blue square pattern
Multiple Standard sizes
Second generation technology. Medium Performance (12%) Silicone wafers mounted onto 1/8 glass with aluminum frames.
SOLYNDRA PANELS
Solyndra
Latest solar technology Black to dark bronze Standard size 43 x 90 Medium performing (10 - 12%) Vacuum deposited ionic metal onto glass tubes
TRANSPARENT PANELS
BiPV Glass over Glass
Black with clear spacing Flexible standard glass sizes Uses Mono-Crystalline technology Performance LOW Silicone wafers laminated to between two sheets of glass
PYTHAGORAS
Possible future transparent photovoltaic glass
Transparent Flexible size Next generation technology Extremely high performing (20%+) Embedded optical system Extremely expensive
BiPV Rainscreen
Produces energy Thin film technology Install onto existing buildings Alternative to composite panels UL tested Looks beautiful Cost effective
Thin Film
Solyndra
Crystalline
PHOTO
Rooftop arrays with standard orientation compared to the performance of four BiPV Systems over Fourteen months of monitored data shows vertical wall performance equals 72% of rooftop array.
Solution - use Utility Grade panels in spandrel areas and use BiPV sunscreens to improve SHGC and increase surface area of PV on the wall.
QUESTIONS?
nick@focus-materials. com 310.962.4087