Pilkington Sunplus BIPV powered-by-Solaria Receives IEC Certification

NSG Group, the owner of the Pilkington brand, and one of the world's largest glass producers, and Solaria Corporation, global provider of solar module technologies, announced that the Pilkington Sunplusâ„¢ BIPV powered-by-Solaria has passed stringent testing by Kiwa Netherlands according to IEC61215 and IEC61730 certification standards. The receipt of this certification from Kiwa confirms that Pilkington Sunplusâ„¢ BIPV architectural solar products comply with the product safety, design and quality tests. Pilkington Sunplusâ„¢ BIPV is powered by Solaria's PowerVisionâ„¢ technology, an architectural solar glass solution that combines attractive aesthetics with effective daylighting, glare control, superior thermal performance and energy generation.

"Having passed this strict certification process, NSG Group's architectural solar solutions offer our customers the greatest assurance of reliability and safety," said Sing Koo, Value Added Product Manager, NSG Group Architectural Glass Europe. "Achieving IEC certification is a definitive mark of proven product readiness for architects, builders and developers. NSG Group is pleased to be able to offer the construction industry high quality BIPV products that can seamlessly replace traditional glass products on a wide variety of projects."

Pilkington Sunplusâ„¢ BIPV powered-by-Solaria passed the obligatory tests to achieve IEC61215 and IEC61730. This enables Pilkington Sunplusâ„¢ BIPV architectural solar products to be more easily adopted into the mainstream.

With compelling economics, high-energy efficiency and design flexibility, Pilkington Sunplusâ„¢ BIPV powered-by-Solaria combines NSG Group's experience in high efficiency architectural glass solutions with Solaria's PowerViewâ„¢ technologies in a full line of trusted solar solutions.

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