PC BIPV panels

PC BIPV panelsAs demand for solar power rises, SABIC is helping to drive the feasibility and integration of this energy source by launching the first polycarbonate (PC) building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panels for roofing, cladding, and glazing applications. This new solution from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business, called Lexan BIPV panel, provides architects and builders with enhanced design freedom, thermal insulation, easy installation, and energy production in a single, integrated solution. Created through a collaboration between SABIC and Solbian Energie Alternative, Lexan BIPV panels combine tough, lightweight, transparent, Lexan Thermoclear PC sheet with flexible, PV laminated crystalline cells, and are available in a broad range of structures, configurations, and colors. Compared to traditional BIPV materials, the SABIC panels can be easily cold-bended on site to form curved roofing systems, integrating daylighting and PV.

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Volume: July/August 2012