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| PHOTOVOLTAICS AS GLAZING MATERIAL
Background
Photovoltaics have traditionally been manufactured, sold and installed in retrofit applications. ‘Standard’ PV modules are produced with aluminum frames designed for grouping on racks to be deployed on buildings or on the ground for reduction of a building electrical load after the building has been constructed.
Recently the USA has seen a surge in market demand for PV as a building element, known as building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). This application technique is well known in Europe and has a mature market and several tens of projects in Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Britain. Japan and other Asian markets have recently moved in the direction of BIPV with some installations completed and several projects on the near horizon.
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