Functional Building Glass

Energy Savings and Photovoltaic Power Generation
Building Integrated Photovoltaic Energy Solutions

Low-E
Photovoltaic Glass
for Buildings

Often the total area on the vertical sides of a building are far greater than the area of rooftops. This area should be used for energy generation without sacrificing the aesthetics and design freedom of the building envelope. Kaneka's enabling photovoltaic technologies integrate energy generation into building materials and their applications.


Our Promise

We help your business lower its building energy consumption by implementing the best available technologies & energy solution strategies to drive both energy generation and energy savings into the building envelope with minimal time, costs, effort, and risk while maximizing return of each project.

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Cut your utility bills & substantially increase your bottom line with energy efficiency credits, tax, and depreciation benefits.
2
Combine energy efficient building materials in new construction or retrofit with photovoltaic energy generation functionality (Windows, Skylights, Facades, Roofs).
3
Increase your building's value gain by reducing your energy consumption with a long-term fixed energy cost.
4
Creative "on- and off-balance sheet" finance techniques in a third party finance PPA or sale leaseback arrangement.
5
Lower the CO2 footprint of your building.

Turn Your Building Into a Vertical Power Generator.

KANEKA® ENERGY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS' Thin film Silicon and Hetero-Junction "enabling" technologies – Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) energy solutions by application.

Insulated Glass Units (IGUs)
Skylight IGUs
Canopies

Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) has the capability to drive these values in the building envelope.

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Thermal and Acoustical Insulation
2
UV & IR Filtering
3
Daylighting
4
Visible light transmittance (VLT) with energy savings and Energy Generation
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Form and Function

Driving Value with Building
Integrated Photovoltaics

Standard Laminate

Indicative values only. Actual values may vary according to testing protocols.

Specifications

Transparent PV Glass Thin Film Silicon (TFS)

Transparent PV Glass High Efficiency (HE)

Major Specifications


Return on Investment —Value Streams

Low-e transparent photovoltaic glass in laminate or 2 or 3 IGU form factor

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HVAC Reduction up to 45%
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Daylighting control
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Avoided costs – Traditional glass, louver systems, window blinds, etc.
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Energy Production from transparent PV glass.
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Battery storage and utility rate arbitrage potentials.
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Feed-in tariffs, subsidy and/or tax credit programs

Retrofit (Demand Reduction by Transparency)

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IGU & PV Energy Savings - New Construction

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IGU & PV Energy Savings Retrofit

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Disclaimer: Calculated values are based on numerical simulations performed by Institut für Bauklimatik Dresden. For the simulation BIM HVACTool Version 1.8, EnergyPlus Version 8 and NANDRAD Version 1.4 were used. Climate was defined by data from DWD and IWEC. The simulated building has a volume of 11,640m³. 40% of the facade surface is covered by windows.

Path to Realize Lowest Costs and Highest ROI

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Design with standard size,1200x998mm, as building block to larger sizes vs. customization.
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Optimal mix of BIPV and Standard IGU construction.
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Overall IGU glass size dimensions I.E. 2x2, 2x3, 3x3 in standard size PV building block.
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Optimal IGU construction techniques.

Customization Options Low-e Transparent PV Glass

Size and appearance can be customized.

  • Custom Sizes up to 3602×2996 (10.79m2)
  • Custom Laser scribing techniques to create "bird friendly designs" or mimic fritted glass designs
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