Next Energy Technologies has completed the first installation of its transparent organic photovoltaic glass facade. The 9.3 m2 installation is located at its headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.

NEXT Energy installed the first transparent OPV BIPV façade at its Santa Barbara HQ, advancing commercialization of its solar ...

Organic photovoltaic (OPV) company NEXT Energy Technologies has completed the first commercial application of its transparent ...

A Swiss startup, Zurich Soft Robotics, has devised a photovoltaic façade that tracks and moves with the sun. The company calls Solskin the first commercially available intelligent climate-adaptive ...

Using colorful BIPV panels, architects retrofitted an existing 12-story residential building in Alberta, Canada.

Pneumatic PV facade with solar trackers A group of researchers in Germany has designed a novel PV façade using two actuators that allow bending in two directions.

ClearVue Technologies’ solar façades have a 2.6-year payback period and could offset up to 125% of a building’s energy needs, ...

In Austria, solar facades are certainly the future of renewable energy production. These innovative PV designs have benefits that are beyond comprehension, from maximised quality to adding value to ...

UB faculty member Jin Young Song is the recipient of a 2023 Design Educates Award for his façade retrofit of a major hospital in Seoul, converting a deteriorating, 10-story, concrete structure into a ...