Global Solar Energy is the solar industry’s leading provider of high efficiency thin film solar material and products to the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) market. BIPV describes solar cell technology designed into building materials at their original point of manufacturing. Unlike conventional photovoltaic (PV) products such as solar panels, which are added onto an existing facility, BIPV is the application of solar powered building materials such as a roof membrane applied during construction. Through energized PV solar cells built into the walls, roof and glass, the building material itself is able to generate the electricity needed to sustain the building’s needs. BIPV lowers cost and also offers a tremendous aesthetic value against which traditional PV products simply can’t compete. Architects and engineers gain greater flexibility for incorporating solar power into their building designs, no longer limited by the restrictions of traditional solar units that need to be attached to the facility.

Envisioned applications are: