The available facade areas for PV application significantly increases along with the building height. The PV modules for spandel areas may be in opaque to produce more energy whereas transparent PV modules for vision areas with lower energy production capacity per sqm.
Cite Musicale – Paris. Architects: Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. It consists of a total 470 photovoltaic modules. For aesthetic and production reasons, 396 active panels produce energy and are electrically connected and 74 dummy modules, cover nearly 1,000sqm of areas. BIPV contractor: Issol, Belgium
Federation of Korean Industries Building, Seoul. FKI Tower features an expansive rooftop atrium garden that also has custom photovoltaic panels. The average energy generation per day is 2,110 kW and 780MW a year.
The Copenhagen International School (CIS). 12,000 blue-green PV modules on its facade producing 300 MWh/year of electricity. PV system designed by Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (EPFL). Architect: C.F. Møller
Crystalline Silicon c-Si PV glass. The light transmittance degree of c-Si glass can be arrange by spreading out the c-Si wafers more, or less.
