Light Thru Building Integrated Glazing System from Suntech Power

Suntech power provides a variety of solar power solutions, which include the Light Thru Building Integrated Glazing System. The Light Thru modules offer the benefit of generating power as well as providing artistic type of sunshade to the building. The glazing glasses used for the purpose are available in sizes up to 2000 x 3000 mm with a thickness from 3.2 mm up to 12 mm with an option to use colored or fritted glass at the back.

Suntech also provides double insulated units as and when required. The solar cells used are available in optional colors and offered in monocrystalline or polycrystalline varieties with thicknesses of 125 and 156 mm, respectively. The cells are provided with EVA- or PVB-type encapsulation. To avoid higher transparency a minimum of 4 mm spacing is maintained between solar cells. The junction box for the power connections can be mounted at the back or at the edge of the glass.

The integrated glazing systems from Suntech are available with unlimited number of likely Light Thru designs with choice of combinations in the product features such as width, length, number of solar cells, cell spacing, Pmax (W), percentage of transparency, Vpm (V), Voc (V), Ipm (A), Isc (A), bearable wind or snow load.

The Light Thru modules manufactured by Suntech have crystalline solar cells  sandwiched between two sheets of glass with enough space left between the cells to let the light pass through. These modules are used by architects in the designing of atria, solar canopies, vertical facades and skylights.

Source: http://www.suntech-power.com