Heliatek and AGC Sign a Development Agreement to Integrate Organic Solar Films in Glass to Collect Solar Energy

Date: 30 September 2013
Source: Heliatek GmbH

Date: 30 September 2013

Innovative Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) will further help architects to design energy harvesting, zero emission buildings to meet worldwide directives to reduce carbon emissions.

Heliatek GmbH, a global leader in manufacturing high-end Solar Films, has signed a joint development agreement with AGC Glass Europe, European branch of AGC (the world's largest producer of flat glass), already active in traditional BIPV.The agreement is focused on researching and developing the integration of glass and Solar Films, targeting the delivery of integrated solutions for the glass envelope of buildings.



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This will enable the entire glass façades of buildings, including windows, to become highly efficient, cost-effective, solar energy harvesters to reduce a building's carbon footprint combined with a discrete, aesthetically-pleasing, visual appearance.



Heliatek's award-winning, Solar Films are ideally suited to this application because they can be opaque or semi-transparent in a variety of colors. The films are ultra-light, ultra-thin and highly efficient under real world conditions, thanks to three unique features. They harvest the sun's energy at peak efficiency for longer daytime periods than traditional solar technologies: from full sun down to a tenth of full sun, such as on a cloudy day. In addition, they can operate efficiently in any orientation, even when not directly facing the sun and only receiving indirect or diffused light. Finally, their performance remains stable up to 80°C.

Thibaud Le Seguillon, CEO of Heliatek, explains: "Once developed, this will open up all vertical glass surfaces for PV. They offer a much larger installation area than roof tops that are the focus of today's solar building installations, plus there are no additional installations costs unlike conventional PV panels."

Marc Van Den Neste, CTO of AGC Glass Europe, adds: "This agreement fits in perfectly with our strategy of providing affordable and environment-friendly glass solutions to our customers, the building industry and the community at large. I am confident that this solution will open up new prospects for creativity and energy efficiency to architects and designers."

Alexander Valenzuela, VP Business at Heliatek, concludes: "Together, we understand and will meet the building industry requirements as well as the needs of the architects and end-users regarding reliability, life-expectancy and return-on-investment."

Heliatek: www.heliatek.com Julia Nitsch, +49-351213034-30, press@heliatek.com (mailto:press@heliatek.com) Nigel Robson, +44-1481233080, nigel@vortexpr.com (mailto:nigel@vortexpr.com)

AGC Glass Europe: www.agc-glass.eu Frederic Bonnefoy +32-2-6743423 frederic.bonnefoy@eu.agc.com (mailto:frederic.bonnefoy@eu.agc.com)

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