Solar Windows Coming Soon to a Building Near You

Pythagoras Solar, a maker of building-integrated photovoltaic products (BIPV), has announced it plans to bring to market the industry's first energy efficient, transparent and high energy density photovoltaic glass units (PVGU) — in other words, solar windows — sometime in the second half of 2010. Products are expected to include curtain walls and skylights as well as windows. Pythagoras has partnered with chemical manufacturer Arkema, solar cell maker China Sunergy and electronic manufacturing services provider Flextronics to help beef up its operations as it prepares to go commercial. Pythagoras CEO Gonen Fink said the company's PVGU technology will accelerate implementation of cost-effective distributed power generation and net zero energy buildings. The windows are designed to be easily integrated into traditional building construction.

Quick Take: It looks like this three-year-old company has partnered well in its efforts to bring its innovative product to market. And while we haven't seen energy generation comparisons between the PVGUs and other solar technologies, this seems to be a step in the right direction toward net zero energy buildings.

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