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View of the faculty buildings from the south, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University [Copyright: Ove Arup and Partners]
View of the faculty buildings from the south, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University 		View of wind cowl, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University [Copyright: Ove Arup and Partners]
View of wind cowl, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University 		One of the atria showing the PV array incorporated into the glazed roof, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University [Copyright: Ove Arup and Partners]
PV array incorporated into the glazed roof, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University 		View of atrium, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University [Copyright: Ove Arup and Partners]
View of atrium, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University
The south façade of the Solar Office Doxford International [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert Photographer]
The south façade of the Solar Office Doxford International 		The southern façade showing the array, main entrance and wind baffles, Solar Office Doxford International [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert Photographer]
The southern façade of the Solar Office Doxford International 		The PV array viewed from the main entrance, Solar Office Doxford International [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert Photographer]
The PV array viewed from the main entrance
Solar Office Doxford International 		The solar façade showing the effect glass/glass modules can have on the interior spaces when the sun is out, Solar Office Doxford International [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert Photographer]
Effect of glass/glass modules on the interior spaces, Solar Office Doxford International
The Solar Office at Doxford International Business Park is a new office building designed for Akeler Services Ltd and located in the north east of England. It is the first speculatively constructed building to incorporate building-integrated photovoltaics and the resulting facade is the largest so far assembled. It is also one of only a few to adopt a holistic energy strategy. The building is designed to minimise the use of energy while its enclosing envelope is designed to replace much of the energy that is used. Energy generations is provided by a 73 kWp photovoltaic array integrated into a 900 m2 south facing, faceted facade inclined at 60 degrees. It is expected to provide 55 000 kWh of electrical energy per year, representing between on third and one quarter of the expected electrical usage of the building. [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert]
The Solar Office at Doxford International Business Park, United Kingdom		 PV array under construction, Solar Office Doxford International [Copyright: David Lloyd Jones]
PV array under construction
Solar Office Doxford International 		Brockhill is an extra sheltered housing scheme operated by Woking Borough Council for elderly residents. The building comprises 53 dwellings with a central kitchen, restaurant and other community facitilies. The PV roof capacity is 81,48 kWp which was installed and supplied by BP Solar Ltd. The building is also powered from a natural gas 30 kW combined heat and power unit. [Copyright: OJA-Services]
The PV roof of Brockhill has a capacity of 81,48 kWp 		Brockhill is an extra sheltered housing scheme operated by Woking Borough Council for elderly residents. The building comprises 53 dwellings with a central kitchen, restaurant and other community facitilies. The PV roof capacity is 81,48 kWp which was installed and supplied by BP Solar Ltd. The building is also powered from a natural gas 30 kW combined heat and power unit [Copyright: OJA-Services]
The PV roof of Brockhill has a capacity of 81,48 kWp
A solar shading photovoltaic glazing system was installed at Woking’s Pool in the Park to reduce solar gain and generate renewable electricity at the swimming pool. The Pool in the Park is also the setting for the UK’s first fuel cell combined heat and power system (200 kW). [Copyright: OJA-Services]
A solar shading PV glazing system at Woking's Pool in the Park 		A solar shading photovoltaic glazing system was installed at Woking’s Pool in the Park to reduce solar gain and generate renewable electricity at the swimming pool. The Pool in the Park is also the setting for the UK’s first fuel cell combined heat and power system (200 kW). [Copyright: OJA-Services]
A solar shading PV glazing system at Woking's Pool in the Park 		A solar shading photovoltaic glazing system was installed at Woking’s Pool in the Park to reduce solar gain and generate renewable electricity at the swimming pool. The Pool in the Park is also the setting for the UK’s first fuel cell combined heat and power system (200 kW). [Copyright: OJA-Services]
A solar shading PV glazing system at Woking's Pool in the Park 		The need to build a new office building at Garston, UK, was an ideal opportunity for BRE to put new ideas to the test. The brief for architects Feilden Clegg called for the use of natural ventilation, maximum use of daylighting, maximum use of the building·s mass to moderate temperature, and controls that would let the building meet its environmental targets but keep its occupants happy. In addition, maximum use was to be made of recycled and waste materials. The PV array uses thin film amorphous silicium cells incorporated into a glazed cladding. There is little experience of this arrangement in the UK, so this aims to find out more and report the findings back to industry [Copyright: Tjerk Reijenga]
BRE building, Garston, United Kingdom
Power at the zero emissions housing project BedZED is mainly provided by a combined heat and power unit fuelled by waste timber from local tree surgery. To avoid oversizing the CHP unit a 109 kW photovoltaic installation provides power for 40 electric cars - some communal, some taxi, some privately owned. The PV system comprises conventional roof-integrated modules plus laminates installed within double-glazing units on the conservatory areas [Copyright: OJA-Services]
Overview zero emissions housing project BedZED 		Power at the zero emissions housing project BedZED is mainly provided by a combined heat and power unit fuelled by waste timber from local tree surgery. To avoid oversizing the CHP unit a 109 kW photovoltaic installation provides power for 40 electric cars - some communal, some taxi, some privately owned. The PV system comprises conventional roof-integrated modules plus laminates installed within double-glazing units on the conservatory areas [Copyright: OJA-Services]
PV within double glazing on the zero emissions BedZED project 		Power at the zero emissions housing project BedZED is mainly provided by a combined heat and power unit fuelled by waste timber from local tree surgery. To avoid oversizing the CHP unit a 109 kW photovoltaic installation provides power for 40 electric cars - some communal, some taxi, some privately owned. The PV system comprises conventional roof-integrated modules plus laminates installed within double-glazing units on the conservatory areas [Copyright: OJA-Services]
PV within double glazing on the zero emissions BedZED project
30 kWp glass/glass laminates at the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth.
30 kWp glass/glass laminates at the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth 		115 kWp roof-mounted and glass-glass canopy at Ford's Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence in East London - largest installation in UK at time of commissioning
115 kWp roof-mounted and glass-glass canopy at Ford's Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence in East London 		99 kWp roof-mounted system on housing estate in Woking, Surrey
99 kWp roof-mounted system on housing estate in Woking, Surrey