Grid-connected: commercial and institutional buildings

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Shellharbour Workers Club , Australia, refit with PV [Copyright: SEDA]
Shellharbour Workers Club, Australia
refit with PV 		View of Energiepark West, Austria [Copyright: Stromaufwärts]
View of Energypark West, Satheins, Austria 		View of PV-Modules on the facade and on the roof, Energypark West, Satheins, Austria [Copyright: Stromaufwärts]
View of PV-Modules on the facade and on the roof, Energypark West, Satheins, Austria 		22 kW PV System, Institute for Marketing, Upper Austria, KW-Solartechnik
22 kW PV System, Institute for Marketing, Upper Austria, KW-Solartechnik, Austria
13 kW PV at Vocational School Imst. Tyrol, Siblik-Elektrik
13 kW PV at Vocational School Imst. Tyrol, Siblik-Elektrik, Austria 		View of the building, Centre for Sustainable Living, Toronto, Canada [Copyright: Sol Source Engineering]
View of the building
Centre for Sustainable Living, Toronto, Canada 		View of the PV modules canopy, Centre for Sustainable Living, Toronto, Canada [Copyright: Sol Source Engineering]
View of the PV modules canopy
Centre for Sustainable Living, Toronto, Canada 		Solar PV installation (2,65 kW) at the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [Copyright: Sol Source Engineering]
Solar PV installation (2,65 kW) at the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A BIPV façade (12,4 kW) at the Red River College Princess Street Campus, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [Copyright: Corbett Cibinel Architects]
A BIPV façade (12,4 kW) at the Red River College Princess Street Campus, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 		Atrium of the Waterloo City Hall building incorporating 1,1 kW of BIPV, Ontario, Canada [Copyright: ARISE Technologies Inc.]
Atrium of the Waterloo City Hall building incorporating 1,1 kW of BIPV, Ontario, Canada 		Pic Saint Loup School, France (Hérault dpt). European Universol project. 5 kW grid-connected PV canopy [Copyright: Hespul and Apex]
Pic Saint Loup School, France (Hérault dpt). European Universol project. 5 kW grid-connected PV canopy
View of the building, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany [Copyright: Flabeg Solar International]
View of the building, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany 		View of the roof, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen [Copyright: Flabeg Solar International]
View of the roof Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany 		View of the roof, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany [Copyright: Ingo B. Hagemann]
View of the roof, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany 		View of the PV roof, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany [Copyright: Flabeg Solar International]
View of the PV roof, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany
Interior view, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany [Copyright: Ingo B. Hagemann]
Interior view, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany 		Interior view, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany [Copyright: Ingo B. Hagemann]
Interior view Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany 		Interior view, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany [Copyright: Ingo B. Hagemann]
Interior view
Mont-Cenis Academy
Herne Sodingen, Germany 		View of the PV roof, Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany [Copyright: Flabeg Solar International]
View of the PV roof Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne Sodingen, Germany
View of the roof building, Neubau Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany [Copyright: Hermann Laukamp]
View of the roof building
Neubau Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany 		German Federal Council in Berlin, Germany: 21 kWp PV system as solar shading and light-directing system above the assembly hall [Copyright: Wolfgang Nasse]
German Federal Council in Berlin, Germany: 21 kWp PV system as solar shading and light-directing system above the assembly hall 		German Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany: 23 kWp PV system as add-on construction [Copyright: Thomas Nordmann]
German Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany: 23 kWp PV system as add-on construction 		 
Aerial view of the Children’s Museum of Rome, Italy [Copyright: Studio Abbate & Vigevano]
Aerial view of the Children's Museum of Rome, Italy 		View of the entry of the Children’s Museum of Rome, Italy [Copyright: Studio Abbate & Vigevano]
View of the entry of the Children's Museum of Rome, Italy 		View of the south facade with PV canopies, Children’s Museum of Rome, Italy [Copyright: Studio Abbate & Vigevano]
View of the south facade with PV canopies Children's Museum of Rome, Italy 		Interior views of the PV roof skylight, Children’s Museum of Rome, Italy [Copyright: Studio Abbate & Vigevano]
Interior views of the PV roof skylight Children's Museum of Rome, Italy
Interior views of the PV roof skylight, Children’s Museum of Rome, Italy [Copyright: Studio Abbate & Vigevano]
Interior views of PV roof skylight Children's Museum of Rome, Italy 		Interior view of the PV roof skylight, Children’s Museum of Rome, Italy [Copyright: Studio Abbate & Vigevano]
Interior view of the PV roof skylight Children's Museum of Rome, Italy 		Rimini, Italy: 20 kW on a public building
Rimini, Italy: 20 kW on a public building
Look up the BIPV installed south faced wall in the vertical direction, Tokyo Building of NTT Do Co Mo, Japan [Copyright: Kajima Corporation]
Look up the BIPV installed south faced wall in the vertical direction
Tokyo Building of NTT Do Co Mo, Japan 		Panorama of building, Tokyo Building of NTT Do Co Mo, Japan [Copyright: Kajima Corporation]
Panorama of building
Tokyo Building of NTT Do Co Mo, Japan
West side view of SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan [Copyright: Nakasa & partners Ltd.]
West side view of SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan 		Look through semi-transparent PV array, SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan [Copyright: Jiro Ohno]
Look through semi-transparent PV array, SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan 		Semi-transparent vertical PV louvre view from outer deck, SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan [Copyright: Jiro Ohno]
Semi-transparent vertical PV louvre view from outer deck, Japan 		Office atrium space, SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan [Copyright: Nakasa & partners]
Office atrium space
SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan
Look up at semi-transparent eave type array, SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan [Copyright: Jiro Ohno]
Look up at semi-transparent eave type array, SBIC East Head Office Building, Japan 		Outside view of the Tukuba Open Space Laboratory, Japan [Copyright: Jiro Ohno]
Outside view of the Tukuba Open Space Laboratory, Japan 		Inside out view through wire tensioned PV glass wall, Tsukuba OSL, Japan [Copyright: Jiro Ohno]
Inside out view through wire tensioned PV glass wall, Tsukuba OSL, Japan 		Outside view of the entrance hall in the evening, Tsukuba OSL, Japan [Copyright: Jiro Ohno]
Outside view of the entrance hall in the evening, Tsukuba OSL, Japan
45-kW PV system and the rooftop garden of the Central Governement Building No. 4, Tokyo, Japan
45-kW PV system and the rooftop garden of the Central Governement Building No. 4, Tokyo, Japan 		PV systems installed in the curtain wall (8,5 kW) and the rooftop (31,5 kW) of the Tsuzuki Post Office, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
PV systems installed in the curtain wall (8,5 kW) and the rooftop (31,5 kW) of the Tsuzuki Post Office, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japanpixels 		160-kW PV system installed in the upper part of the exhibition all and 20-kW window-integrated PV system in the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institute, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
160-kW PV system installed in the upper part of the exhibition all and 20-kW window-integrated PV system in the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institute, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan 		10-kW PV system installed as a canopy over the entrance of the Jin-ikai, Japan
10-kW PV system installed as a canopy over the entrance of the Jin-ikai, Japan
View of ECN Building 31, Petten, Netherlands [Copyright: Tjerk Reijenga]
View of ECN Building 31, Petten, Netherlands 		Particular of the facade, ECN Building 31, Petten, Netherlands [Copyright: Tjerk Reijenga]
Particular of the facade, ECN Building 31, Petten, Netherlands 		View of the ECN Building 42, Petten, Netherlands [Copyright: Tjerk Reijenga]
View of ECN Building 42, Petten, Netherlands 		View of the roof, ECN Building 42, Petten, Netherlands [Copyright: Tjerk Reijenga]
View of the roof ECN Building 42, Petten, Netherlands
Internal view of the atrium, ECN Building 42, Petten, Netherlands [Copyright: Tjerk Reijenga]
Internal view of the atrium
ECN Building 42, Petten, Netherlands 		Interior view, ECN Building 42, Petten, Netherlands [Copyright: Tjerk Reijenga]
Interior view
ECN Building 42, Petten, Netherlands 		At the Zoo “Blijdorp” in Rotterdam, Netherlands, a 500 kWp system has been realized. Siemens Nederland N.V. (the main contractor) will take care of the maintenance for a period of 20 years.
500 kWp system at the Zoo “Blijdorp” in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Global view of the project UNIversidad VERde, Spain [Copyright: Jorge Aguilera]
Global view of the project UNIversidad VERde, Spain 		Aerial view of part of the University campus with the PV parking canopies (in dark blue the PV modules), UNIversidad VERde, Spain [Copyright: Jorge Aguilera]
Aerial view of part of the University campus with the PV parking canopies (in dark blue the PV modules)
UNIversidad VERde, Spain 		PV generator of system 1, UNIversidad VERde, Spain [Copyright: Jorge Aguilera]
PV generator of system 1, UNIversidad VERde, Spain 		Aerial view of the building and pergola, UNIversidad VERde, Spain [Copyright: Jorge Aguilera]
Aerial view of the building and pergola, UNIversidad VERde, Spain
Frontal view of the building after PV integration, UNIversidad VERde, Spain [Copyright: Jorge Aguilera]
Frontal view of the building after PV integration, UNIversidad VERde, Spain 		Building and pergola, UNIversidad VERde, Spain [Copyright: Jorge Aguilera]
Building and pergola UNIversidad VERde, Spain 		View of Göteborg Energi Facade, Sweden [Copyright: L Selhagen Fortum AES]
View of Göteborg Energi Facade, Sweden
Side view of the installation Wasgenring School House, Bale, Switzerland [Copyright: Enecolo AG]
Side view of the installation Wasgenring School House, Bale, Switzerland 		View of completed installation, Wasgenring School House, Switzerland [Copyright: Source: Enecolo AG]
View of completed installation Wasgenring School House, Switzerland 		View of completed installation, Wasgenring School House, Switzerland [Copyright: Source: Enecolo AG]
View of completed installation Wasgenring School House, Switzerland
70 kWp flat roof system at the exhibition centre Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland [Copyright: NET]
70 kWp flat roof system at the exhibition centre Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland 		9,7 kWp façade system at the cable-car station Piz Nair in St. Moritz, Switzerland [Copyright: NET]
9,7 kWp façade system at the cable-car station Piz Nair in St. Moritz, Switzerland
View of the faculty buildings from the south, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University, United Kingdom [Copyright: Ove Arup and Partners]
View of the faculty buildings from the south, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University, United Kingdom 		View of wind cowl, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University, United Kingdom [Copyright: Ove Arup and Partners]
View of wind cowl, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University, United Kingdom 		One of the atria showing the PV array incorporated into the glazed roof, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University, United Kingdom [Copyright: Ove Arup and Partners]
PV array incorporated into the glazed roof, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University, United Kingdom 		View of atrium, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University, United Kingdom [Copyright: Ove Arup and Partners]
View of atrium, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University, United Kingdom
The south façade of the Solar Office Doxford International, United Kingdom [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert Photographer]
The south façade of the Solar Office Doxford International, United Kingdom 		The southern façade showing the array, main entrance and wind baffles, Solar Office Doxford International, United Kingdom [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert Photographer]
The southern façade of the Solar Office Doxford Internationa, United Kingdom 		The PV array viewed from the main entrance, Solar Office Doxford International, United Kingdom [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert Photographer]
The PV array viewed from the main entrance, Solar Office Doxford International, United Kingdom 		The solar façade showing the effect glass/glass modules can have on the interior spaces when the sun is out, Solar Office Doxford International, United Kingdom [Copyright: Dennis Gilbert Photographer]
Effect of glass/glass modules on the interior spaces, Solar Office Doxford International, United Kingdom
Brockhill is an extra sheltered housing scheme operated by Woking Borough Council, United Kingdom 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, United Kingdom 		Brockhill is an extra sheltered housing scheme operated by Woking Borough Council, United Kingdom 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, United Kingdom
A solar shading photovoltaic glazing system was installed at Woking’s Pool in the Park, United Kingdom 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, United Kingdom 		A solar shading photovoltaic glazing system was installed at Woking’s Pool in the Park, United Kingdom 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, United Kingdom 		A solar shading photovoltaic glazing system was installed at Woking’s Pool in the Park, United Kingdom 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, United Kingdom
30 kWp glass/glass laminates at the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
30 kWp glass/glass laminates at the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, United Kingdom 		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, United Kingdom
Eastern façade of Four Times Square, New York, USA [Copyright: Janna Johansson-Pereira]
Eastern façade of 4 Times Square, New York, USA 		Close-up view of curtain wall illustrates the BIPV panels (dark panels) can be mounted in exactly the same way as conventional glazing (lighter panels), 4 Times Square, New York, USA [Copyright: Janna Johansson-Pereira, Kiss + Cathcar]
Close-up view of curtain wall
4 Times Square, New York 		View of southern facade from the west, S.U.N.Y. University, New York, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
Southern facade from the west, S.U.N.Y. University, New York, USA 		Finished mounting of a typical sunshade, S.U.N.Y. University, New York, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
Finished mounting of a typical sunshade, S.U.N.Y. University, New York, USA
View of the Discovery Science Center Cube, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
Discovery Science Center Cube, USA 		The steel frame of the Discovery Science Center Cube, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
The steel frame of the Discovery Science Center Cube, USA 		View of the amorphous-silicon thin-film roof of the Nature Conservancy’s Conservation Learning Center, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
Amorphous-silicon thin-film roof of the Nature Conservancy's Conservation Learning Center, USA 		View of the amorphous-silicon thin-film roof of the Nature Conservancy’s Conservation Learning Center, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
Amorphous-silicon thin-film roof of the Nature Conservancy's Conservation Learning Center, USA
View of the “field of electric flowers”, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
The field of electric flowers, USA 		View of the hill and of the electric sunflowers, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
Hill with the electric sunflowers, USA 		View of the hill and of the electric sunflowers, USA [Copyright: Solar Design Associates Inc.]
Hill with the electric sunflowers, USA 		Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA, USA - 675 kW [Copyright: PowerLight Corporation]
Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA - 675 kW, USA
Domaine Carneros Winery, Napa, CA, USA - 120 kW [Copyright: PowerLight Corporation]
Domaine Carneros Winery, Napa, CA - 120 kW, USA 		125 kW PV system using RWE Schott Solar's FS mounting and ASE-300 PV modules at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma, CA, USA [Copyright: RWE Schott Solar, Inc.]
125 kW PV system at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma, CA, USA