SolarWindow Technologies is a developer of electricity-generating coatings for commercial glass and flexible plastics. It creates transparent electricity-generating liquid coatings which when applied to glass or plastics convert passive windows and other materials into electricity generators under natural, artificial, low, shaded, and even reflected light conditions.
The company’s liquid coating technology has been presented to members of the US Congress and has received recognition in numerous industry publications. Its SolarWindow technology has been independently validated to generate 50-times the power of a conventional rooftop solar system and achieves a one-year payback when modeled on a 50-story building.
“Today’s announcement marks a major milestone for the production of commercial electricity-generating windows, our early target market” said John A. Conklin, President and CEO of SolarWindow Technologies. “It’s important for our customers, such as window manufacturers, to have confidence that our SolarWindow products perform under such rigorous autoclave conditions.”
Autoclave-manufacturing is a common method of production for flat, curved, tempered and solar glass, among others. To fabricate commonly used double and triple pane laminate windows, window manufactures utilize an ‘autoclave’ process to bond layers of glass with metal spacers using high heat and pressure. The laminate panel is then utilised to build insulated glass windows. This process reduces manufacturing costs and maximizes high throughput yield.
By applying SolarWindow coatings to glass windows, engineers envision turning entire buildings into vertical power generators. These electricity-generating windows could reduce electricity costs by up to 50% per year on a 50 story building, according to independently validated modeling.
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