Pythagoras Solar announces its contribution to the Fraunhofer’s Building Technology Showcase

March 9, 2012
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Pythagoras Solar announced today that it will be participating in the first Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) Building Technology Showcase. Said showcase, the first of its kind and designed to demonstrate sustainable building technologies, is located in a research and demonstration site located in a building in Boston’s Innovation District. Pythagoras is among the partners contributing a total of US$2.7 million to building energy technologies and services to the new “living laboratory.”

“We are delighted to incorporate Pythagoras Solar's innovative solar window technology into our facility,” said Fraunhofer CSE Building Energy Efficiency group leader Kurt Roth. “Building-integrated solar PV is an important technology for commercial construction, and we're excited to enter into a partnership with Pythagoras to benefit from and help refine the technology's energy production potential as well as impacts on lighting, heating, and cooling.”

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Pythagoras is contributing photovoltaic glass units (PVGU), or solar windows, which will be designed to fit curtain wall and skylight applications

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