Solar Shingles: Available Soon
Until now, solar energy’s two challenges have been cost and acceptance. Dow is working to change all that. Dow has been developing Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) building materials that enable solar energy cells to be incorporated directly into the design of commercial and residential building materials such as roofing systems, exterior sidings, fascias and more. Our BIPVs make solar power accessible and affordable for homeowners. The cost is much less than solar panels and is easier to install.
The Dow POWERHOUSE™ Solar Shingle (coming to the market soon) delivers true building-integrated aesthetics by integrating PV functionality into an asphalt roof-shingle form factor. It utilizes high-efficiency, CIGS-based, PV cells manufactured on a flexible substrate. These cells are laminated and subsequently over-molded into the final shingle design using conventional materials and polymer processing methods. Dow’s groundbreaking technology integrates low-cost thin-film photovoltaic cells into a roofing shingle design, which represents a multi-functional solar module. The innovative product design reduces installation costs because the conventional roofing shingles and solar generating shingles are installed simultaneously.
Pride of Austin Capital Partners encourages our builder borrowers to integrate energy efficient building products like this solar shingle into their projects. We do take into account the higher cost of energy saving products added to residential and commercial projects but we feel the extra cost is warranted as it increases the value of the asset as well as it is the right thing to do from a social concious standpoint. We encourage our builder borrowers to consider adding these types of features into their construction budgets when presenting a loan package to us.
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