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HeliaFilm Installed on Concrete Facade

Offers promise as tomorrow’s clean and green power supply.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Europe´s first solar concrete wall was inaugurated yesterday at RECKLI’s headquarter in Herne, Germany. The façade, designed by RECKLI to fit the solar film from Heliatek (HeliaFilm), represents a novel approach to BIOPV – building integrated organic PV. RECKLI and Heliatek are demonstrating the next step towards a sustainable, net-zero energy building.   With an installed power of 1kWp, the south-west oriented wall will supply around 500 kWh of electricity per year. The energy produced will b...

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