SolarFrameWorks BIPV Solar System Completed at New England Patriot Place

August 30, 2010 – Vol.15 No.24

SolarFrameWorks BIPV Solar System Completed at New England Patriot Place.

SolarFrameWorks, of Golden Colorado, a Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) manufacturer, has announced the largest BIPV CoolPly™ system in the state of Massachusetts has been completed by Constellation Energy Projects & Services Group (CEG). The 525 kilowatt, state-of-the-art BIPV commercial roofing system is providing clean, renewable energy to the Kraft Group’s Patriot Place Complex, adjacent to Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

The Association of Energy Engineers, New England chapter named the Patriot Place BIPV CoolPly™ Solar Project as the: “Best Energy Project in New England,” awarding it the 2009 Energy Project Award. Projects selected for this award must push the envelope for creativity and/or comprehensiveness.

CEG financed the BIPV CoolPly™ system through a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Kraft Group. Under the PPA, CEG will own the energy assets and sell the electricity it generates on site to Patriot Place. The 525 kilowatt BIPV CoolPly™ power system on Patriot Place spans seven rooftops. The system supplies one-third of the electrical needs of Patriot Place and will generate 12 million plus kilowatts hours of energy over the next 20 years.

SolarFrameWorks manufactures BIPV CoolPly™ in its solar-powered facility in Golden, Colorado. SolarFrameWorks manufactured this system with made in the USA materials. Suppliers include Firestone Building Products and Evergreen Solar. Silktown Roofing Company, a SolarFrameWorks partner, installed the proprietary solar electric roofing system.

The state-of-the-art BIPV CoolPly™ system simultaneously cools the roof and cools the solar modules in the summer. In the winter, the system provides additional insulation preventing heat loss while optimizing power production to promote optimal power production and energy conservation in commercial buildings.

Air channels engineered into BIPV CoolPly™ create an air cooling, chimney effect which pulls hot air away from the underside of the PV module optimizing the operating temperatures and performance of the system. The white, reflective membrane and mounting substrate of CoolPly™ increase the building’s thermal efficiency.

BIPV CoolPly™ is installed using traditional roofing methods and can be attached to a roof by heat welding, adhesion or ballast.

SolarFrameWorks is a small woman-owned manufacturing business located near the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a leading institute for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. SolarFrameWorks’ CEO, Dr. Patrina Eiffert, a former NREL employee, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of BIPV, holds patents in photovoltaic technology.

BIPV CoolPly™ is one product in SolarFrameWorks product line inventing the future for the applications for photovoltaic technology. (8/27/10)

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