Saint-Gobain and the PV manufacturer Megasol, a European provider of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), announce a strategic partnership. As part of this, Saint-Gobain has acquired a minority stake in Megasol's business unit that develops and manufactures BIPV solutions at its site in Deitingen in Switzerland.
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The partnership enables Saint-Gobain to extend its sustainable solutions offer for facades and to become a provider of BIPV facade solutions in Europe, one of the fastest growing segments of facade construction. At the same time, it gives Megasol access to Saint-Gobain’s customer base.
Opportunities for revenue generation by energy feed-in
BIPV solutions make a significant contribution to sustainable construction and decarbonization by very efficiently producing energy on roofs and vertical facades of buildings. Building owners can not only comply with today’s and future energy regulations and increase their own energy efficiency, but they can also generate additional revenue by feeding the electricity into the grid.
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This partnership will further reinforce Saint-Gobain’s offering in sustainable facade solutions which varies from one country to another. These facade systems provide high performance and a reduced carbon impact thanks to less embodied carbon and lower energy requirements for a building in use.
