Pneumatic PV facade with solar trackers

A group of researchers in Germany has designed a novel PV façade using two actuators that allow bending in two directions. The PV functionalization of FlectoSol aims for an energy self-sufficient shading system. Researchers at Germany's Institute for Textile and Fiber Technologies (ITFT) have designed a pneumatically activable PV façade equipped with solar tracking systems. "FlectoSol is the first compliant, adaptive façade shading module functionalized on both sides with photovoltaics and, by integrating two actuators in different laminate layers, enabling the movement in two directions required ...

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