CASE - Facade Innovation: Performance, Optimization and Integration

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IC SOLAR FACADE PRESENTATION / HELIOPTIX Facade Innovation: Performance, Optimization and Integration Presentations and Roundtable Discussion


HeliOptix is a daylighting, energy harvesting & building efficiency system. HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL


SUITABILITY FOR CONCENTRATING PV

2500 kWh m² IDEAL

2000

1500

1000

500

Source: www.meteonorm.com

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Syracuse University: New York

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Fashion Institute of Technology: New York

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Medical Campus: Middle East

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Mixed Use Tower: Korea

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Incheon Airport, South Korea


Incheon Airport, South Korea


PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT

Generation 1

Generation 2

Generation 3

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GENERATION 4 / ETFE MODEL

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Courtesy of SHoP Architects

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How does it perform relative to conventional technology? HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL


HeliOptix has a 6X electrical advantage over Thin-Film HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL


It tracks the sun 6:00 AM

12:00 PM

6:00 AM

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& transmits 80% of diffused daylight

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Syracuse University: New York HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL


PERFORMANCE & AREA AREA COMPARISON COMPARISIONTO TOACHIEVE ACHIEVE18.5 18.5WATTS WATTS

500 cm² ONE Module

960 cm² Mono Crystalline: Rigid Flat panel

1276 cm² Poly Crystalline: Rigid Flat panel

1947 cm² CIGS: Flexible Film

3083 cm² Amorphous Silicone: Flexible Film HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL


PV TYPE - ELECTRICAL PRODUCTION COMPARISON HeliOptix 500

400 350

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

VERNAL EQUINOX

450

Poly c-Si CIGS a-Si

300

WINTER EQUINOX

Annual Energy Production (kWh)

SUMMER EQUINOX

Mono c-Si

250 200 150 100 50 0

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

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SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS

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SOLAR SOLAR MODULE MODULE COMPONENTS COMPONENTS Heat Sink Solar Cell Second Lens

Pyramid Connector

Fresnel Lens

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SOLAR MODULE PERFORMANCE ( AIR COOLING)

Assumes: 1000 W m²

50 W

15% Optical loss as scattered light & heat.

42.5 W to solar cell

43% Efficency 18.27 W DC

24 W to be rejected from enclosure. HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL


SOLAR CELL & OPTICAL SCALE SOLAR & OPTICAL SCALE

Generation 6: Test cell

~27cm

~ 22cm

Multi-Junction Solar Cell ACTUAL SIZE

Concentrator Module DEPTH & WIDTH ARE FLEXIBLE

1cm² solar cell 43% efficiency

Concentrates 500 times Equivalent to a 500cm² solar cell HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL


SOLAR CELL DURABILITY SOLAR CELL DURABILITY

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MATERIALS

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Ax

Fresnel Lens: PMMA: (Acrylic Glass) Pyramid Connector: PMMA: (Acrylic Glass)

Ball Bearings:

Pivot Clamp: (Cast Aluminum)

Support Fins: (Extruded Aluminum)

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End Supports: (Cast Aluminum)

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Structural connection to bldg structure: (Steel)

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ASSEMBLY

End Support

Lateral Supports / Pivot Bar

Solar Module

Support Fins

End Support Stepper Motor

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MOTOR RELIABILITY

HeliOptix: 25 years = 219,000 hours = 365,000 revolutions = 6.08 hours of continuous use*

* 6.08 hours of continuouse use at 1000 rpm. (1000 rpm = 15% rated tourque of stepper motor.) ** Reliability test performed by Precision Motors Private Limited reports Mean Time Between Failure ‘MTTF’ of 21,504 hours of continuous use at 70% rated torque of the motor.

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MODULAR & SCALABLE

277 Watts DC

≥4M

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in)

≤ 15

Mod

ules

(max

)-5

mete

rs

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MODULAR & SCALABLE

≤5M

eter

s

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SOLAR CONCENTRATOR / ETFE PILLOW: (AIR COOLED) 100%

53% Removed as hot air

4%Loss

4%Loss 15% Optical Loss

33.7% to Electricity

1.5% Remaining in Pillow

53% Removed as hot air

1.5% Heat transmitted 80% Diffused light transmitted

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INSTALLATION

2

1

Hoist

3

Enclose

Bolt

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SIMPLE PAYBACK PAYBACK -- HeliOptix SIMPLE HeliOptix vs. vs. Thin-Film Thin-Film (No (Nosubsidies) Subsidies) HeliOptix $65/ft² HeliOptix $95/ft² HeliOptix E+T $130/ft² CIGS, Opaque CIGS, 30% Transparent a-Si, Opaque a-Si, 30% Transparent CIGS / a-Si represented at $30/ft²

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Courtesy: SHoP Architects

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