NSG Group’s Architectural Glass Solar Products Certified to Global Design and Safety Standards
NSG Group, the owner of the Pilkington brand, and one of the world’s largest glass producers, and Solaria Corporation, global provider of solar module technologies, today announced that the Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV powered-by-NEXBuilding has passed stringent testing by Kiwa Netherlands according to IEC61215 and IEC61730 certification standards. The receipt of this certification from Kiwa confirms that Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV architectural solar products comply with the product safety, design and quality tests. Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV is powered by NEXBuilding's PowerVision™ technology, an architectural solar glass solution that combines attractive aesthetics with effective daylighting, glare control, superior thermal performance and energy generation.
“Having passed this strict certification process, NSG Group’s architectural solar solutions offer our customers the greatest assurance of reliability and safety,” said Sing Koo, Value Added Product Manager, NSG Group Architectural Glass Europe. “Achieving IEC certification is a definitive mark of proven product readiness for architects, builders and developers. NSG Group is pleased to be able to offer the construction industry high quality BIPV products that can seamlessly replace traditional glass products on a wide variety of projects.”
Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV powered-by-NEXBuilding passed the obligatory tests to achieve IEC61215 and IEC61730. This enables Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV architectural solar products to be more easily adopted into the mainstream.
With compelling economics, high-energy efficiency and design flexibility, Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV powered-by-NEXBuilding combines NSG Group’s experience in high efficiency architectural glass solutions with NEXBuilding's PowerView™ technologies in a full line of trusted solar solutions.