SOLARCOLOR is an initiative created by the leading manufacturers of solar building materials.
What is SOLARCOLOR?
SOLARCOLOR is a system that provides for the comprehensive definition of solar modules‘ visual properties.
The target group
SOLARCOLOR is intended for building owners, architects, designers and urban planners as well as building envelope specialists, installers and manufacturers
of solar modules.
The purpose
Solar modules have become a building material. Applied to the facade, they turn into a representative shell and style-defining element that make a building’s character. Defining the visual properties in a binding manner ensures consistent communication across all project phases.
Constructions that include building-integrated photovoltaics entail a certain level of complexity. Projects consist of specific stages that range from concept and precise sampling all the way to the production process required for realizing the building. SOLARCOLOR is a binding standard for all parties involved at all stages.
Scope of definition
SOLARCOLOR comprises all levels: color value and brightness as well as the texture and surface structure of the solar glass. The design characteristics’ impact on the solar module performance is also taken into account.
Die Palette der Möglichkeiten ist sowohl bei der Wahl der Farbe wie auch der Definition des Glases nach oben offen. Bauen mit gebäudeintegrierter Photovoltaik bedeutet, der Individualität freien Lauf zu lassen.
Working with SOLARCOLOR
It has never been easier to transform visions for the solar building envelope into leading design. SOLARCOLOR provides architects in particular with a tool that facilitates the professional use of color in construction projects.
The color charts have been designed for everybody engaged with the planning, production and realization of building-integrated photovoltaics. Once the SOLARCOLOR values have been determined online using the COLOR FINDER, the sampling takes place.
Origin and background
SOLARCOLOR is an initiative created by the leading manufacturers of solar building materials. The processes that lead to the customized production of solar modules have come to maturity. The SOLARCOLOR standard grants all visionaries and designers access to well-engineered technology.