photovoltaic GLASS

Onyx Solar is the world’s leading manufacturer of transparent photovoltaic (PV) glass for buildings. PV Glass is used as a building material plus as an energy-generating device, capturing the sunlight and transforming it into electricity. It is made of two or more panes of heat treated, safety glass, and it provides the same thermal and sound insulation, and natural light as a conventional architectural glass. Thus, it is installed in lieu of conventional glass on building facades, curtain walls, atriums, canopies and terrace floor, among others.

By providing the same thermal performance as a conventional glass, along with clean, free electricity from the sun, buildings can drastically improve their energy efficiency, decrease O&M costs, and reduce their carbon footprint.

OUR GLASS IS

PHOTOVOLTAIC

PV Glass generates free and clean electricity, thanks to the sun. Turning buildings into vertical power generators.

MULTIFUNCTIONAL

PV Glass lets natural light in; it also provides thermal and sound insulation, and filters 99% harmful UV radiation, and up to 95% IR radiation.

ECONOMIC

Our PV Glass works as a revenue-accelerator, since it is the only building material that pays off! Enjoy long term energy savings, tax credits and incentives.

AESTHETIC

It can be customized in shape, color, size, thickness, and semi-transparency degrees, easing its integration within any project and design.

EASY TO INSTALL

Our photovoltaic glass is installer-friendly. From a mechanical standpoint, its installation is performed the same way as installing conventional glass.

Our proven experience in installation of photovoltaic projects enables us to be the more reliable partner for turnkey projects of PV glass. Check out our installers' network.

Photovoltaic glass Installers

OVER 250 PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD

Our photovoltaic glass has now been installed in over 250 projects across the planet, covering all markets (Government, Healthcare, Commercial, Transportation, Retail, Corporate and Education).

Several of our clients are well-known corporations who have led the adoption of photovoltaic glass within their industries. They are Apple Inc. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Samsung, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Pfizer, G.W. University, and many more.

Also, we provide regular design assistance to prominent architectural firms such as Foster+Partners, Gensler, Perkins+Will, S.O.M., A.S.+G.G., among others; and we have also partnered together with general contractors such as Turner, Skanska, Jacobs, KPRS, ACS and Ferrovial, to deliver our photovoltaic glass all around the world.

Tanjong Pagar

Located in the midst of Singapore’s financial center, this 64-storey tower is the tallest building in the country. Designed by S.O.M., the New York-based architecture firm, its design and construction was commissioned by the Korean multi-national company Samsung. It integrates a large photovoltaic canopy, covering the main entrance of the building.(27,986 sf).

Tanjong Pagar
PFIZER GENYO LABS

This project consists of a second photovoltaic skin anchored to the existing wall. It works as a double skin / ventilated façade concept, and it was made using semi-transparent, amorphous Silicon photovoltaic glass. Pfizer – the owner, enjoys natural light, improved thermal insulation and clean energy thanks to this pixel-like façade design.

PFIZER GENYO LABS
Dubai Frame

The Dubai Frame is an impressive rectangular picture-frame shaped building, 150 meters tall (492 Ft) and 105 meters wide (344 Ft), located in the Zabeel Park in Dubai. Its strategic location provides over 2 million visitors with spectacular views of the city’s other architectural jewels, framed on the horizon. It has been considered one of the world’s new attractions of the recent years, and one of the most original skyscrapers. Onyx Solar supplied gold-color photovoltaic glass for its rainscreen cladding system.

Dubai Frame
Bell Works

As a part of the complete revitalization of the two-million square-foot former Bell Labs facility into an iconic mixed use metroburb located in Holmdel, N.J., Onyx Solar has supplied Bell Works with 60,000 SqFt of amorphous silicon photovoltaic glass, to create the largest-of-its-kind photovoltaic skylight in the USA. As a landmark protected building, Onyx Solar designed a photovoltaic glass that mimics the original one, providing tons of natural light inside the building, and generating free and clean electricity for all its occupants.

Bell Works
COCA COLA-FEMSA HQ

Onyx Solar® executed this façade retrofit at FEMSA’s headquarters in Monterrey - Coca-Cola’s largest bottling plant company worldwide. This ventilated façade solution creates a second skin that improves the thermal insulation of the building while completely renovates the aesthetics of the building. The energy that it generates is distributed throughout the building to feed up to 15% of its energy needs. This amorphous Silicon installation demonstrates how efficiency is automatically improved when renovating a building using photovoltaic glass.

COCA COLA-FEMSA HQ

THE MOST AWARDED COMPANY OF PV GLASS IN THE WORLD

GLOBAL LEADER IN PV GLASS FOR BUILDINGS

The prestigious consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has awarded Onyx Solar with the “Global Building Integrated Photovoltaic Glass Technology Leadership Award”.

GLOBAL LEADER IN PV GLASS FOR BUILDINGS
BEST GLOBAL PROVIDER

BUILD Magazine awarded Onyx Solar with the best global photovoltaic glass provider award at the Sustainable Building Awards.

BEST GLOBAL PROVIDER
MOST INNOVATIVE GLASS

Onyx Solar’s glass has been acknowledged as the Most Innovative Glass Product of 2015 by Glass Magazine Awards, organized by the National Glass Association of the USA.

MOST INNOVATIVE GLASS
BEST EXTERIOR PRODUCT

The Architect’s Newspaper awarded Onyx Solar’s PV walkable floor as the best architectural product for outdoor applications. This magazine provides comprehensive information on the latest building materials, and architecture news.

BEST EXTERIOR PRODUCT
BEST OF WHAT'S NEW AWARDS – Popular Science Magazine

Onyx Solar´s photovoltaic pavers were awarded with the “Best of What’s New” mention under the Eingineering category, by Popular Science Magazine.

BEST OF WHAT'S NEW AWARDS – Popular Science Magazine