Build Solar, a spin-out technology company from the University of Exeter, has developed a
highly innovative glass block construction solution – Solar Squared. The market-demanded innovation delivers greatly improved thermal efficiency and integrated energy harvesting within existing glass block manufacturing approaches, disrupting the construction materials market.
Solar Squared addresses all three elements of the energy trilemma and is a low-cost, secure, safe, efficient, clean energy, building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solution for the energy-intensive built environment. Build Solar is reducing the cost of BIPV energy and installation by seamlessly integrating advanced PV technology within a mass market construction material and unlocking new vertical spaces within our towns and cities for clean energy production.
