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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 17:46:40 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>Nick Parsons</author>
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			<![CDATA[Has anyone used this, or do you know anything about it? The web-site I have been told but is 'polysolar', but there may be others. What is out there? Obviously the performance in terms of W/m2 is very low compared with conventional panels, but it no doubt has its place. In this case it is to replace a tin roof on an open-fronted building which was originally roofed in glass in the 1930s.]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 17:53:25 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[Don't do it!  Windows are for letting light in and for looking out of, solar panels are for generating electricity.<br /><br />Generally combining two functions leaves both compromised and with too many downsides.]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 17:58:41 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>ringi</author>
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			<![CDATA[It may be useful for "Curtain Walling" in office blocks.]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 18:02:28 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>SteamyTea</author>
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			<![CDATA[Could you combine normal modules with glazing?<br />You could chequer boards them, or put them around the periphery, a block in the middle or stripes.<br />Would take a bit of engineering to work out how to combine the two, but not that hard really.]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 18:12:18 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>skyewright</author>
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			<![CDATA[<blockquote ><cite >Posted By: tony</cite>Don't do it!  Windows are for letting light in and for looking out of, solar panels are for generating electricity.</blockquote><br />This is for a roof, not windows. What I've seen (can't recall where) just looked like tinted glass. Not a colour of tint we'd choose, but then we are fussy about colour casts (One of us is an artist. It's not me).]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 18:13:56 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>SteamyTea</author>
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			<![CDATA[<blockquote ><cite >Posted By: skyewright</cite>(One of us is an artist. It's not me)</blockquote>Get them to change the media they work in <img src="/newforum/extensions/Vanillacons/smilies/standard/wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" />]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 18:32:18 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[Why would you want a glass roof, the heat losses would be humongous]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 20:32:49 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>Nick Parsons</author>
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			<![CDATA[Tony, as per the OP, it's ''open-fronted building which was originally roofed in glass in the 1930s.'' There's no heat to lose!<br /><br />It's actually the (outdoor) viewing area for an open-air swimming pool.<br /><br />ST, It's in a National Park, so I doubt the Planners would like the conventional module/glass 'chequerboard', I am afraid.<br /><br />It does not need to be seen through, but the owners want it to look more like it used to.]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 16:53:42 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>jamesingram</author>
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			<![CDATA[Schuco do a system i believe.]]>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2016 09:20:19 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>renewablejohn</author>
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			<![CDATA[Do a search on here I wrote about it a couple of years ago for covering a new build barn so that we could also use it as a glasshouse.  At the time the numbers did not stack up as a conventional 30kw system was going to cost 25k and  for the same area of roof the polysolar would produce 10kw but cost 35k]]>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 20:59:07 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>JonnyJW</author>
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			<![CDATA[Polysolar - british<br />Onyx  - spanish<br />NSG Pilkington - ?]]>
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