SwissINSO Holding Inc. (fka SWHN)

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This article gives an interesting overview of a BIPV markets research report (that apparently was published in early July). I like this language in particular:

"This new BIPV market research believes that BIPV's best chance to take off commercially is for vendors to emphasize aesthetics, and even the "smarts" of BIPV, and not just energy efficiency. This will allow them to tap substantial addressable markets, especially in the US, Germany, Japan and China, where the demand for solar panels is already large. BIPV roofing is still the largest segment of this market throughout the forecast period, although a significant growth is expected in both glass and walling applications. For the "true" BIPV leading into monolithic and multifunctional products, the real opportunities are in the glass sector in particular, representing roughly $2.1 billion in shipments by 2018 and $6.3 billion by 2022.

The long-anticipated evolution of BIPV is in truly monolithically integrated PV materials in which there are no clear distinction between the energy and roofing subsystems. Within this transition comes a new set of economic rules and guidelines, in which this report sees huge cost-saving opportunities. Primary among them is a shift in supply-chain thinking to create new BIPV business ecosystems that align PV and construction product firms (e.g. glass companies) with flatter and wider networks of local and regional partners. Building a strong network of downstream partners, ones who understand the value and messaging around BIPV, are as crucial today as ever. An alternative straight-to-channel strategy leaves the architect out of the picture, surrendering some of BIPV's higher value to systems integrators, construction firms, installers and retailers, to encourage their buy-in. Not everyone will be able to go this route, however."


http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bipv-market-worth-26-billion-by-2022-says-a-new-research-report-on-bipv-technologies-and-markets-for-2015-2022-522139451.html