SFS intec supplies fixings for urban project

SFS intec has delivered a renewable electricity generation facility within an urban streetscape in Washington DC, in collaboration with Telling Architectural.

The town and city streetscapes now generate their own green electricity thanks to the fully integrated system.

The redevelopment project features a prominent new pedestrian plaza which includes a series of ornamental glass canopies that incorporate photovoltaic (PV) modules.

The Civic Plaza is one of the first urban streetscapes of its kind in the world to have its own renewable electricity generation capability.

The electricity generating canopies are designed to resemble sculptured flowers within a hardscaped public space at a major road junction.

They were constructed by attaching a series of pre-drilled rectangular and radiused laminated glass panels which incorporate PV cells, to a brushed stainless steel tubular framework using SFS intec's spider and point fixings.

The renewable electricity generation capability of the canopies is delivered using Vidursolar photovoltaic modules, which are part of Telling Architectural's Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) solutions.

The BIPV units for this particular project have been created using laminated safety glass with PVB as the interlayer.

They fully comply with safety standards for glazing in public areas.

It is estimated that the six PV units will produce about 3,600 kWh/year based on solar radiation data via Meteonorm for Washington DC.

The total installed PV power is 3.090 Wp (515 Wp per unit).

SFS intec's spider fittings attach the PV modules to the steel framework.

Single, double and 4-arm stainless steel spiders were used in combination with ALP 45 dia raised point fixings.

These precision engineered stainless steel fittings ensure long term structural reliability, even with extreme wind and snow loadings, without compromising the architect's design.

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