Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV Powered by Solaria Receives IEC Certification

NSG Group’s Architectural Glass Solar Products Certified to Global
Design and Safety Standards

VENLO, Netherlands & FREMONT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NSG Group, the owner of the Pilkington brand, and one of the world’s
largest glass producers, and Solaria Corporation, global provider of
solar module technologies, today announced that the Pilkington Sunplus™
BIPV powered-by-Solaria has passed stringent testing by Kiwa Netherlands
according to IEC61215 and IEC61730 certification standards. The receipt
of this certification from Kiwa confirms that Pilkington Sunplus™
BIPV architectural solar products comply with the product safety, design
and quality tests. Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV is powered by
Solaria’s PowerVision™ technology, an architectural solar glass solution
that combines attractive aesthetics with effective daylighting, glare
control, superior thermal performance and energy generation.

“Having passed this strict certification process, NSG Group’s
architectural solar solutions offer our customers the greatest assurance
of reliability and safety,” said Sing Koo, Value Added Product Manager,
NSG Group Architectural Glass Europe. “Achieving IEC certification is a
definitive mark of proven product readiness for architects, builders and
developers. NSG Group is pleased to be able to offer the construction
industry high quality BIPV products that can seamlessly replace
traditional glass products on a wide variety of projects.”

Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV powered-by-Solaria passed the obligatory
tests to achieve IEC61215 and IEC61730. This enables Pilkington Sunplus™
BIPV architectural solar products to be more easily adopted into the
mainstream.

With compelling economics, high-energy efficiency and design
flexibility, Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV powered-by-Solaria combines
NSG Group’s experience in high efficiency architectural glass solutions
with Solaria’s PowerView™ technologies in a full line of trusted solar
solutions.

About NSG Group

The NSG Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of glass and
glazing systems in three major business areas: Architectural, Automotive
and Technical Glass. Automotive serves the original equipment,
aftermarket replacement, and specialized transport glazing markets.
Architectural supplies glass for architectural and solar energy
applications. Technical Glass products include very thin glass for
displays, lenses and light guides for printers, and glass fiber, used in
battery separators and engine timing belts. It has major market shares
in most building and automotive product markets of the world, with a
broad geographic reach, enabling us to respond to customers whose
operations, particularly in the case of Automotive OE, are increasingly
global. Geographically, 38 percent of the Group’s sales are in Europe,
25 percent in Japan and 20 percent in North America, with the remaining
17 percent being generated in the rest of the world. For more
information, please visit www.nsg.com

About Solaria Corporation

Solaria Corporation is a solar technology company that is paving the way
for distributed, clean power generation through optimized solutions for
a range of applications. Leveraging its proven core technology, field
performance and sophisticated automation, Solaria delivers solutions
that address a unique set of requirements for the BIPV, agriculture,
rooftop and utility markets. Solaria headquarters are in California. For
more information, please visit www.solaria.com

Contacts

NSG Group
Mr Sing Koo
VA Manager Europe
[email protected]
or
Resolution
Communications for Solaria
Nandita Geerdink, + 1-415-269-4493
[email protected]