BIPV Cost Drivers: What Moves a Facade Budget Most

The skin is the largest surface a building owns. BIPV turns it into equipment. A BIPV facade is not a solar system with a pretty cover. It is a building product that happens to make electricity. That difference decides how you budget it. You cannot price it like a solar array, because half the invoice belongs to the envelope. You cannot price it like a curtain wall either, because the electrical design starts before the glass is ordered. This guide breaks the cost into the parts you can control. It covers the three real cost drivers, the difference between a roof and a facade, and the numbers a developer will […]