ENERGISE YOUR FACADE

with Liberta Solar panels

RUUKKI DESIGN PALETTE - ENERGY

rchitecturally impressive glass facade for converting sun rays into energy.

The most cost-effective choice for a fullyglazed facade that generates energy from the sun. Investment that reects responsibility and environmental aspects. Spearhead product with most advanced and efficient photovoltaic technology. We deliver a pre-designed solution, ready to be connected to the grid. Installation is fast and reliable, just plug-and-play. To complete your vision - create a glass facade, or combine metal with glass and solar energy in an innovative way for your entire building with Ruukki Design Palette architectural claddings.

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ARCHITECTURE & ENERGY

Liberta Solar Facade Liberta Glass Facade Combinations

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INVESTMENT TECHNICAL SOLUTION DELIVERY & INSTALLATION REFERENCE TOOLS FOR THE WORK

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ARCHITECTURE & ENERGY

Liberta Solar
Height: 630 mm Width: 1190 mm Depth: 39 mm Horizontal and vertical joints: 8 mm Fasteners: concealed Appearance: Nearly black glass surface Please always verify the specications at www.ruukki.com
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 Liberta Solar Facade enables solutions of a high architectural standard Functionally and visually completely integrated to faade with no visible add-ons Building integrated photovoltaic system: Glass element including photovoltaic lm (PV Glass module) is integrated to Liberta Rainscreen panel steel frame Sustainable and renewable energy production to meet the near future even tighter regulations Module power: 90 Wp, power per m2: 120 Wp/m2, Example: ~230 m2 produces annually 18 000 kWh. In Finland this covers one year energy need for heating a small/private house. Suitable for new buildings and renovation as well for office, commercial, industrial and residential construction

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Liberta Glass
Width and height: project-specic Depth: 39 mm Horizontal and vertical joints: 8 mm Fasteners: concealed Please always verify the specications at www.ruukki.com
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 Liberta Glass Facade provides architecturally high standard, cost efficient and fully integrated solution for glass facade Glass element is attached to Liberta Rainscreen panel steel frame Available in ve standard colours (left 1. Papyrus White RAL 9018, 2. Agate Grey RAL 7038, 3. Telegrey RAL 7046, 4. Granite Grey RAL 7026, 5. Traffic Black RAL 9017, as well as in variety of project specic colours. Liberta Glass panels provide also visually consistent, free-sized complementary solution for Liberta Solar facade corners and openings. (See picture below 1. Liberta Glass panel 2. Liberta Solar panel - unied glass facade combining Liberta Solar and Glass) Liberta Glass panels enable stylish and precis corner details (See picture 3)

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Combine
Ruukki Design Palette: Shapes Materials Colours Energy
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 Liberta Solar is part of Ruukki Design Palette product family - providing an extra dimension to the palette in form of ENERGY generation Liberta Solar is easy to combine with other Design Palette products, allowing for greater exibility in design options and complete facade solutions in creative combinations of shapes, materials and colours for your entire building: SHAPES - Liberta Rainscreen panels, Cladding lamellas and Design proles MATERIALS - like steel, aluminium and Cor-Ten COLOURS - in PVDF and powder coating with quality and wide variety Create a glass facade, or combine metal with glass and solar energy in an innovative way. Unied surfaces, rich in nuances. www.ruukki.com/designpalette

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Green energy and image
Solar facade is ecologically sustainable and meets the global need for renewable energy. The photovoltaic solar facade complies with the latest requirements for higher energy efficiency and helps in obtaining LEED and BREEAM credits. It also decreases real estate maintenance costs and reduces carbon emissions. Liberta Solar facade is a value adding solution for both the real estate owner and the end user.
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Payback time
Payback time is dependent on a number of factors, including tariffs, the sun and weather conditions, geographical location and local energy pricing. If tariffs are used in your country, the produced energy will be fed into general grid and compensated with certain input price, after which electricity needed for the building is obtained at standard price. In countries where no tariffs are used, the produced energy will be utilized by the building itself.

Smaller garbon footprint - case example Finland

Annual electricity production ~ 84 kWh/m2 Annually avoided CO2 emissions 74 kg/m2.

Cost efficient solar facade system

As a fully integrated solution: 1. 2. 3. 1. Simple fastening system 2. Fully integrated energy production 3. Ready glass surface Solar facade is the most cost-effective choice for a fully-glazed facade that generates energy from the sun.

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ARCHITECTURE TECHNICAL INVESTMENT SOLUTION & ENERGY

Power generation & technology
Liberta Solar panels PV-modules are based on photovoltaic CIGS thin-lm technology (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) which is fast becoming the dominant technology in solar cells. The system is not dependent on solar heat, only on radiation, making energy collection possible even when the weather is overcast and/or during light summer nights in North. To maximize the energy generation it is recommended to design the Liberta Solar panel area as unied as possible and to be oriented southwards.
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Technical solution
Ruukki Solar Facade is fully integrated facade system which converts solar radiation directly to electricity utilizing the most advanced and efficient PV-lm technology. 1. No visible cables, no penetrations to wall, all cables are in space behind the panels 2. Behind the wall electricity is collected via cables 3. The electricity is transmitted to the inverter via cables 4. Inverter converts the electricity into alternating current (AC) which is the most used power type of electrical devices

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ARCHITECTURE DELIVERY INVESTMENT & INSTALLATION & ENERGY

Delivery content
1. Liberta Solar panels & support studs / accessories 2. Array box (optional) 3. AC and DC (optional) switches for safety and maintenance 4. Inverter which converts the electricity into AC format 5. Required cables for the Solar panel area & energy kwh counter (counter optional) 1. 4. 3. 2. AC 3. BC

Delivery package
Solar facade is pre-designed solution, ready to be connected to grid - delivery includes all the components and accessories required on the site. The system will require individual projectspecic local approval. In countries where a feed-in-tariff system is used, all produced energy is fed into the grid and bought back what needed. Contract with a local power network distributor is required. In areas where there is no feed-in-tariff, the electricity is utilized directly for the real-estates own purposes.

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Installation
Electrical system installation - foolproof and reliable
All cabling behind modules, ready wiring harness Factory-made connectors, fast to use Wiring system easy to follow for electrician Inverter fully automatic with all safety aspects Wiring and connecting as everyday work for electrician

Liberta Solar panel installation - fast and easy

1. Attach support studs to backing wall 2. Solar panels are attached to frame with screws 3. Start from lower left corner (pictures: Liberta Glass corner example) 4. Principle as normal Liberta Rainscreen panels, tested over 20 y

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REFERENCES
Ruukki R&D Centre
Liberta Solar Facade with 1 kWp system on the wall to south, Hmeenlinna, Finland. Module power: 90 Wp System nominal power ~120 Watts (peak) per m2 Net area for 1 kWp: 8,3 m2/kWp Annual production: 680 kWh/a, CO2 emissions avoided: 600 kg/a Calculated energy production ~ 84 kWh/year/m2 Calculated avoided CO2 ~ 74 kg/year/m2 16

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Tools for the work

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Ideas and visions into a project

For inspiration - experience the shape and its details on the nished facade surface. Energise your facade with Liberta Solar panels. Visualize the material and colours in different lightings and from various perspectives with the Ruukki Design Palette visualizer: www.ruukki.com/designpalette For facilitating your work - CAD-tools, design guides and product infomation available when developing ideas and visions into a design project. Fast and easy installation - carefully considered details, clear guides and perfectly tting products. Information and tools can easily be found from our web pages: www.ruukki.com - building solutions - facade claddings: Dimensioning, Materials, Colours & coatings and availability Accessories: ashings to complete the facade with carefully nished details Design tools: Autocad 2D dwg -details and ready modelled 3D ocjects with accurate product information - are being frequently added and updated. Installation and maintenance guides Order forms & delivery instructions Contact information When developing your ideas and visions into a design project, we would like to give our best contribution to you.

User experiences and feedback from architects and contractors that Elmer Larsen, Manager at Ruukki Construction, expressed after presenting the Visualizer for the rst time in United Kindom:

"...Every single person which I presented the visualizer to have given very positive feedback to the Visualizer tool and generally have all been impressed with what it can do. Architects in particular are impressed and see this as a new idea and a way to get an initial idea to how various types of proles and colours would work and help them to get a better understanding of the nished product. Contractors do also feel that this will be useful to present ideas to a clients but also making it possible to get an instant message across during a meeting to establish potential alternatives..."

Ruukki Design Palette Visualizer www.ruukki.com/designpalette

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Positive challenge

The journey how the Liberta Solar Facade has evolved is fascinating. In a big company like Ruukki, different functions and organisations in co-operation with customers as well, can create together a crossfunctional system - an ecosystem where different parties are sparring and feeding each other. And when able to conclude the development paths with combined effort, we are on the way for introducing innovative and successful end products like Solar Facade for you. Liberta Solar Facade will complete the Ruukki Design Palette - architectural claddings offering with new dimension, active energy generation. The facade cladding is no longer just a passive raincoat. This is one step on the mission for building architecturally high standard and sustainable environment for all of us. However, without you it is not possible to succeed in the mission towards better architecture and environment. We contribute by doing our best - and would like to challenge you to join our journey with all of your energy when implementing the built environment for all of us. Laura Paunila M. Sc. Architecture Manager for architectural claddings at Ruukki Construction

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The research and development work started with special interest for solar energy and photovoltaic technology with business potential. Pretty soon we identied possibilities for building integrated solutions. The most promising integrated solution seemed to be the novel thin lm CIGS-technology combined with glass. At the same time we identied a product - Liberta Glass panels - innovated recently within Ruukki, that would provide a perfect platform when developing the building integrated photovoltaic solution further. The Liberta Glass panels were developed for architecturally high standard and cost efficient new type of solution for a glass facade, utilizing Ruukkis well known Liberta Rainscreen panel system in an innovative way. Then we simply combined the Liberta Glass panel with photovoltaic thin lm modules. This simple, yet clever combination sealed the successful outcome - spearhead product to be introduced to the markets.

Harri Eerola Application expert Rautaruukki Corporation

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