Dan Davies, Chief Technology Officer at solarcentury talks to Emma Hughes, Editor of Design-BuildSolar about the future of BIPV from an installer’s perspective. Dan goes into detail on the current BIPV market, how he sees this shaping up in coming years and why he thinks the latest news of the UK feed-in tariff will have a strong impact on the future of solar in architecture in the UK and further a field.

The Head of Technical Services at the Electrical Contractors Association, Giuliano Digilio joined Design-BuildSolar at its offices in London on January 29 to discuss his role at the ECA and what the ECA has planned for BIPV in 2010. Giuliano talks about his experience with BIPV, what the electrical contractors role involves in regards to BIPV and what he sees in the future for this technology.

Dr Richard Wheal joins Design-BuildSolar at its offices in London to talk about his experience with BIPV and what he expects for this technology in the future. Rick talks us through his role at ARUP, when he first came across BIPV in his work, how he has found architects respond to the use of photovoltaics in their work and what he forecasts in the next couple of years for building integrated solar technology.