ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES TO DELIVER PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS/ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES FOURNIRA DES SYSTÈMES PHOTOVOLTAÏQUES

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Johns Manville, a manufacturer of an extensive line of energyefficient building products, and Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., a manufacturer of proprietary, thin-film amorphous silicon-based photovoltaic (PV) laminates, announced that they have reached a multi-year agreement for Energy Conversion Devices to supply its UNl-SOLAR laminates to Johns Manville. To support its entry into the field of solar energy, Johns Manville has created a new business entity, the E3 Company.

Johns Manville wishes to incorporate Energy Conversion Devices' lightweight, flexible and durable UNI-SOLAR laminates into their single ply, built-up and modified bitumen roofing membrane systems in efforts to offer a range of new solar-energy producing roofing products to their customer base.

At less than one pound per square foot, UNISOLAR laminates are lightweight, non-intrusive and require no rooftop penetrations or mounting systems, eliminating the negative impact on roof life and performance that is associated with penetrating PV systems. Additionally, these thin-film PV laminates provide a solid return on investment through a low installed cost and low cost-per-kilowatthour of energy produced when compared to traditional rigid glass panel PV alternatives.

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ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES FOURNIRA DES SYST�MES PHOTOVOLTAIQUES

Johns Manville, fabricant d'une vaste gamme de mat�riaux de construction �co�nerg�tiques, et Energy Conversion Devices, inc., fabricant de pellicules stratifi�es photovolta�ques (PV) � base de silicium amorphe exclusives, ont annonc� avoir conclu une entente de plusieurs ann�es aux termes de laquelle Energy Conversion Devices fournira ses stratifi�s UNI-SOLAR � Johns Manville. Pour faciliter son arriv�e dans le domaine de l'�nergie solaire, Johns Manville a cr� une nouvelle entit� commerciale, la soci�t� E3.

Johns Manville souhaite incorporer les stratifi�s UNI-SOLAR l�gers, flexibles et durables d'Energy Conversion Devices dans ses syst�mes compos�s et modifi�s de membrane de toiture bitumeuse simple couche, afin d'offrir � sa client�le une gamme de produits de production d'�nergie solaire nouveaux.

Avec un poids inf�rieur � cinq kilogrammes par m�tre carr�, les stratifi�s UNI-SOLAR sont l�gers et non intrusifs et ne n�cessitent ni per�age ni dispositif de montage dans le toit, ce qui permet d'�viter les r�percussions n�gatives sur la dur�e de vie du toit et sur son rendement associ�es aux syst�mes PV p�n�trants. En outre, ces pellicules stratifi�es PV offrent un excellent rendement du capital investi, gr�ce � un co�t minime d'installation et au faible prix de revient de chaque kilowattheure d'�nergie produit, comparativement aux solutions PV rigides traditionnelles en verre.

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