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CLIENT: SRG Global
ARCHITECT: FJC Studio and BVN Architecture
CONTRACTOR: Richard Crookes Constructions
YEAR: 2026
STATUS: In Progress
PRODUCT: Solar feature glass
AREA: 405 m2
SYSTEM SIZE: 49kWp
ClearVue to use one of its building-integrated photovoltaic solutions to deliver solar feature glass for the roof section between the 44th and 50th floors – a first commercial order to place ClearVue solar glazing on top of the high rise building. The installation with pure black feature glass that delivers solar energy while maintaining the aesthetic required for such a landmark project. SRG Global through Richard Crookes Constructions engages ClearVue to support achieving 6 Star NABERS rating and contribute to the City of Sydney’s net zero objectives.
Sayeed Ansari, Project Manager at SRG Global, said:
“ClearVue’s proprietary solar glass solutions embed photovoltaic technology within high-performance glazing and façade systems, delivering a sustainable, energy-efficient alternative. In the City Tattersalls Club redevelopment, the integration of ClearVue’s advanced BIPV technology will enhance the building’s sustainability and energy performance targets. The SRG team along with the project’s architects were particularly impressed by the visual appeal of ClearVue’s products, which seamlessly matched the non-photovoltaic materials used on the building—providing the project architects with the creative freedom essential for a sophisticated design execution.”
100 ClearVue solar skylights units will be installed in the façade of a revamped World Bank Administration Building at Abuja, Nigeria, providing building with renewable energy and reducing carbon footprint.
CLIENT: World Bank
ARCHITECT: Manning Architects
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Venco Imtiaz Construction Company
YEAR: 2025
STATUS: In progress
PRODUCT: 100 x CPV Solar Skylights
SYSTEM OUTPUT: 37,800 kWh p.a.
CARBON SAVINGS: 22,680 kg p.a.
ClearVue will provide solar skylights for a new Administration building for the World Bank’s campus in Abuja, Nigeria. The contract marks the first sale of ClearVue solar skylights as well as the first commercial project in Africa. Valued at circa $AUD 100,000, the project will install 100 photovoltaic skylights generating 37,800 kWh per annum, saving 22,680 kg of carbon each year.
Designed by Manning Architects, the World Bank building is a sustainable construction showcase targeting LEED Gold, WELL and EDGE certifications. The general contractor for the project is Venco Imtiaz Construction Company, headquartered in Dubai.
A pilot project with modular homes manufacturer utilizing ClearVue BIPV products to deliver net zero modular homes.
CLIENT: Prefabulous
YEAR: 2025
STATUS: In Progress
PRODUCT: Generation 2 solar glazing, high performance solar cladding
AREA: 74 m2
SYSTEM SIZE: 16.52kW
Prefabulous is trialing ClearVue’s solar glazing and cladding products as part of its push toward net zero modular homes. By integrating ClearVue’s energy-generating building materials, Prefabulous aims to boost energy efficiency without sacrificing design or ease of installation. If the pilot proves successful, these modular homes incorporating ClearVue solar products will become a standard option for Prefabulous customers.
Founder and Managing Director of Prefabulous, Gavin King, commented: “Our customers are looking for sustainable housing solutions that look great. This trial is part of our broader effort to provide energy-efficient, eco-friendly housing and is based on extensive research work conducted over the last few years with the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre and University of Wollongong.”
You can follow the progress at Prefabulous Instagram
ClearVue provides solar glass products for a curtain barn project built in California.
CLIENT: System USA
LAUNCH DATE: 2025
STATUS: in progress
PRODUCT: solar greenhouse glass (various specs and sizes)
AREA: 1,050 m2
SYSTEM CAPACITY: up to 234,000 kWh p.a.
The second order reaffirms the successful collaboration between ClearVue and System USA, for the project to create an 89kW solar plant. The first order, placed in October 2023, was for the supply of ClearVue’s clear solar glass solutions for greenhouses and was later expanded.
Peter Fryn, President of System USA:
“Our experience with ClearVue’s solar glazing technology has been very positive. The performance and efficiency of the product exceeded our expectations, and we are excited to further integrate ClearVue’s solutions into our greenhouse projects. This second order marks another step forward in our partnership and commitment to sustainable agriculture.”
More information:
ClearVue secures repeat order from System USA for solar greenhouse demonstrator showroom, 4 July 2024
California Custom Greenhouse Company, System USA, Inc., Signs Contract for ClearVue Solar Glazing System, October 2023
ClearVue Technologies a system consisting of 217 black spandrel panels for the equipment screen on the Enex100 building located at 100 St George’s Terrace in Perth, Australia.
CLIENT: ISPT
CONSULTANT: Obi Energy
LAUNCH DATE: March 2025
STATUS: in progress
PRODUCT: Full black shingled BIPV panels, 1200mm x 1500mm x 13.5mm, glass 6+6 laminated, power output of 300Wp per panel
AREA: 360 m2
SYSTEM CAPACITY: 65.1kWp
ClearVue is delivering a system consisting of 217 black spandrel panels for the façade of an iconic building in Perth CBD. This marks a first order for its solar building envelope solution for the Enex100 building located at 100 St George’s Terrace in Perth, Australia
This initial order marks the first sale of part of ClearVue’s solar building envelope solutions validating the company’s commercial strategy to offer a complete solar façade product suite for building owners, developers, and architects.
Garry Hendrix, Senior Engineer at ISPT, the property owner of Enex100:
“For ISPT, it is crucial to enhance the sustainability and thereby the value of our property portfolio while meeting our tenants’ and stakeholders’ broader ESG expectations. We were the first Australian property company to achieve carbon neutrality across our portfolio in 2020 and we challenge ourselves to become carbon positive from 2025.
ISPT reviewed several competitive solutions but were attracted to ClearVue products due to the innovative design that delivers the key deployment requirements of the construction industry.”
Obi Energy, commercial solar specialists advising ISPT:
“As independent specialists involved in sourcing energy solutions for our corporate clients, we are very pleased to have been introduced to ClearVue’s innovative solutions for the building envelope through our work for ISPT.
Additionally, we are looking forward to exploring the use of other ClearVue building envelope solution products in future projects, both with ISPT and with our wider client portfolio.”
8 ClearVue clear solar glazing units will be installed in the façade of a CFMEU Training and Wellness Centre, marking the first commercial installation of our Generation 2 solar glazing.
CLIENT: The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, and Employees Union (CFMEU)
CONTRACTOR: Kapitol Group
ARCHITECT: Hayball
YEAR: 2024
STATUS: Completed
PRODUCT: CPV Gen2 Solar Glazing
AREA: 16 m2
CAPACITY: 380 Wp
CARBON SAVINGS: 94.8 kg CO2-e per year
The CFMEU will incorporate Generation 2 ClearVuePV solar windows into the façade of its new Training and Wellness Centre in Carlton – making it the first facade project in Australia to specify ClearVue’s unique solar glazing technology from the outset.
The decision by the CFMEU marks the organisation’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions from the built environment.
Project architects Hayball aim to receive a 5-Star GreenStar certification and a Gold WELL certification for the project with ClearVue’s solution an integral part of the submission.
Kapitol Group’s Project Manager on the CFMEU Training and Wellness Centre, Tom Stephens, explains the importance of engaging sustainable suppliers on Kapitol’s building projects: “One of our core company values is to ‘do no harm’, and engaging with suppliers like ClearVue means we can build more sustainable buildings that will minimise their environmental impact for decades to come.”
You can watch the video of the installation, and Channel Nine news report.
ClearVue’s public park project is now complete, with the the official opening of at The Drying Green Park, Zetland, Sydney on Saturday, 15 October 2022 by City of Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore.
The LGA’s original concept for this public area was the creation of a showcase ‘Light Park’, for local residents and other visitors to enjoy and safely relax amongst a nature-scape within the city, day or night.
In addition to generating renewable power for lighting at the park, while maintaining views to the sky with up to 70% visible light transparency (VLT), a key feature of the ClearVuePV product that is being installed on the roof of this structure is its health benefits to park users.
The triple glazed low-e aspects of the ClearVuePV product provides protection from the sun’s heat and harmful UV and IR rays and is a significant benefit that our product contributes to this project.
ClearVue’s glazing is currently being deployed into the east, south and west sides of a strawberry greenhouse which forms part of the ‘Aqua Ignis Hot Springs’ project in Sendai City, Japan.
ClearVue’s PV glazing will contribute to the eco credentials of the Aqua Ignis project with the PV glazing panels on the greenhouse expected to generate approximately 8573 kWh of renewable energy per year based on modelling for that region.
The Aqua Ignis Hot Springs project, centered around a natural sodium chloride / bicarbonate hot spring, is set to become a significant tourist attraction int he region with visitors able to visit the strawberry greenhouse and experience ClearVue’s world leading solar PV glazing solution.
Construction of ClearVue’s world-first clear solar glass greenhouse is now complete.
The greenhouse was officially opened at 1pm WST on 19 April 2021 by WA Innovation Minister Mr Don Punch, Federal Member for Cowan Dr Anne Aly, along with Murdoch University Vice Chancellor Professor Eeva Leinonen, Murdoch Pro Vice Chancellor (Food Futures Institute) Professor Peter Davies and ClearVue Technologies Executive Chairman Victor Rosenberg.
Partially funded by a AUD$1.6 million grant from the Australian Federal Government’s AusIndustry Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) program and built by Ryan Winston of blanc. Construction, the greenhouse incorporates a range of sensors that record and present an array of data in real time, providing scientists with accurate information relating to conditions like temperature, humidity and the actual amount of light that plants are receiving.
Plant trials will now be undertaken by Professor Chengdao Li of Murdoch University and the UN Food Security Council, which will be peer-reviewed and published in the future.
Thank you to all those involved in its construction and who have supported ClearVue throughout this significant milestone project.
Watch the build & enjoy highlights from the greenhouse launch here.
In collaboration with Murdoch University researchers in the Discipline of Engineering & Energy and several other local industries, two ClearVue solar glass windows have been installed in a prototype transportable mining hut (or “donga”) at Murdoch University. This project is an initiative with major mining companies such as BHP and Rio Tinto, who are setting targets of net zero carbon emissions across their operations by 2050. ClearVuePV’s solar windows have been used in conjunction with a range of other sustainable, low carbon building products and technologies aimed to increase energy efficiency and thermal comfort for occupants, particularly FIFO workers.
Data collected from the donga’s monitoring system will be used to assess energy consumption and thermal comfort levels, which can then be used to validate a virtual building model able to simulate a mine-site based in the north of WA.
The Fujisan Winery Expansion Project near the base of Mount Fuji and less than two hours from central Tokyo in Japan, is an expansion project, featuring three new greenhouses.
This winery is being built in an untouched natural preserve area and is working closely with the local prefecture to make itself as a showcase sustainable community project.
ClearVue’s IGUs will be retrofit into the first greenhouse as a pilot to support local sustainability, equaling about 28 square meters.
Built adjacent to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Village by Jinmao Green Building Technology Co. Limited, a subsidiary of Hong Kong listed Jinmao Green Building (itself a subsidiary of China SOE, Sinochem), the newly built villas have been fit with ClearVuePV Solar Glass with a PDLC based dynamically tinting glazing feature. The structure’s construction is currently in the fit-out stage and we have also now commenced negotiations for a formal distribution agreement with Jinmao.
ClearVue is supplying their solar PV integrated window technology for the MirrecoTM Lumecast® prototype display lab to be connected into the adjacent Commonwealth Funded ‘Living Laboratory’, located in East Village in Knutsford, East Fremantle.
The display lab will incorporate a mixture of environmentally friendly and cost-efficient living solutions and is intended to provide ClearVue with an entry into the booming tiny/micro home residential property construction market.
Designed by leading architectural practice Arcforms, the display lab floors, walls and roof will be constructed with Mirreco’s hemp biomass panels made with proprietary, non-synthetic polymers and an innovative manufacturing process and is intended to be used for ground-breaking data collection and performance analytics.
The Warwick Atrium was ClearVue’s first demonstration project, trialing the reliability and energy generation in a real-world context. The IGUs power the indoor lighting, outdoor signage and display screen of the shopping centre. Data is collected from the site on an ongoing basis allowing us to monitor the efficiency and power generation of the structure.
Further to the progress of the trial, a technical scientific study was carried out by Edith Cowan University researchers who collected and analyzed data from the trial site. The study has formed the basis for a peer-reviewed scientific journal article published in globally distributed journal Applied Sciences (Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(19), 4002) on 24 September 2019.
Vicinity’s media release on the trial project can be found here.
