The concepts behind the category
Category education first: what BIPV is, how envelope solar is evaluated, and how products are selected and sourced. Resources marked "in preparation" are in active writing — nothing here is filler.
The BIPV Guide
A working set of guides covering the concepts teams need before the first feasibility conversation. Planned first pieces:
- What is BIPV?
- BIPV vs BAPV — what changes when the panel becomes the envelope?
- Solar façades: where do they make sense?
- Transparent and semi-transparent PV
- BIPV fire & certification considerations
- How to evaluate façade solar potential
- The BIM-to-BIPV workflow
- Selecting BIPV products: a requirements checklist
- BIPV feasibility: screening vs detailed engineering
- BIPV procurement: RFQs and quote comparison
The guide ships article by article; the list above reflects the planned first ten.
A sample report — with its calculation trail
We are preparing a watermarked sample report from a synthetic demonstration project: the branded report, the assumptions behind it, and the workpaper references that make its figures traceable. It will be published here once produced against a demonstration project.
Until then, request a demo and we'll walk a live report and its workpapers with you.
About reporting & assurance →See how SolaMaxa compares
A concise feature comparison of BIPV design and decision-support platforms — screening, analysis, product intelligence, BIM workflows, procurement and calculation assurance — based on publicly available information.
Compare BIPV platforms →How to evaluate envelope-solar platforms
A category-level evaluation framework — whole-envelope analysis, portfolio screening, rapid vs detailed analysis, model ingestion, product intelligence, procurement, reporting and calculation assurance. Published as a framework, not as a scoreboard.
Insights
Field notes on envelope solar: methodology decisions, workflow patterns and what we learn from early teams. The first pieces will appear here as they are written.
SolaMaxa is in development — and we work with a first group of teams.
Request a demo to see the workflow on a real project, contribute a BIPV product, or help shape the platform as it is built.
SolaMaxa is pre-beta. We are currently selecting the first architectural, BIPV, engineering and property teams.