PEPPER SAVINGS BANK

 

Onyx Solar has supplied its Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Glass that has been installed as a Photovoltaic Curtain Wall in the Pepper Zone Building, located in the city of Seongnam-si,  in the northern province of Gyeonggi-do (South Korea).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data:

• Total Area - 486 M²
• Electricity generated in 35 years  - 2,234,032 kWh
• Total lighting points operating 4 hours per day in 35 years - 4,389 lighting points
•  CO₂ emissions Avoided in 35 years - 1,218 Tons of CO₂
• Barrels of oil saved in 35 years - 1,315 barrels

 

Example of a feasibility study of amorphous silicon photovoltaic curtain wall in Seoul:

 

•  Payback time  < 10.9 years

•  Internal rate of return (IRR)  9.5 %

 

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It is a rehabilitation project, where the previous and unactive glass has been replaced by Onyx Solar's PV glass to generate free and clean energy thanks to the sun, and generating substantial savings on the electricity bill.

 

 

 

 

The installation has 486 m² and it is composed of 256 units of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Glass with different measures. Each glass module is composed by 60 mono-crystalline solar cells and has a glass configuration of 6T + 6T mm.

 

It also features a black rear frit that provides a completely opaque appearance, reducing light transmission to 0.

 

 

 

 

Pepper Zone Building is a new office of Pepper Saving Bank, one of the top 5 mutual savings banks in Korea which is part of the Pepper Group, a global financial group with assets under management of approximately $72 billion through businesses such as Lending, Advisory, and Asset Servicing.

 

 

The Pepper Zone Building was completely refurbished and inaugurated last February 4^th 2022 by the Pepper Saving Bank CEO Matthew Chang in a ceremony together with the representatives of executives and employees.

 

 

 

  

Once the installation of the Onyx Solar photovoltaic glass was completed, the client added an outer layer of transparent blue glass in front to homogenize the external appearance of the façade.