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Five Sustainable Building Materials that Could Transform Construction. This post is also available in: Portuguese As global populations increase, so too will the need for accommodation. However, current mainstream building methods are unsustainable, producing large amounts of CO2 both during construction and throughout a building’s life. Thankfully, sustainability is becoming a priority for developers, and with many exciting innovations happening in the construction industry, sustainably addressing global accommodation needs seems possible.

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We hire four independent labs to test our panels and confirm that your panel will deliver exactly what we say. By using anti-reflective glass, our panels deliver 2-3% more electricity than panels with standard glass. With a temperature rating over 90%, we maintain up to 4% higher output than most crystalline silicon panels under hot conditions. We have the best power tolerance in the industry so you never get less power than you paid for. Our String Ribbon® panels have the smallest carbon footprint of any silicon-based solar panel ever made. Our String Ribbon® wafers are made with a fraction of the emissions and waste that result from making conventional silicon panels.

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