When the building
is the array.
Conventional solar sits on top of a roof. PVBM replaces the roof, the carport, the pergola or the shading fin with something that generates — so the structure earns its keep instead of only carrying weight.
GoodWe's PV building materials division
PVBM is our Photovoltaic Building Materials division — the same company as the inverters on the rest of this site, aimed at a different problem: buildings whose roofs cannot take a conventional mounted array, and buildings where the solar has to look like architecture.
PVBM products in the field to date.
Where PVBM products are sold.
Dedicated to the building materials line.
Working on the building products specifically.
Four places a building can generate
Each family answers a different constraint — a roof that must stay dry, a roof that cannot carry load, a space that needs shade, or a facade that has to look designed.
Roofs that generate
For industrial and commercial roofs where mounting a conventional array is either impossible or unwise.
- Waterproof rooftops — a sealed solar roof for buildings with strict moisture protection needs
- Low-bearing rooftops — lightweight, for roofs that cannot take the load of a mounted system
- Integrated rooftops — the roof surface itself is the generating layer
Car parks that pay
Shade for the vehicles, generation for the building, on ground you have already paid for.
- Vela Series — residential driveways and porches
- Strix Series — commercial car parks
- Atlas Series — larger commercial and industrial spans
Outdoor structures
Residential structures that were going to be built anyway, generating while they do their original job.
- Solar balcony — balustrade and railing systems
- Solar sunroom — a glazed roof that generates
- Solar pergola — shade over a terrace or pool
Facade shading
In this climate, west-facing glass is a cooling-load problem. Shading it with something that generates solves both at once.
- Horizontal shading — overhangs above glazing
- Vertical shading — fins on the facade
- Louvre shading — adjustable blade systems
The parts these are built from
The solution families above are assembled from a small set of named products. Full specifications sit on our PVBM site.
The tile is the panel — for a pitched roof that still has to look like a roof.
Carries the weatherproofing duty itself rather than being laid over it.
For roofs that cannot take conventional glass-and-frame modules.
All-in-one commercial and industrial storage, for industrial parks and commercial complexes.
Also in the range: Suncake, a portable balcony solar kit. Product detail and downloads live on en.pvbm.com.
We built our own headquarters out of it
Our Smart Energy Building in Suzhou is the demonstration case for the whole PVBM idea — a working office block generating from its own envelope. It carries the building certifications below.
International green building certification.
Chinese ultra-low energy building standard.
Top tier of the Chinese green building rating.
Recognised as a national key project.
Building something new?
PVBM gets decided at design stage, not after the roof is on. If there is a project on the board — a factory, a car park, a house — send the drawings and we will tell you which of these actually fits.
Talk to us about a project