Developing electrical, mechanical, and communications standards that define how solar PV material is mounted directly onto building roof and wall surfaces (e.g. plywood), edge-to-edge.

• How to Cover Buildings with Solar Skins, Power Electronics, Feb 2022

• Why Spend $1B on Solar Installation R&D?, Power Electronics, Nov 2021

• Solar-Direct-to-Plywood R&D Summary (pdf).

• Solar-Direct-to-Plywood Initiative (pdf).

Developing Free and open array power conversion electronics

• Schematic pdf / Altium, project xls

UMass Lowell 2020-21 Solar power conversion electronics, Prof. Schmid

• 300W array element (ppt, pdf, video, source code)

UMass Amherst 2020-21 BiPV Mechanical Design Initiative, Dr. Schliemann

• Design of overlapping joint (design pictures, Solidworks zip)
• Prototype (video, rail pictures, prototype pictures)
• Boston CBS News Interview, May 2021 (video)
• Report (concept pdf, final pdf, model xlsx)

Developing standards that support communications between power conversion devices within a smart building (more...)    ​

Developing free and open operating system called BuildingBus that can be placed onto all devices in a building, including power conversion devices (more...)​

Articles published in national media (more...)