First UK Sustainable Canopy with OPV Installed at Inside2Outside Head Office

Inside2Outside installed the first of its newest brand of canopies - The Power2Outside range - on Tuesday 25 May 2010 at Inside2Outside Head Office, Manor Farm, Low Road, Fenstanton. The Power2Outside brand is a unique brand that combines a canopy with Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) - the third genereation of solar power panels. This is a sustainable canopy. This combination means that you are now able to have a canopy that generates renewable energy whilst keeping you shaded and dry.

Inside2Outside have been in the canopy business for over 15 years and the latest addition to their four existing brands was to add the Power2Outside brand in early 2010. Inside2Outside M.D Dr. Robert Carpenter had for many years been looking for a way to harness the power of the sun through Inside2Outside canopies. Solar power panels are the obvious chouce, however, the majority of the product were to heavy for the canopy to support and didn'y look aesthetically pleasing.

OPV however pprovided the ideal solution Dr Carpenter had been looking for. OPV is lightweight, flexble and thin. This unique combination means that it can be spread acress the entirety of a canopy and cause no adverse affect on the performance of the canopy. What's more the OPV generates energy with lower light levels than traditional solar panels. thus, the OPV doesn;t have to face the sun to harness significant energy but can face any direction and still generate significant power.

The OPV is developed by an American company called Konarka and Inside2Outside has an exclusive licence for the distribution and installation of the OPV to schools and care homes.

Schools and care homes can benefit in numerous ways from having a sustainable canopy. The canopy provides shade and comfort outside in all weathers, protection form the sun, wind and rain. With the OPV on the canopy power is generated, this can either be used by the school or care home to provde power for buildings, laptops, phones etc... or thanks to new Government incentives can generate an income from producing renewable energy. This government incentive is called Feed-In-Taroffs, and these pay the producer of renewable energy an income. Thus a sustainable canopy provides the school or care home with all the benefits of a canopy as well as an income.

Sustainable canopies are the future of canopies. OPV is the future of solar power gneration and its unique charachteristics mean that it will actually generate significant power in the UK, even on a cloudy day! For more information go to www.inside2outside.co.uk/p2o/index.asp. This exciting new product is here for you to use NOW!