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Port Jervis manufacturing facility
This facility is the world's first thin-film photovoltaic factory,
designed to accommodate new production technologies capable of
producing one megawatt of solar modules per year. Kiss + Cathcart
worked closely with Chronar PV to develop both the building design
and the production line layout.
The facility's public face is a two-story office block clad in patterned
tile. Set behind this is a long whitewashed wall that screens the
straightforward manufacturing and mechanical areas from view. The
complex centers on a skylit entry hall topped by an array of
photovoltaic panels, giving the building a memorable and
appropriate image both inside and out.
Completed 1984
