By awarding the coveted iF material design award 2012 to Odersun solar modules, the iF design award jury confirmed that photovoltaics can indeed look good. The iF label is recognized the world over as a seal of design excellence. Odersun has therefore put to rest the widely held belief that photovoltaics are unattractive.

Solar modules from Odersun provide a compelling look with their uniform, elegant appearance. They are built entirely to the customer's requirements - their shape, size, material, layout and design can vary to suit any application.

With their aesthetic look and exceptional ease of integration, they are particularly suited for use in architecture, in other words in building-integrated photovoltaics (BiPV). The modules replace other construction elements, becoming scalable and flexible building material themselves.

This significantly reduces the building's CO2 emissions, helping to create architecture which is both optically sophisticated and sustainable.

"This design award underlines the fact that photovoltaic solutions are already part of the design age and can be used seamlessly in any installation as a design element themselves," says Dr. Hein van der Zeeuw, CEO of Odersun AG.

"Because our modules form part of the solar building envelope, aesthetics play a very important role for us."

Alongside the solar modules themselves, the interactive Solar Module Designer from Odersun was also recognized with the iF communication design award. Following its success at the red dot design awards, this was the second design award for the online configuration tool, which enables solar modules to be configured exactly to the customer's liking. The Solar Module Designer is also available as an iPad app.