Patrick Quinlan
Username
Patrick Quinlan
Proposer First Name
Patrick
Proposer Email
pquinlan@solablock.com
Proposer Last Name
Quinlan
Proposer Company/Organization
SolaBlock Inc.
Proposer Phone
(413) 687-2853
Proposer Job Title
Co-founder

Boston 2023 Areas of Focus

Proposer Additional Info
Former Senior Analyst at National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Associate Director of UMass Renewable Energy Lab; former White House Science Fellow and US House of Representatives Techology Fellow; former staffer to famed solar innovator Paul MacCready.
Proposed Session Description
With the dramatic reduction of solar costs in recent years, solarization of vertical surfaces has entered into economic viabilitiy. A host of new technologies and applications have opened up with the availability of these technologies--both for manufacturers and customers.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Vertical solar empowers residents in urban low-income multiresidential buildings to take part in the benefits of solar.
Learning Objectives
Installers will be able to expertly evaluate the potential for vertical solar as an option for solarization of buildings and other structures.
Architects will be able to expertly specify vertical solar technologies where they believe these technologies are a good customer fit.
Policy-makers will gain an appreciation of the demographic divide that conventional solar modules create, and be able to consider solar products where conventional modules have been a poor fit, thereby addressing that demographic divide with products that are attractive to poor, disadvantaged, urban communities.
Inustry analysts will understand the benefit and cost differences between offering conventional solar and vertical solar options to customers.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Additional Comments
Nothing like this presented before.
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.
Session Format
Interview or structured conversation among panelists
Session Format Details
Three 10-minute presentations by diverse suppliers of vertical BIPV products, plus a 15-minute moderated panel discussion, followed by 10 minutes of audience Q&A.
Recommended Length
60-minute session

Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023

Comments about your speaker roster
Veteran speaker, with expereince at highest academic, government, and corporate levels. Long-time member of NESEA.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
An eye-opener for most solar veterans,
Reviewer 1
Graeff, Marcell
Proposal #
105
Committee Decision
Rejected

Presenters

Full Description
1. What are the technical advantages and disadvantages of vertical solar application? What are the performance differences between vertical PV and conventioneal tilted solar? What is the potential market for vertical BIPV, and what kind of growth is anticipated? How do vertical BIPV technologies co-exist with rooftop, canopy, and community solar alternatives? What kind of buildings and other structures make good candidates for vertical PV?