India’s cities are changing, and so does the demand for building sustainable infrastructure.
With over 30+ years of expertise from SRG, Shree Rang glass, SRE launched the nation’s first manufactured coloured, power-generating facade, a solution that makes building facades active power generators without sacrificing design. This innovation brings together advanced glass technology and embedded power generation. The outcome is a facade system that provides both functional performance and aesthetic beauty, addressing the needs of contemporary architecture and sustainable development.
- Why It Matters? Historical energy solutions tend to disturb the harmony of architecture. Panels and outdoor equipment are attached as add-ons, seldom enhancing the look of the building. SRE’s coloured exterior makes all the difference. The surface can be designed in any number of colours, enabling the building to retain its visual identity but produce clean energy. Performance is high with little efficiency loss over traditional systems.
This strategy is especially effective with heritage sites, urban environments, and with projects where design integrity must be maintained. A facade that fits seamlessly into its environment but also addresses energy requirements is sensible and innovative.
- Global Inspiration Worldwide, many companies and innovators have ventured into the marriage of colour and energy in architectural glass. Germany’s Fraunhofer ISE, Switzerland’s Kromatix, and the Netherlands’ Solarix have each demonstrated how design and functionality can coexist.
But in India, this degree of technology had never been produced , until SRE.
SRE’s coloured, power-generating facade is the first of its type to be conceived, designed, engineered, and manufactured domestically. Customized for Indian conditions, it combines international design sensibility with local knowledge. The system is high in energy output, colour stability, and customisation capabilities that will address both contemporary and heritage projects.
It is not just an imitated concept that has been taken to India. It is a locally developed innovation that puts India on the global map of leading architectural solutions.
With SRE, planners, architects, and developers do not have to make compromises between form and function. They can have both in a product .
- Built for India SRE’s success is in bringing the degree of innovation to India , conceived, engineered, and produced locally. The system is specifically adapted for Indian light conditions, heat, and building practices.
For architects, it offers design possibilities without sacrificing environmental objectives. For developers, it provides a premium feature that corresponds to green building ratings. For cities, it is a gesture towards incorporating sustainability into the fabric of the skyline itself.
- Looking Ahead Over the next few years, widespread adoption of energy-generating facades will transform urban architecture. Buildings will become active participants in a cleaner grid, rather than passive users of energy.
SRE’s colored facade heralds this new future in India. It is demonstration enough that form and function can coexist, uncompromised.
Not just built to be looked at. Built to make a difference.
