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All in the family: Misawa Homes, which was Kobe Steel’s first module customer, is the main tenant in the Minami Daiichi Building in Kobe, Japan. The building, opened last June, includes a 76 kW BIPV system supplied by Kobe Steel using RWE Solar modules.

William P. Hirshman
© PHOTON International, February 2002