Areas of Business / Market Areas
The research, development and technical services offered by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) are concentrated in six areas of business. Each of these contains a large number of marketing aspects. Further information about the areas of marketing can be found on the following pages.
The variety of our research and development is mirrored in the marketing area.
In the booming solar industry, the role of materials testing, certification and quality control is becoming increasingly significant. As a complement to our research and development work, we offer our clients associated testing and certification services. At present, Fraunhofer ISE has four accredited testing units: the TestLab Solar Thermal Systems , the TestLab Solar Façades , the TestLab PV Modules and the CalLab PV Cells / CalLab PV Modules . Further service units include a test facility for compact heating and ventilation units, a laboratory for quality control of phase change materials (PCM) and a battery testing laboratory.