A common obstacle to rooftop solar isn't always price or performance. Sometimes, it's the fear of blinding reflections bouncing into neighbors' windows or toward nearby roads.

Megasol, a Swiss solar manufacturer, appears to be responding to that issue by making anti-glare glass a built-in feature across its Level Up roof module line.

Here's what to know

According to Megasol, interest from buyers after the Level Up series launched in November 2025 led the company to stop treating anti-glare protection as an add-on. It's made the feature standard, as pv magazine reported.

Megasol said this matters most for projects in closely spaced residential areas, alongside transport corridors, and in permit-sensitive locations where reflected light can create problems with regulators or nearby residents.

The company addressed that with Zero Reflect Matt+, a microtextured glass surface meant to reduce disruptive glare. Megasol said luminance stays between 3,000 and 18,000 cd/m² at steep incidence angles, a level it compares with clay roof tiles

Megasol also said a glare report from Bern University of Applied Sciences found brightness levels below the 20,000 cd/m² legal limit at the solar incidence angles included in the analysis.

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More background

Megasol also said Level Up is the first fully integrated solar roofing system to include anti-glare performance as a standard feature across the whole package, including mounting hardware, rails, and accessories. That could make daily life easier for people living close together, where reflections can become a quality-of-life issue and a source of neighborhood disputes.

It could also help developers and property owners move more smoothly through approval processes in places where planners are cautious about how rooftop installations affect surrounding homes or transportation corridors.

Megasol is also marketing the system around appearance and durability. The company said ZRM+ gives the modules a deep matte finish with a uniform, velvety look, while the frameless glass-glass design provides more than 200 Wp/m² of efficiency, Class 5 hail resistance, and rain tightness in accordance with CEN/TR 15601.

What's being done?

In practice, Megasol's change means all Level Up modules come with anti-glare treatment by default instead of requiring customers to request it. That kind of change could help normalize solar roofing in places where glare concerns have been a practical barrier.

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If anti-glare design helps avoid permit headaches and neighbor complaints, more roofs may become viable places to generate cleaner, cheaper electricity.

Where can I learn more?

Megasol's anti-glare approach is part of a broader push to manage light better in homes, buildings, and public spaces. The stories here look at that from a few different angles, from anti-fog coatings to lighting hardware built to waste less energy.

• Researchers have created a lignin-based anti-fogging coating for clearer lenses and windows.

• At McDonald's, designers are rolling out new 3D-printed lighting aimed at cutting waste.

• In the U.S., regulators are pushing more efficient lightbulbs into homes nationwide.

Together, they place solar anti-glare design in a wider context. Efforts to reduce harsh brightness, make spaces more comfortable, and waste less energy are showing up in products well beyond rooftop panels.

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