at the headquarters of ubiquitous energy near SAn Francisco, the familiar black solar panels on the roof are pretty obvious, but the lights in the company conference room are being powered by the windows which are also acting as solar collectors. And so that's kind of the problem we sought out to solve with our technology is how can you make *** solar technology that's completely invisible and by making it invisible now we can apply it to many more surfaces. Co founder Miles Barr says his company has invented an invisible coating using photosensitive dyes that capture energy from only the non visible infrared and ultraviolet spectrums, turning windows into see through solar panels so you can use the full surface, the full vertical surface of *** glass skyscraper to generate electricity that can be used by the building. Other companies are working on similar technology. Next Energy just released *** prototype window with *** transparent coating that can harness solar energy Ubiquitous already has its windows on several buildings and the company is now gearing up for full scale production in 2024, we're talking about you're buying *** window and now do you want to pay *** little bit more so that your window produces electricity as well. Ubiquitous Ceo Susan Stone says there may be more uses down the road, theoretically the same coating could be applied to any hard or painted surface, allowing electronic devices and even parked cars to charge themselves. If builders start using the windows, the energy possibilities could be staggering Every year, more than 20 billion square feet of window glass is installed around the world enough to circle the earth 100 times jOHN RAMOS CBS, news SAN Francisco.