Search Results - subject:"BIPV"

Integration of Photovoltaics in Buildings—Support Policies Addressing Technical and Formal Aspects

Schuetze, Thorsten - In: Energies 6 (2013) 6, pp. 2982-3001

-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) offers an immense potential, both in market development and the production of renewable electric energy that is …% of the electricity demand can be covered. The political support of BIPV would contribute to the development and … installation of BIPV components and therefore also promote the development of new business areas for industries dealing with …

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A comprehensive review of solar facades. Opaque solar facades

Quesada, Guillermo; Rousse, Daniel; Dutil, Yvan; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 5, pp. 2820-2832

In antiquity, people already knew the principles of solar architecture, designing their houses to the south to take advantage of the sun in all seasons. Today, solar architecture is undergoing a true revolution because of the development, among other things, of special facades involved in the...

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Energy Saving Evaluation of the Ventilated BIPV Walls

Lai, Chi-Ming; Lin, Yi-Pin - In: Energies 4 (2011) 6, pp. 948-959

ventilated Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) walls. The energy-saving potential of the ventilated BIPV walls was … removal rate and indoor heat gain of the proposed ventilated BIPV walls were dominantly affected by outdoor wind velocity and …

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Modelling and simulation of Building-Integrated solar thermal systems: Behaviour of the system

Lamnatou, Chr.; Mondol, J.D.; Chemisana, D.; Maurer, C. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 45 (2015) C, pp. 36-51

Building-Integrated Solar Thermal (BIST) systems are a new tendency in the building sector and provide multiple advantages in comparison with the Building-Added (BA) installations. The present paper is a critical review about solar system modelling with emphasis on BIST configurations. The...

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Assessing the performance of a building integrated BP c-Si PV system

Essah, Emmanuel A.; Rodriguez Arguelles, Ana; Glover, Neil - In: Renewable Energy 73 (2015) C, pp. 36-45

In this study, the performance, yield and characteristics of a 16 year old photovoltaic (PV) system installation have been investigated. The technology, BP Saturn modules which were steel-blue polycrystalline silicon cells are no longer in production. A bespoke monitoring system has been...

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LCA study and testing of a photovoltaic ceramic tile prototype

Belussi, Lorenzo; Mariotto, Matteo; Meroni, Italo; … - In: Renewable Energy 74 (2015) C, pp. 263-270

The article describes the analysis of the environmental impact of a Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPV) module … developed within the research project “BIPV-Building Integrated Photovoltaics, Piastrelle ceramiche fotovoltaiche per involucri …

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Methodology to establish the permitted maximum losses due to shading and orientation in photovoltaic applications in buildings

Mulcué-Nieto, Luis Fernando; Mora-López, Llanos - In: Applied Energy 137 (2015) C, pp. 37-45

building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). On the other hand, all these normative should be a result of a serious study of the …

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Analysis of spatial fixed PV arrays configurations to maximize energy harvesting in BIPV applications

Celik, Berk; Karatepe, Engin; Silvestre, Santiago; … - In: Renewable Energy 75 (2015) C, pp. 534-540

This paper presents a new approach for efficient utilization of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems under … annual energy generation of the same BIPV system, in terms of nominal power, without changing physical locations of the PV …

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Using phase change materials in photovoltaic systems for thermal regulation and electrical efficiency improvement: A review and outlook

Ma, Tao; Yang, Hongxing; Zhang, Yinping; Lu, Lin; Wang, Xin - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43 (2015) C, pp. 1273-1284

The study presented in this paper is based on a detailed review of the literature focused on the use of phase change materials (PCM) for photovoltaic (PV) module thermal regulation and electrical efficiency improvement. The influence of high temperature on PV power generation has been examined...

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Building energy performance evaluation of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) window with semi-transparent solar cells

Chae, Young Tae; Kim, Jeehwan; Park, Hongsik; Shin, Byungha - In: Applied Energy 129 (2014) C, pp. 217-227

This study evaluates the effects of electrical and optical parameters of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV … various climate conditions. For precise evaluation of thermo-optical performance of the BIPV windows, we have fabricated semi … conversion efficiency of the cell and thermal properties of BIPV windows. By using three different semi-transparent solar cell …

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