BIPV in EU28, from Niche to Mass Market: An Assessment of Current Projects and the Potential for Growth through Product Innovation

Delponte, Elisabetta; Marchi, F.; Frontini, Francesco; Lopez, Cristina Silvia Polo; Fath, Karoline; Batey, Paul

doi:10.4229/eupvsec20152015-7do.15.4

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“…Hotels, sports facilities, and agricultural structures are among the other structures that have been using BIPV. Currently, more than 200 BIPV products are commercially available that address the major application areas of pitched roofs, facades, and flat and curved roofs [23,47,48]. Figure 2 presents examples of common BIPV products and their application types.…”

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Aesthetically Appealing Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems for Net-Zero Energy Buildings. Current Status, Challenges, and Future Developments—A Review

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With the sharp increase in global energy demand, industrial and residential buildings are responsible for around 40% of the energy consumed with most of this energy portion being generated by non-renewable sources, which significantly contribute to global warming and environmental hazards. The net-zero energy building (NZEB) concept attempts to solve the global warming issue, whereby a building will produce, on-site, its required energy demand throughout the year from renewable energy sources. This can be achieved by integrating photovoltaic (PV) building materials, called building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules, throughout the building skin, which simultaneously act as construction materials and energy generators. Currently, architects and builders are inclined to design a building using BIPV modules due to the limited colors available, namely, black or blue, which result in a monotonous building appearance. Therefore, there is an increasing demand/need to develop modern, aesthetically pleasing BIPV green energy products for the use of architects and the construction industry. This review article presents the current stage and future goal of advanced building integrated photovoltaic systems, focusing on the aesthetically appealing BIPV systems, and their applications towards overcoming global challenges and stepping forward to achieve a sustainable green energy building environment. Additionally, we present the summary and outlook for the future development of aesthetically appealing building integrated photovoltaic systems.

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“…Together with the traditional integration of the modules on the roof, there are also the possibilities of installation in adherence to the façade (Building Added/Attached/ Applied Photovoltaics, BAPV and Photovoltaics Curtain Wall, PVCW), through supporting substructures, or as prefabricated components of the building envelope (Building Integrated Photovoltaics, BIPV), able to meet precise technological requirements, such as water and air tightness, mechanical resistance, stability, safety in case of fire, etc. (Farkas et al, 2015) The current BIPV market (photovoltaic façades are a part) is 8.5 GW, about 2.5% of the global photovoltaic market, with Europe accounting for 40% thanks to government incentives, in particular from Italy, France and Germany (Delponte et al, 2015). However, BIPV technology has, as has been amply demonstrated (Chatzipanagi & Frontini, 2012), a limited thermal insulation performance due to its high solar factor and thermal transmittance values.…”

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Innovative technologies, certification and assessment tools for a sustainable building heritage

Minutoli

2021

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E' evidente che buoni risultati nel campo della sostenibilità ambientale si possono ottenere da politiche di efficienza energetica per gli edifici - per lo più realizzati o in itinere - costruiti per oltre il 50% prima della disattesa legge 373/76 che prevedeva, nel periodo del petrolio europeo crisi, vincoli per la progettazione, installazione, esercizio e manutenzione degli impianti termici e requisiti per l'isolamento termico degli edifici per il contenimento dei consumi.Meno chiara è invece la parte di fabbricato oggetto di conservazione (ai sensi del D.Lgs. 42/2004 o previgenti normative in materia) o di immobili vincolati ope legis (art. 12 D.Lgs. 42/2004, asset appartenenti allo Stato, alle regioni, agli enti pubblici territoriali, nonché ad ogni altro ente ed istituto pubblico e soggetti giuridici privati senza scopo di lucro e che siano opera di autore non più in vita e la cui esecuzione risalga a più di settant'anni ), per i quali non sarebbe possibile applicare le limitazioni dei decreti 192/2005 e 311/2006, che esonerano gli edifici "il cui rispetto dei requisiti comporterebbe un'alterazione inaccettabile della loro natura o aspetto, con particolare riferimento ai o caratteristiche artistiche"degli obblighi di efficienza energetica.In questo lavoro si vogliono giustificare e illustrare alcune scelte fatte da istituti di ricerca internazionali in merito alla difficoltà di conciliare le nuove richieste di sostenibilità legate alla necessità di ridurre i consumi (soprattutto da combustibili fossili) con quelle del valore storico degli edifici oggetto di intervento , presentando criteri di valutazione che possano fornire un metodo oggettivo per quantificare la compatibilità tra nuovo ed esistente, criteri che – per avere capacità predittiva e quindi poter guidare le scelte ex ante e non misurarle ex post – utilizzino strumenti di progettazione digitale (BIM , GIS, ecc.).

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“…Of course, assessing the real price of a BIPV component remains very difficult, but the cost reduction target for BIPVs is certainly one of the keys to success in enlarging their diffusion. On the other hand, in [7], to enable a wider diffusion of innovative solutions of BIPV for both roof and façade applications, the authors highly recommend achieving high levels of ease-of-installation of BIPV elements. Furthermore, in [8], the authors present a summary of the future development of an aesthetically appealing building-integrated photovoltaic system.…”

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A Building-Integrated Bifacial and Transparent PV Generator Operated by an “Under-Glass” Single Axis Solar Tracker

Carbone,

Borrello

2023

Energies

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Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) play a key role in the world energy transition. This is motivating the scientific community to develop innovative electrical and thermal systems characterized by very high efficiency to specifically address the energy needs of modern buildings. Naturally, the integration of the latest generation photovoltaic (PV) systems into buildings helps to satisfy this need, and, with this objective in mind, an innovative and highly efficient building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system is presented and discussed in this paper. The proposed PV system is purpose-built to be fully integrated into a variety of buildings (preferably into their rooftops) and assumes the form of a PV skylight. It is based on a certain number of innovative rotating bifacial PV modules, which are specifically made to be installed “under-glass” within a custom-made transparent casing. Thanks to their properties, the PV modules can be rotated using a very low-power, reliable, and efficient mono-axial solar tracking system, fully protected against adverse atmospheric agents. Once the proposed PV skylight is fully integrated into a building, it generates electricity and, additionally, helps to improve both the energy performance and the aesthetic appearance of the building. The electricity generation and illuminance performances of the proposed PV skylight are experimentally tested using a low-power homemade prototype driven by different solar tracking logics and under different operating conditions; the most relevant results are summarized and extensively discussed. The main outcome of the experimental study is that the most effective performance of the PV skylight is obtained by installing, in its available surface, the maximum possible number of rotating bifacial PV modules, side by side and with no empty spaces between them.

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BIPV in EU28, from Niche to Mass Market: An Assessment of Current Projects and the Potential for Growth through Product Innovation

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Aesthetically Appealing Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems for Net-Zero Energy Buildings. Current Status, Challenges, and Future Developments—A Review

Aesthetically Appealing Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems for Net-Zero Energy Buildings. Current Status, Challenges, and Future Developments—A Review

Innovative technologies, certification and assessment tools for a sustainable building heritage

A Building-Integrated Bifacial and Transparent PV Generator Operated by an “Under-Glass” Single Axis Solar Tracker

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