Environment protection and energy saving are the most attractive trends in zero-carbon buildings. The most promising and environmentally friendly technique is building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), which can also replace conventional buildings based on non-renewable energy. Despite the recent advances in technology, the cost of BIPV systems is still very high. Hence, reducing the cost is a major challenge. This paper examines and validates the effectiveness of low-cost aluminum (Al) foil as a reflector. The design and the performance of planer-reflector for BIPV systems are analyzed in detail. A Bi-reflector solar PV system (BRPVS) with thin film Al-foil reflector and an LLC converter for a BIPV system is proposed and experimented with a 400-W prototype. A cadmium-sulfide (CdS) photo-resistor sensor and an Arduino-based algorithm was developed to control the working of the reflectors. Furthermore, the effect of Al-foil reflectors on the temperature of PV module has been examined. The developed LLC converter confirmed stable output voltage despite large variation in input voltage proving its effectiveness for the proposed BRPVS. The experimental results of the proposed BRPVS with an Al-reflector of the same size as that of the solar PV module offered an enhancement of 28.47% in the output power.Electronics 2018, 7, 119 2 of 22 the long-term cost of the building sector. Compared to a standalone PV system, BIPV does not require any extra land for installation and the cost can be balanced by installing this on the rooftop of the building structure [3]. However, the lower efficiency and higher initial cost make BIPV less practical and difficult to commercialize. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) have attracted considerable attention in recent years because of their simple assembly, lightweight, flexibility, economical price of materials, satisfactory photocurrent transformation efficiency, precise energy return time, and tunable optical properties [4]. On the other hand, DSSCs have power conversion efficiency of more than 14% with a limited active area; the output power decreases with increasing cell effective area of the photoanode [5]. An alternate solution exists to increase the net output power from the PV module to reduce the cost of the system because the initial cost of the PV system is the main hurdle to the widespread use of this technology. The output power can be increased by increasing the incident light on the PV system [6]. The position of the Sun is not fixed to one place because it changes its position from dawn to dusk and also during the entire year, which means that a fixed PV system is inefficient. Therefore, the tracking of single-and dual-axis PV systems are suggested for this purpose [7,8]. On the other hand, such a system has two disadvantages, increase in initial cost and decreased lifetime of the mechanical parts of the PV system. Moreover, such a system also requires extra power supply and motors to move the solar system, which makes the system more complex and increases the size of the ...