Economic analysis of BIPV systems as a building envelope material for building skins in Europe

Gholami, Hassan; Røstvik, Harald N.

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.117931

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“…Therefore, it must play a role in the building envelope that contains at least one additional function in addition to electricity generation. The BIPV secondary function could be as insulation or an exterior weather barrier [2,3]. The photovoltaic cells in the BIPV system can be ventilated with active or passive ventilation [4][5][6][7][8], and the system can be in the forms of tiles, foils, modules, or glazing [9,10].…”

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The Effect of Climate on the Solar Radiation Components on Building Skins and Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Materials

Gholami

Røstvik

2021

Energies

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The business model of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is developing expeditiously and BIPV will soon be recognised as a building envelope material for the entire building skins, among other alternatives such as brick, wood, stone, metals, etc. This paper investigates the effect of climate on the solar radiation components on building skins and BIPV materials in the northern hemisphere. The selected cities are Stavanger in Norway, Bern in Switzerland, Rome in Italy, and Dubai in the UAE. The study showed that for all the studied climates, the average incident radiation on the entire building skins is slightly more than the average incident radiation on the east or west facades, regardless of the orientations of the building facades. Furthermore, the correlation between solar radiation components and different BIPV technologies is discussed in this paper. It is also found that when it comes to the efficiency of different BIPV cells, the impact of the climate on some of the BIPV technologies (such as DSC and OSC) is much more significant than others (such as c-Si, mc-Si and CIGS). The evidence from this study suggests that in climates with higher diffuse radiation-or with more overcast days per year-the contribution of IR radiation decreases. Therefore, the efficiency of BIPV materials that their spectral responses are dependent on the IR radiation (like Si and CIGS) in such a climate would drop down meaningfully. On the other hand, the DSC and OSC solar cells could be a good option for cloudy climates since they have more stable performance, even in such a climate. Although, their efficiency compared to other BIPV materials such as Si-based BIPV solar cells is still significantly less thus far.

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The Effect of Climate on the Solar Radiation Components on Building Skins and Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Materials

Gholami

Røstvik

2021

Energies

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“…The use of solar energy for all kinds of purposes has expanded fast over the last ten years. Prices of solar PV electricity today are below 1/100th of the level 30 years ago and they keep falling [10]. Solar thermal for buildings is also taking a big share of the market, basically for domestic hot water.…”

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“…In the book, Philosophy and Architecture, Christian Illies and Nicholas Ray show many examples of ethical borderlines [10]. Examples of people, both architects and planners that have played a supportive role within regimes that has a long record of human rights violation, are referred to and the overarching theme is that there will always be people that don't see the ethical issues at hand or refuse to see them.…”

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Sustainable Architecture—What’s Next?

Røstvik

2021

Encyclopedia

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Definition: Sustainable architecture encompasses more than energy efficiency, zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emission or renewable energy use in the built environment. It also needs to alleviate overall impacts on the natural environment or ecosystem that surrounds it. It may be argued that primitive vernacular architecture (architecture without architects) built and operated using local techniques and resources alone can be considered to be sustainable. Yet later, after the 1992 Rio Conference and its declarations, more specific definitions emerged putting weight on the rational use of land area, materials and energy, preferably local, as well as area efficient planning, economy and recyclability. The advantage of this is to reduce the ecological footprint of buildings and the climate gas emissions from a sector that represents 35–50 percent of global climate gas emissions, depending on how one counts. This paper clarifies concepts, questions cemented truths and points a way forward by asking; what’s next?

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“…Gholami and Røstvik presented BIPV as a building envelope material for the whole building skins, performed economic analyses of a BIPV system in 30 countries. They emphasized that even the north facade is economically feasible in some countries in Europe if all the environmental and societal benefits of the BIPV system are being taken into consideration [16].…”

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Evaluation of annual performance of a photovoltaic thermal system integrated with natural zeolites

Kandilli¹,

Uzel²

2020

Res. Eng. Struct. Mater.

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Economic analysis of BIPV systems as a building envelope material for building skins in Europe

Cited by 106 publications

References 40 publications

The Effect of Climate on the Solar Radiation Components on Building Skins and Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Materials

The Effect of Climate on the Solar Radiation Components on Building Skins and Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Materials

Sustainable Architecture—What’s Next?

Evaluation of annual performance of a photovoltaic thermal system integrated with natural zeolites

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