First Measurement Results of a Pilot Building with Transparent Façade Collectors

Review and perspectives on Life Cycle Analysis of solar technologies with emphasis on building-integrated solar thermal systems

“…The studied system is patented [13], regards integration into building gutters and it has been developed/tested at the University of Corsica, in France [4,5,14,15]. Three alternative configurations were evaluated: 1) collectors in series connection with tubes (for cold and hot water flow) at different levels (System 1), 2) collectors in parallel connection with the two tubes at different levels (System 2), 3) collectors in series connection with the two tubes at the same level (theoretical configuration) (System 3). The phases of material and collector manufacture, material manufacture of system additional components, system installation, use/maintenance, transportation and disposal were taken into account.…”

“…There is a small number of studies about real BI solar thermal systems. These studies are experimental-based [3] and/or modelling-based [4e6] and they regard integration into building façade [3] or into building gutters [4,5]. Concerning the modelling studies, some they give emphasis on the system itself [4,5] and some examine the system in conjunction with the building [6].…”

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

“…These studies are experimental-based [2,3] and/or modelling-based [4][5][6][7]. In terms of integration, some systems are in building façade [2,3] or in building gutters [5][6][7]. Concerning modelling investigations, some studies give emphasis on the system itself [5][6][7] and some examine the system in conjunction with the building in a holistic approach [4,8,9].…”

“…Since BISTs are a new tendency, only few investigations have been reported in this area. These studies are experimental-based [2,3] and/or modelling-based [4][5][6][7]. In terms of integration, some systems are in building façade [2,3] or in building gutters [5][6][7].…”

Analytical study on solar energy absorbed on elliptic curved collector

“…The various approaches in building integration of solar system and a number of successful examples were reported by Hestnes (1999). The transparent solar thermal facade collectors (TSTC) as building-integrated solar thermal system were studied by Maurer et al (2012Maurer et al ( , 2014. A flat plate solar collector which is integrated into a rainwater gutter was presented and experimented by Motte et al (2013).…”