Technoeconomic assessment of a building-integrated PV system for electrical energy saving in residential sector

Technological advancement in Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) has converted the building façade into a renewable energy-based generator. The BIPV façade is designed to provide energy generation along with conventional design objectives such as aesthetics and environmental control. The challenge however, is that architectural design objectives sometimes conflict with energy performance, such as the provision of view and daylight versus maximum power output. In innovative cases, the characteristics of conventional BIPV façades have been modified by researchers to address such conflicts through customization as an emerging trend in BIPV façade design. Although extensive reviews exist on BIPV product types, design integration, adoption barriers and performance issues, research on BIPV customization has not been reviewed as a solution to BIPV adoption. This paper seeks to review the potential of BIPV façade customization as a means of enhancing BIPV adoption. The current paper identifies customization parameters ranging from the customization category, level, and strategies, and related architectural potential along with an assessment of their impact. The findings reflect that elemental and compositional level customization using combined customization strategies provide enhanced BIPV products. These products are well integrated for both energy generation and aesthetic applications with a power output increase of up to 80% in some cases. The paper concludes that a wide range of BIPV adoption barriers such as aesthetics, architectural integration, and performance can be overcome by appropriate BIPV customization.

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“…Removal of the need for the transmittance of electricity over long distances from power generation stations [68,69]. b.…”

Section: Economic Benefits Amentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review on Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Customization Potentials

Attoye

Aoul

Hassan³

2017

Sustainability

111

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“…The PV industry is expected to focus on BIPV systems in the near future, because in the last few years energy consumption in the building sector has presented increasing tendencies [4]. Almost 40% of the electricity consumption in Europe originates from buildings, particularly for construction and maintenance and most of all for operation.…”

Section: Position Of the Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems’ Potential in the Industrial Sector: Case Study of Oinofyta-Viotia Zone, Greece

Vokas¹,

Klironomos²,

Kaldellis³

2013

JEPE

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to propose a flexible and accurate methodology for the evaluation of the BIPV (building integrated photovoltaic) potential on industrial building roofs. The use of more realistic and case specific data obtained by accurate technical on-site audits is proved to be of significant importance in the reliability of the proposed methodology results. Moreover, the most recent PV market information is used, considering however that this factor is rapidly changing during the last years, owed to the vast growth of the PV sector. To this end, emphasis is given on the country of Greece, where besides the fact that there is an increase of PV installations; no progress has been met in the use of BIPV systems in the industrial sector, opposite to the situation met in other EU countries. Acknowledging the above, the proposed methodology is currently applied so as to evaluate the BIPV potential of a large industrial zone close to the Greek capital, Athens. The results of this study can be used by both other researchers, for similar evaluations, and energy policy makers, to support the clean energy production concept on the basis of BIPV systems in industrial areas.

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“…Yoo et al (2002) proposed a building design to have the PV modules shade the building in summer, so as to reduce cooling loads, while at the same time allowing solar energy to enter the building during the heating season to provide daylight and conducted an analysis of the system performance, evaluation of the system efficiency and the power output. Bakos et al (2003) described the installation, technical characteristics, operation and economic evaluation of a grid-connected building integrated photovoltaic system (BIPV) and the technical and economical factors were examined using a computerized renewable energy technologies (RETs) assessment tool. Xu et al (2008) developed and evaluated the performance of an Active Building Envelope (ABE) systems, a new enclosure technology with the ability to regulate their temperature (cooling or heating) by interacting with the sun which integrates photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric (TE) Technologies.…”

Section: Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Photovoltaic Systems and Applications

Akarslan¹

2012

Modeling and Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems

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Technoeconomic assessment of a building-integrated PV system for electrical energy saving in residential sector

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A Review on Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Customization Potentials

A Review on Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Customization Potentials

Evaluation of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems’ Potential in the Industrial Sector: Case Study of Oinofyta-Viotia Zone, Greece

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