Reliable planning of isolated Building Integrated Photovoltaic systems

Building Integrated Photovoltaic Test Facility

The widespread use of building integrated photovoltaics appears likely as a result of the continuing decline in photovoltaic manufacturing costs, the relative ease in which photovoltaics can be incorporated within the building envelope, and the fact that buildings account for over 40 percent of the U.S. energy consumption. However, designers, architects, installers, and consumers need more info...

Measured Performance of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Panels

Building-integrated Photovoltaic System in the UK

A refurbishment project at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, provided the opportunity to install one of the largest building-integrated photovoltaic systems in Northern Europe. Photovoltaic panels have been incorporated into w Integrated into conventional rain-screen overcladding w Installed using normal building industry practices w High system reliability H...

Quantification of Thermal Energy Performance Improvement for Building Integrated Photovoltaic Double-Skin Façade Using Analytical Method

In this research, an analytical method for quantification of the thermal energy performance improvement for a building integrated photovoltaic double-skin façade has provided. The system has been suggested as a retrofit measure for an existing building in Tehran. The effect of thermal performance has been analyzed through computer-assisted developed code using engineering equation solver softwa...

Performance analysis of a mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator for building integrated photovoltaic systems

This paper presents a mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator (MSDTIRC). Here, its electrical and optical performances are investigated for building integrated photovoltaic applications. This concentrator is designed to tackle two issues: (i) providing sufficient gain in order to increase the electrical output of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system and (ii) reducin...