In the Canadian north, cost of space heating is very high due to harsh weather, its remoteness, lack transportation, and dependency on fossil fuel imported from South. Since North has an abundance solar energy, significant energy savings with some added construction in houses could be achieved by applying high-performance building envelopes design strategies. The objective this paper investigat...

A novel semi-transparent building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) laminate was developed and introduced in this paper. It produced by cutting standard mono-crystalline silicon solar cells into small strips then making electrical connections between each strip before laminating the two layers of glass. The overall energy performance saving potential BIPV insulated glass unit (IGU) under real worl...

Iran is one of the most energy-consuming countries, especially in construction sector, and more than 40% its energy consumption sector. Therefore, considering very high potential field solar energy, need to pay attention providing part required by buildings seems necessary. The study effect climate on performance a BIPV has not been done so far. Also, use ranking methods using weighting paramet...

Abstract The current work reports on the effect of local climatic conditions electricity generation typical building integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPVs). Three different climates a) semi-continental with increased heating needs, b) Mediterranean moderate and cooling needs c) hot desert high are considered for BIPV systems. evaluation was done through validated TRNSYS simulations. findings s...

A procedure to prioritize the cities utilize a building integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPV/T) system is proposed in which technique for order of preference by similarity ideal solution (TOPSIS) employed as systematic decision-making method. Electricity generation and heat recovery year from energy side, levelized cost electricity (LCOE), payback period (PBP) economic viewpoint, well carbon d...