This study aims to identify the factors influencing promotion of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) using FGI and 1st Delphi methods omit, add, group affecting BIPV, applying a 2nd method confirm relationships between identified factors. A survey companies engaged in BIPV industry was conducted collect data, statistical analysis, such as exploratory factor analysis correlation data collec...

This paper shows a method for the optimization of the design of a building integrated photovoltaic system minimizing costs over life-time, through the use of Radiance software, taking into account the constraints imposed by the architecture of the building and of the surroundings. It calculates the annual solar radiation in many spots of a surface (flat or complex) from a geometry defined by th...

0306-2619/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.06.011 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +852 3400 3596; fax: E-mail address: [email protected] (L. Lu). This paper reports the investigation results of the energy payback time (EPBT) and greenhouse-gas payback time (GPBT) of a rooftop BIPV system (grid-connected) in Hong Kong to measure its sustainability. The 22 kWp PV...

Modeling the photovoltaic (PV) energy output with high accuracy is essential for predicting and analyzing performance of a PV system. In particular cases building-integrated building-attached systems (BIPV BAPV, respectively) time-varying partial shading conditions are relevant added difficulty modeling power conversion. The availability laser imaging detection ranging (LIDAR) data to create ve...

In recent years, Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal Double-Skin Façade (BIPV/T-DSF) shows great potentials on improving indoor thermal comfort and energy efficiency for buildings. Previous studies assessed both of a BIPV/T-DSF building through the use photovoltaic devices ventilation types BIPV/T-DSF, however, which did not evaluate effect other dominant design parameters BIPV/T-DSF's per...

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) have attracted interest due to their capacity feasibly supply buildings with renewable power generation, helping achieve net-zero or net-positive energy goals. BIPV systems include many different solutions depending on the application, PV technology, and envelope material they substitute. Among systems, last two decades seen a rising in transparent semi-...

Energy consumption in the buildings is responsible for 26% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions where cooling typically accounts for over 50% of the total building energy use. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential for reducing the cooling systems’ environmental footprint with applications of alternative renewable energy source. Three types of cooling systems, water cooled, a...

−This paper presents a new approach for efficient utilization of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems under partial shading conditions in urban areas. The aim of this study is to find out the best electrical configuration by analyzing annual energy generation of the same BIPV system, in terms of nominal power, without changing physical locations of the PV modules in the PV arrays. Fo...