BIPV-temp: A demonstrative Building Integrated Photovoltaic installation

Chatzipanagi, Anatoli; Frontini, Francesco; Virtuani, Alessandro

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.097

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“…Estimates show that well‐oriented roofs and façades have the potential to provide up to 30% of the Swiss annual electricity demand (~20 TWh) . In addition, all new buildings in Europe need to comply with the Nearly Zero‐Energy Building standard by December 31, 2020, requiring that the energy consumption of the building has to be covered by renewable energy produced on‐site . Consequently, an increasing demand for PV developments specifically designed for the building industry is expected in the coming years.…”

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Light and durable: Composite structures for building‐integrated photovoltaic modules

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Chapuis

Sculati‐Meillaud³

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Progress in Photovoltaics

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In several countries, building‐integrated photovoltaics solutions could prospectively contribute to the growth of total installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity as they enable electricity production with minimal impact on free land. However, in some circumstances, the relatively high weight (≥15 kg/m2) of existing glass/glass building‐integrated photovoltaics modules may constitute a barrier to the diffusion of PV in the built environment. With the aim of limiting the weight while preserving excellent mechanical stability and durability properties, we propose a new design for lightweight crystalline‐silicon (c‐Si) PV modules in which the conventional polymer backsheet (or glass) is replaced by a composite sandwich structure, and the frontsheet by a transparent polymer foil. Since sandwich structures are generally realized using epoxy as a gluing material, requiring long processing times, we further investigate (1) the possibility of using standard polymers used in the solar industry as alternative adhesives in the sandwich and (2) the possibility to considerably simplify manufacturing, using conventional lamination processes. Mini‐modules are produced, characterized, and submitted to accelerated aging tests (thermal cycling and damp‐heat) to assess the stability of the product against environmental degradation. We show that, by using the reference epoxy adhesive, it is possible to manufacture a lightweight (~5 kg/m2) mini‐module in a 2‐step process, which successfully passes a selection of industry qualification tests, including thermal cycling, damp‐heat, and hail test. We further show that, by replacing epoxy by a PV adhesive, we are able to considerably simplify the manufacturing process, while preserving excellent mechanical and durability properties.

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Light and durable: Composite structures for building‐integrated photovoltaic modules

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Sculati‐Meillaud³

et al. 2018

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“…Regarding the customization level, four were purely elemental [51,52,80,82], eight were compositional at the module-level [64,81,83,88,89,91,92,95], and five were compositional at the façade-level [17,53,81,84,94]; eight studies combined all of the levels [55,82,[85][86][87]90,93,96]. Comparing elemental versus compositional level, studies can be more easily carried out using conventional PV modules without the requirement of a custom-designed module.…”

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“…In the investigated cases, three were SPV [64,85,94], four were MCF [51,52,80,89], four were EDM [53,63,81], and 14 combined two or more strategies [17,55,[82][83][84][86][87][88][90][91][92][93]95,96]. Clear evidence thus presents a combination of various strategies is required to achieve BIPV façade customization.…”

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“…Statistically, nine of the cases focused on design of a custom BIPV product [51,52,55,[80][81][82][83]89,95], only four focused on a customization in the integration process [63,81,84,94], while 12 combined both product and integration concerns in their research [17,53,63,64,[85][86][87][88][90][91][92][93]. This suggests that most custom BIPV façade products are designed with attention on the potential for proper architectural integration.…”

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“…With regards to the added functions, [17] studies addressed thermal control [17,53,63,[83][84][85][86][87][88][89][91][92][93][94][95], [15] addressed aesthetics [17] and, [11] addressed daylighting functionality based on research objective or cell type selection as all a-Si applications permit some degree of light transmission [7,63,64,82,83,[85][86][87]92,95]. Also, three addressed energy savings [53,83,87], four specifically on shading [85][86][87]92], and one on cladding [90] and cost [93].…”

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A Review on Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Customization Potentials

Attoye

Aoul

Hassan³

2017

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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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Building Integrated Photovoltaic Products and Systems

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2024

Photovoltaic Solar Energy

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BIPV-temp: A demonstrative Building Integrated Photovoltaic installation

Cited by 62 publications

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Light and durable: Composite structures for building‐integrated photovoltaic modules

Light and durable: Composite structures for building‐integrated photovoltaic modules

A Review on Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Customization Potentials

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