Building-integrated PV-analysis and US market potential

Frantzis, L.; Hill, S.; Teagan, Peter; Friedman, Daniel

doi:10.1109/wcpec.1994.520180

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“…Then, the US DOE launched a program called Building Opportunities in the United States for Photovoltaics Program to help commercialize BIPV products [42]. Meanwhile, Europe published Solar Architecture in Europe, and Japan also joined these efforts, announcing similar programs [43]. All of these plans were aimed at facilitating the commercialization of innovative BIPV projects.…”

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A Review of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics in Singapore: Status, Barriers, and Prospects

Chen

Heng

2022

Sustainability

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Energy consumption enhancement has resulted in a rise in carbon dioxide emissions, followed by a notable greenhouse effect contributing to global warming. Globally, buildings consume one-third of the total energy due to the continued expansion of building areas caused by population growth. Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) represent an effective technology to attain zero energy buildings (ZEBs) via solar energy use. This research begins with the tropical green building concept in Singapore associated with renewable energy and gives an overview of the potential of solar photovoltaic energy. Strategies for BIPV spread in Singapore are also provided. Considering both BIPV system life cycle assessment (LCA) and BIPV industry standards and recent developments, this research determines whether Singapore should adopt this technology. Although the BIPV product market has expanded regarding BIPV products, systems and projects, there remain certain barriers to BIPV adoption in Singapore. Additionally, future research directions for tropical BIPV applications are outlined. The Singapore BIPV system serves as an example for a number of other tropical countries facing comparable challenges.

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A Review of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics in Singapore: Status, Barriers, and Prospects

Chen

Heng

2022

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“…One of the earliest definitions given of building-integrated PV is by Frantzis et al (1994). They believe two approaches of PV application can be considered as integrated: first, the situation where PV functions as the exterior weathering skin, and second, where the PV modules are mounted on the existing building envelope.…”

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Architectural Photovoltaic Application

Haghighi

2022

Architecture and the Built Environment

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The urgency to use renewable technologies within the built environment results in new interpretations of and approaches to Architecture. New building regulations, together with international pledges for addressing climate change, made the implications of photovoltaic systems (aka ‘solar panels’) in the buildings more crucial than ever. Moreover, the current mainstream of placing PV systems on the roof and façade of buildings is neither aesthetically appealing nor technically efficient and consequently not a sustainable, long-term, and reliable approach. In response to this issue, the concept of Integration is introduced as an alternative to this approach. This research suggests the notion of Architectural Photovoltaic Application (APA) in response to the various shortcomings of the Integration, with its current definitions, for being adapted to different architectural styles and approaches. APA can be defined as an approach in which PV technologies are meant to be sources of on-site renewable energy and considered a part of building services that is also incorporated to the building anatomy through the design process. Through APA, PV systems do not need to play a role in the building construction, instead these systems are fully accommodated by Architects in the design process as another element of the building service.

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