Performance and financial evaluation of various photovoltaic vertical facades on high-rise building in Malaysia

Ghazali, Azhar; Haw, Lim Chin; Mat, Sohif; Sopian, Kamaruzzaman

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.11.003

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“…But according to architectural creativity, different approaches to the BIPV system can be made based on climatic conditions. Ghazali [25] evaluated the cost and performance of Photovoltaic (PV) façade on building envelope (facade) using System Advisor Model (SAM) developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to estimate the potential of PV that applied on a vertical facade in Malaysia. A Heterojunction Intrinsic Thin-film module (HIT-Si) had been used with 15.6% of nominal efficiency.…”

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“…The south and the north, however, are less irradiating. Although the roof of the building (horizontal facade) received higher incident radiation than the skin of the building (vertical facade) due to the wider area, it maximised the vertical facade to the east and west, employing a panel system that could produce significantly higher energy per year, of around 800 MWh [25].…”

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Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) in Southeast Asian Countries: Review of Effects and Challenges

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Fossil fuel consumption for electricity generation in the building sector is at an all-time high in line with the country’s economic growth. This scenario will increase the global CO2 emissions and large carbon footprints, thus leading to global warming. In recent years, most of the research related to the building sector has focused on the development of new techniques to reduce buildings’ energy consumption through energy conservation, energy efficiency, and the implementation of renewable energy technologies. The introduction of photovoltaic (PV) technology has become the most prominent renewable energy (RE) that can be integrated into building components. Even though the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) has been available for decades, but its implementation in Southeast Asian countries has not gained widespread acceptance compared to European countries and other parts of Asia. This paper aims to investigate the effects and challenges of BIPV implementation in Southeast Asian Countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines), focusing on climate effects, the initial cost of PV technology, government policies, and initiatives. An in-depth literature review from past research, policies, and reports taken between 2016 to 2021 has been conducted and found that the environmental parameters directly influence the performance of BIPV systems and affect efficiency. This study pointed at Feed-in Tariff (FiT), policies and initiatives offered by the government in Southeast Asian countries are not beneficial and discourage building owners to adopt the BIPV technology or any other RE technology. Governments should revise the current policies to promote and attract more building owners to take part in the efforts to minimize CO2 emissions from the building industry.

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“…In the design of the BIPV system, the optimum components' sizing and the orientation and inclination of the solar panels were evaluated and validated using PVsyst v.6 (PVsyst SA, Satigny, Switzerland) software (in line with other studies [15][16][17]), using a three-dimensional model to take into consideration the shadings (Figure 3), provided that partial shading has been identified as the main cause of yield and performance ratio (PR) reductions in PV systems [15].…”

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Transformation of a University Lecture Hall in Valladolid (Spain) into a NZEB: LCA of a BIPV System Integrated in Its Façade

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Martín-Ramos

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International Journal of Photoenergy

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The EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Directive 2010/31/EU) poses a major challenge, as it promotes the transformation of existing buildings into nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB). In this work, we present the case of study of a lecture hall building, owned by the University of Valladolid (Spain), that is currently being refurbished into a NZEB by integration of renewable energy sources (RES), also in line with the requirements from Directive 2009/28/EC. As part of its major renovation, not only Trombe walls and geothermal energy are to be incorporated but also a building-integrated solar photovoltaic (BIPV) system to address the electricity needs and reduce the building’s energy use and GHGs in a cost-effective manner. The environmental profile of this BIPV system has been investigated using life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), assessing the net emissions of CO2 and the damages caused in a comparative context with conventional electricity-generation pathways. In spite of the small power installed in this first stage (designed to cover only an annual energy consumption of about 13,000 kWh, around 6% of the total demand), it can be concluded that significant environmental benefits are gained using this system.

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“…The study identified that BIPV systems could be competitive with rooftop systems. Ghazali et al evaluated the technical and economic performance of vertical PV facades for use in high‐rise buildings in Malaysia using the System Advisor Model tool . The annual energy output and the payback period of the systems were estimated to be 400–700 MWh and 12 years, respectively.…”

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“…Ghazali et al evaluated the technical and economic performance of vertical PV facades for use in high-rise buildings in Malaysia using the System Advisor Model tool. 20 The annual energy output and the payback period of the systems were estimated to be 400-700 MWh and 12 years, respectively. The payback period of three BIPV systems including amorphous silicon, single-crystalline silicon, and multi-crystalline silicon were assessed and it was found that the energy payback period of these systems are far below the LCC, suggesting that the systems are theoretically feasible.…”

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Techno‐economic feasibility of building attached photovoltaic systems for the various climatic conditions of Iran

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Fazelpour

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Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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The integration of solar energy systems into buildings via photovoltaic (PV) and other technologies can curb the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by buildings. However, the performance of solar energy systems is highly dependent on climatic and economic conditions. In this regard, the techno‐economic feasibility of building attached PV systems are studied for three scenarios considering three cities of Iran namely Tehran, Tabriz, and Kish Island, which have different climatic conditions. The result shows that the PV systems can annually meet 4.5–20% of the electricity needs for Tehran, 3.0–13% for Tabriz and 2.0–11.5% for Kish Island. Moreover, roof mounted PV systems were found to be a better alternative to envelope attached systems in technical and economic terms. The payback period for the solar energy systems was found to be between 8.7 and 14.3 years for Tehran, 14.2 and 22.6 years for Tabriz, and 11.6 and 21.1 for Kish Island.

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Performance and financial evaluation of various photovoltaic vertical facades on high-rise building in Malaysia

Cited by 33 publications

References 12 publications

Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) in Southeast Asian Countries: Review of Effects and Challenges

Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) in Southeast Asian Countries: Review of Effects and Challenges

Transformation of a University Lecture Hall in Valladolid (Spain) into a NZEB: LCA of a BIPV System Integrated in Its Façade

Techno‐economic feasibility of building attached photovoltaic systems for the various climatic conditions of Iran

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