BIPV quality and normative framework

Integrating PV in building skin today requires an accurate performance assessment in accordance with construction norms and PV standards...

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ORIENTATION AND TILT

To optimize the production of solar panels, one of the most investigated aspect is the relation between solar yield with orientation...

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SHADING

Shading reduces PV efficiency and could cause safety issues triggered by different levels of current in the solar cells. In case of partial shading...

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TIMELINE

The paradigm of sustainability and the increasing demand of nearly zero energy and plus energy buildings are rapidly transforming building skin...

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BIPV MARKET DYNAMICS

The BIPV market in Europe is in a transition. The past decades of a slowly emerging BIPV market have been characterized by the original...

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THE COSTS OF BIPV

Quite often there is a tendency to avoid the use of photovoltaics because it is believed that it costs significantly more than traditional building...

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Solaris #3

On 5 July 2019, the sustainability institute applied to the built environment of SUPSI, with the support from the Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)...

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Establishing a cost-effective BIPV sector in Europe

Why hasn’t more building-integrated PV (BIPV) been installed throughout the world? The simplest answer is that a PV module does not architecture...

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