1. What is BIPV?
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BIPV, namely Building Integrated Photovoltaic: a photovoltaic power generation system that is designed, constructed and installed at the same time as the building. It perfectly integrated with the building, also known as ‘constructive type’ and ‘building material type’. As a part of the external structure of the building, it not only has the function of power generation, but also has the function of building components and building materials, and can even enhance the beauty of the building, so as to form a perfect unity.
2. What are the advantages of BIPV?
1. It’s clean energy, green environmental protection, and reduce carbon emissions.
2. It is beneficial to reduce the construction cost and make the building more technological.
3. To meet the lighting requirements of buildings, it is safer than installing photovoltaic panels directly.
4. It can effectively reduce building energy consumption and realize building energy saving.
5. Meet the requirements of architectural aesthetics and enhance its practical value and aesthetic value.
6. It can reduce electricity bills and minimize the increase in energy costs.
7. It can be integrated with the battery to save electric energy.
The global BIPV market revenue is expected to reach USD 11.56 billion in 2027. The overall PV installation market grew by 24% in 2019 and is expected to maintain a positive curve for the next few years. Because BIPV technology has more advantages than BAPV, the application space is also wider. However, in the development of this market, opportunities and pain points coexist, and we need to explore and improve step by step.
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BIPV stands for building-integrated photovoltaics, which is quite a mouthful, so we’ll stick to BIPV for this article. Like all forms of photovoltaic, these systems generate low voltage electricity from sunlight.
The integrated bit is the key. Rather than building a roof and then installing solar panels on top of it, with BIPV the modules are part of the roof covering. So, they’re keeping the building dry as well as generating power.
If you’re building a new structure, it makes no sense to construct a roof and then take it apart to bolt-on panels, so the majority of solar electric roof installations are now BIPV (ie built-in). There are two main types.
The more familiar is prefabricated PV modules, linked together with integral weatherproofing and drainage. The other is solar tiles (which, confusingly, look more like slates). Both of these systems can be installed on a wide range of pitches, which is important given the variation in roof design in new UK construction.
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Walls can also be built in this way – replacing the outer rainscreen with PV tiles or modules. So, any suitably-oriented (and unobstructed) external wall can also generate power. However, it’s worth noting that when PV production is at its best (in the summer), the majority of useful light comes from a high incline – so vertical surfaces like this won’t be very good at collecting power.
For that reason, a wall will be much less efficient (per square meter) than a roof installation facing the same direction.
Many new homes are designed to include solar shading, such as projections or louvres, to keep out the summer sun. On that basis, you’d expect the building elements doing this job to have good potential for energy collection.
Indeed, solar sun shades are a great idea – and they can, of course, be designed to still let some light through if you wish. BIPV louvres can be fixed at the optimal inclination for solar collection, or they can be adjustable like Venetian blinds.
Beauty may well be in the eye of the beholder, but the general opinion seems to be that BIPV looks a lot better than bolt-on panels. When installed on a roof, the solar tile variety can integrate seamlessly with natural slates, so it is far less obtrusive.
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