Design of a Ventilated Façade Integrating a Luminescent Solar Concentrator Photovoltaic Panel

Giulio Mangherini (), Paolo Bernardoni (), Eleonora Baccega, Alfredo Andreoli, Valentina Diolaiti and Donato Vincenzi
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Giulio Mangherini: Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, FE, Italy
Paolo Bernardoni: Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, FE, Italy
Eleonora Baccega: Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, FE, Italy
Alfredo Andreoli: Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, FE, Italy
Valentina Diolaiti: Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, FE, Italy
Donato Vincenzi: Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, FE, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: The increasing trend towards decarbonization requires the reduction of the environmental impact of the building sector that currently accounts for approximately 40% of the total CO 2 emissions of European countries. Even though Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC) panels could be a very promising technology to be installed in urban environments, there is still little implementation of LSC panels in building façades. Here, the realization of a Ventilated Façade (VF) integrating an LSC device as an external pane is presented and a preliminary numerical and experimental investigation is used to evaluate the interaction between the different structure components. Thanks to the realization of a dedicated mock-up finite element method, models are calibrated and validated against experimental measurements, showing a good correspondence between simulated and measured data. Moreover, the electrical characterization of the LSC panel confirms that large area devices can be used as an external skin of VF, reporting a photovoltaic efficiency of 0.5%. The system’s thermal and optical properties (estimated thanks to the software COMSOL Multiphysics) encourage the continuation of the research by considering different technologies for the VF internal skin, by scaling up the case study, and by running the simulation of an entire building considering winter and summer energy demands.

Keywords: building integrated photovoltaic; ventilated façade; luminescent solar concentrator; numerical modeling; semi-transparent photovoltaic panel; thermal simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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