A novel methodology for the pre-classification of façades usable for the decision of installation of integrated PV in buildings: The case for equatorial countries

Luis Fernando Mulcué-Nieto and Llanos Mora-López

Energy, 2017, vol. 141, issue C, 2264-2276

Abstract: Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is a growing reality worldwide and its development involves implementing techniques to log and estimate the solar resources available. In this paper an easy methodology for the pre-classification of façades in BIPV projects has been described. This step is previous to the calculation of the complete solar potential in a building, and don't include the shape and shading factors. The proposed methodology covers the development of a new model that allows the irradiation factor (IF) to be estimated on façades with only 2 input parameters: the latitude of the place and the azimuth angle of the photovoltaic generator. The necessary tools to assess the “Energetic Efficiency Rating” for BIPV facades are provided, as an initial stage to be applied by architects and engineers.

Keywords: Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV); Optimal façade; Irradiation factor (IF) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036054421732008X
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:141:y:2017:i:c:p:2264-2276

DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.11.150

Access Statistics for this article

Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser

More articles in Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().