Description
Due to the growing demand for clean sources of energy, the manufacture of solar cells and photovoltaic arrays has expanded dramatically in recent years. Photovoltaics has high appeal, generating electricity from sunlight, silently, with no maintenance, no pollution and no depletion of materials.In building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems, photovoltaic modules become an integral part of the building envelope, such as the roof, a skylight or the façade. BIPV represents the combination of proven renewable power technology and the building exterior using traditional building practices.
CONTENTS
- Introduction
- PV basics
- PV for designers
- Design of the building envelope
- Shading systems
- Rainscreen systems
- Stick-system curtain walls
- Unitised curtain walls
- Double-skin facades
- Atria and canopies
- Residential
- Refurbishment
- Case study performance data
- Glossary of terms and Index
184 pages, color & b&w ills / 21 x 30 cm / English
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