5.1.1. Outdoor Facilities

The selected modules will be mounted on the testbeds of the PV Integration Lab of EURAC Research (Figure 2). It consists of an outdoor infrastructure which allows testing and evaluating in real conditions the three aspects of BIPV integration: aesthetics, technology and energy. The roof testbed is a rotating roof measuring 20 square metres. It permits tilting up to 60◦ from the horizontal plane and orienting in any direction to reproduce any exposure condition or any type of cover for roofs. The façade testbed consists of a vertical substructure of about 30 square meters that can host BIPV modules with any mounting systems. The testbeds are connected to a monitoring system for recording the electrical and environmental parameters (such as yield, solar radiation, air temperature and relative humidity) and the energy performance of any type of PV module. The BIPV systems can be connected to storage systems and/or the grid to verify the impact on electricity networks.

**Figure 2.** Outdoor PV integration lab: (**a**) view of roof in horizontal configuration and façade testbeds; and (**b**) detail of rotating configuration of the of the roof testbed.
