Research Advances in Building-Integrated Photovoltaics and Its Integration with Other Energy Systems
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 2020
Special Issue Editors
Interests: PV; solar energy; thermal storage; near zero-energy buildings
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2. Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency of Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Interests: renewable energy; building energy saving; energy simulation and modeling
Interests: PV; solar energy; thermal storage; near zero-energy buildings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to the report and data released from International Energy Agency (IEA), more than 30% of global energy is consumed by buildings, which has become a great incentive to reduce building energy consumption. Meanwhile, national energy reports by each country have also confirmed a similar percentage value for energy consumption in the building sector. Due to the calling for carbon neutrality in many national plans, it is also imperative to consider the contribution of new solutions for building carbon reduction.
Facing the energy issues in building sector, Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is seen as an efficient means of producing renewable energy on-site while simultaneously meeting architectural requirements and providing one or more functions of the building envelope. BIPV refers to photovoltaic modules and systems that can replace conventional building components, which is different from BAPV (Building-Applied Photovoltaics), so they have to fulfill both electrical and building requirements for safety and performance. Any new and effective technology advances in BIPV can facilitate building energy reduction and are conductive to carbon neutrality in building sector.
This Special Issue will focus on two components: one is targeted study improving BIPV systems and proposing new BIPV systems, while another is an extended study on linking BIPV with many other relevant energy systems such as Integrated Energy Systems, Data Centers with PV supply, larger-scale energy storage with integration of BIPV, etc. Both of these aspects should be deepened and supported by in-depth numerical simulations; experimental tests, design, and optimizations; demonstrations; case studies; etc. There are no limits to research methods, but it is required that new advances in system efficiency and environmental benefit are presented.
Based on the two major aspects discussed above, some specific themes include, but are not limited to,
- New BIPV envelopes, including window, wall or roof;
- New materials for BIPV;
- Model advances for complex BIPV;
- BIPV with PCM;
- Design and optimization BIPV methods;
- BIPV with integrated energy systems;
- BIPV for data centers;
- BIPV for large-scale energy-storage systems;
- Other BIPV-related investigations
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yongqiang Luo
Dr. Zhongbing Liu
Dr. Zhiyong Tian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- BIPV
- numerical simulation
- system optimization
- experimental study
- multi-energy system
- building energy performance
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