Designing with Solar Power A Source Book for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)

About this book

The key objective of this book is to enhance the architectural quality, technical quality and economic viability of PV systems in the built environment, and assess and remove non-technical barriers for their introduction as an energy-significant option. The book introduces the holistic design process, PV technologies and integration concepts. With case studies from across the globe, experts in the field explore the potential of this technology, covering various applications (including non-building structures), relevant design tools, reliability, non-technical barriers and markets.

Contents

Building Design and Environmental Concepts; Technologies and Integration Concepts; International BIPV Case Studies: from Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA; Non-Building Structures; BIPV Potential and Tools; Electrical Concepts and Reliability Issues; Non-Technical Barriers and Markets; Appendices, Bibliography

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Biography

Deo Prasad is Director of the SOLARCH Group, University of New South Wales Centre for a Sustainable Environment, Australia and is a Director of the International Solar Energy Society. Mark Snow is a senior researcher at the SOLARCH Group