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This study proposes an integrated methodology to assess the BIPV potential of existing urban neighborhoods, including social acceptance and grid infrastructure management issues; as a demonstration, a case study in Geneva, Switzerland is considered. In par ...

IOP Science2019

Reliability of photovoltaic modules

Eleonora Annigoni

A fundamental challenge with solar energy is improving the reliability, and increasing the lifetime, of photovoltaic modules. Typically, photovoltaic module manufacturers guarantee 80% of the nominal power of their modules for 25 years, but this type of gu ...

EPFL2018

Thermo-mechanical stability of lightweight glass-free photovoltaic modules based on a composite substrate

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Hengyu Li, Laure-Emmanuelle Perret Aebi, Valentin Chapuis, Ana Cristina Oliveira Martins

Lightweight PV modules are attractive for building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) applications, especially for renovated buildings, where the additional load bearing capacity is limited. This work focuses on the development of a lightweight, glass-free pho ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2018

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This paper presents two different approaches to deal with the assessment of the BIPV potential in building renovation projects in urban areas, taking Neuchâtel as a representative middle‐size city of the Swiss plateau. 1) A building‐scale analysis aiming t ...

Edward Ng, Square Fong, Chao Ren2018

In order to meet the requirements of the Energy Strategy 2050, there is the need for a large-scale energy retrofit of the current building stock combined with the use of solar active systems, in particular BIPV. However, existing tools to assess the potent ...

2017

Hail resistance of composite-based glass-free lightweight modules for building integrated photovoltaics applications

Ana Cristina Oliveira Martins

In this work, we manufacture lightweight (5 kg/m2) photovoltaic (PV) mini-modules for building integration replacing conventional glass sheets by a composite sandwich backsheet and a polymeric frontsheet. Our test devices are subjected to hail tests accor ...

2017

Solar photovoltaic module

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Philipp Friedrich Hermann Löper, Philippe Wyss, Josua Andreas Stückelberger

In the present invention a new solar photovoltaic module is proposed comprising a solar cell comprising a silicon layer having a first (1 a) surface and a second surface (1a) opposite to said first surface. The solar cell further comprises a passivating la ...

2017

Combinatorial presentation of multidimensional persistent homology

Martina Scolamiero

A multifiltration is a functor indexed by Nr that maps any morphism to a monomorphism. The goal of this paper is to describe in an explicit and combinatorial way the natural Nr-graded R[x(1),...x(r)]-module structure on the homology of a multifiltration of ...

Elsevier2017

Effects of urban compactness on solar energy potential

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Dan Assouline, Nahid Mohajeri Pour Rayeni, Govinda Upadhyay

Compactness is a major urban form parameter that affects the accessibility of solar energy in the built environment. Here we explore the relation between various compactness indicators and solar potential in the 16 neighbourhoods (11,418 buildings) constit ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2016

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The demand for energy efficiency of buildings and on-site electricity production is rising. Building integrated photovoltaic can provide a part of the electricity demand. Many studies are related to the module efficiency. However, architectural integration ...

2015