Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) in Historical Buildings: Opportunities and Constraints

In this work, we investigate the potential of using last generation photovoltaic systems in traditional building components of historical buildings. The multifunctional photovoltaic components also open new application and implementation horizons in the field of energy retrofitting in historical bui...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 14; p. 3628
Main Author Rosa, Flavio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2020
Subjects
Alternative energy sources
Architecture
Building components
Building envelopes
building heritage
building-integrated photovoltaics—BIPV
Cultural heritage
Energy efficiency
Green buildings
Historic buildings & sites
Historical buildings
Legislation
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaics
Renewable resources
Retrofitting
Solar energy
traditional materials
Italy
Europe
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Summary:In this work, we investigate the potential of using last generation photovoltaic systems in traditional building components of historical buildings. The multifunctional photovoltaic components also open new application and implementation horizons in the field of energy retrofitting in historical buildings. Some of the Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) solutions lend themselves optimally to solving the problems of energy efficiency in historical buildings. For the next few years, Italian legislation foresees increasing percentages of energy production from renewable sources, including historical buildings. The opportunities and constraints analysed are presented through a specific approach, typical of building processes for innovative technological BIPV solutions on historical buildings.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en13143628