Building energy performance evaluation of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) window with semi-transparent solar cells

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 129; pp. 217 - 227
• Main Authors: Chae, Young Tae, Kim, Jeehwan, Park, Hongsik, Shin, Byungha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 15.09.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Building energy simulation; Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) system; Carbon equivalent; Climate; Energy; Energy conversion efficiency; Equipments, installations and applications; Exact sciences and technology; Natural energy; Optical properties; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic conversion; Semi-transparent solar cell; Solar cells; Solar cells. Photoelectrochemical cells; Solar energy; Spectra; Sun; Wavelengths; Carbon equivalent; Semi-transparent solar cell; Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) system; Building energy simulation; Performance evaluation; Energy consumption; Buildings; Photovoltaic system; Windows; Energy performance; Carbon; Photovoltaic cell; Solar cell; Simulation; Solar energy; Electric power production

[Display omitted] •A systemic approach to evaluate the performance of semi-transparent BIPV windows.•Characteristics of solar cell dominate the BIPV windows’ thermo-optical properties.•We evaluated annual building energy performance of a typical office building model.•The BIPV windows are very effic...