Building integration of an amorphous silicon photovoltaic facade

Author

Ossenbrink, Heinz A. ; Rigolini, Luigi ; Chehab, Oussama ; Van der Venne, Olaf

Author_Institution

Joint Res. Centre, Comm. of the Eur. Communities, Ispra, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

770

Abstract

A large photovoltaic facade was retrofitted to an industrial building complex of the Joint Research Centre. Amorphous silicon technology was chosen to cover the maximum possible area at a minimum of costs. The a-Si substrates are laminated within a double-glass facade element. Total area of the facade is 770 m², probably the largest PV facade in operation. Total power output fed into the grid is approximately 25 kWp after stabilisation. Emphasis was put on the architectural design and the visualisation of the function of the system to a wider public by an interactive user-display

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cell arrays; solar cells; 25 kW; Joint Research Centre; Si; a-Si substrates; amorphous silicon photovoltaic facade; architectural design; building integration; double-glass facade element; industrial building complex; interactive user-display; lamination; Amorphous silicon; Buildings; Costs; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Renewable energy resources; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Testing; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520073

Filename

520073