Buildings account for around 39% of the world’s annual C02 emissions. This percentage includes not just the emissions from building operations but also the ones released in the production of building materials and the construction process.
In this scenario, the responsibility of buildings and the construction industry towards the environment shoots up considerably.
Enter BIPV or Building-Integrated Photovoltaics.
What are BIPV Systems?
What are BIPV Systems
Imagine tall skyscrapers with a deep blue facade made out of Photovoltaics. Or a residential space with windows that can generate solar energy! BIPV is a technology that turns these futuristic ideas into a reality.
Building integrated photovoltaics use PV modules as building materials and incorporate them into the design of the structure. Through this technology, facades, roofs, walls, corridors, canopies, and many such large and small spaces can be transformed into sources of electricity generation.
You must be thinking, wouldn’t it destroy the aesthetics of the building? But No!
By incorporating thin-film panels, bifacial cells, semi-transparent cells, solar cell glazing, or conventional PV modules, BIPV structures provide a modern and futuristic appeal to buildings.
Why the Need for BIPV?
In this metropolitan world, with a population that has just crossed 8 billion, space has become a precious commodity. Many lack access to adequate land space to install large-scale solar energy systems. As a result, the demand for flexible and modern solar solutions is incredibly high!
BIPVs solve this problem by utilizing the underutilized building spaces to set up PV systems, which can either support the grid generation or power the entire building on its own.