Seminar 40 -- Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Envelope for Cold Climates: Here Comes the Power of the Sun PDF

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As global efforts on the electrification of the built environment intensify, buildings are expected to become flexible and provide different services to the grid, including energy. Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) will play a key role to achieve such transformation. In addition to electricity production, BIPV also enhance functions of the building envelope and HVAC while maintaining an aesthetically pleasing architecture. The objective of this seminar is to discuss the technical design and implementation challenges of BIPV for cold climates, through three Canadian case studies. In this seminar, the attendees will gain an understanding of (i)BIPV design (ii)implementation challenges, and (iii)technical solutions.

1. BIPV for Net-Zero Energy Institutional Building: Energy Efficiency, Energy Conservation and Solar Energy Generation
   Andreas Athienitis, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
2. BIPV for Industrial Buildings: When the Photovoltaic Envelope Becomes Part of the HVAC System
   Véronique Delisle, Ph.D., Natural Resources Canada, Varennes, QC, Canada
3. BIPV for Convention Center Retrofit: Balancing Solar Gains and Solar Electricity Generation
   Diego Cueva, Onyx Solar, New York, NY