Integración en edificios

Designing with Solar Power: A Source Book for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BiPV)

(Diseñando con energía solar: Guía para la integración en edificios)

Publicación resultado de la colaboración internacional llevada a cabo en el marco de la IEA-PVPS-Task 7. Incluye casos de estudio de edificios e infraestructuras urbanas reales.

Potential for Building Integrated Photovoltaics

(Potencial de sistemas fotovoltaicos integrados en edificios)

Metodología básica y casos de estudio para el cálculo del potencial de la energía solar fotovoltaica en el parque edificatorio de países seleccionados.

Overcoming PV grid issues in the urban areas

(Superando aspectos técnicos del impacto de la fotovoltaica en redes eléctricas de áreas urbanas)

Recopilación de impactos potenciales (positivos y negativos) de la tecnología fotovoltaica como fuente de generación distribuida en las redes eléctricas y propuesta de soluciones tecnológicas para minimizar eventuales efectos negativos. Incluye casos de estudio reales de fotovoltaica a escala urbana.

Community Scale Solar Photovoltaics: Housing and Public Development Examples

(Fotovoltaica a escala comunitaria: ejemplos en edificios residenciales y municipales)

Recopilación de 38 casos de estudio de promociones urbanísticas residenciales y municipios que han incorporado energía solar fotovoltaica. El informe presta una especial atención a las experiencias colaborativas entre distintos agentes (empresas eléctricas, sector de la construcción, instituciones gubernamentales, usuarios) en estas experiencias pioneras.

Urban BIPV in the New Residential Construction Industry

(Fotovoltaica a escala urbana en la nueva industria de la construcción residencial)

Estudio sobre las posibilidades de difusión de la fotovoltaica a nivel urbano como paradigma de innovación tecnológica para la industria de la construcción especializada en el sector residencial. Se analizan 3 tipologías (viviendas aisladas, pareadas y edificios multivivienda) en distintos países, y se propones soluciones innovadoras para dichos mercados desde las perspectivas técnica, de marketing y política.

Analysis of PV System's Values beyond Energy

(Análisis de valores asociados a los sistemas fotovoltaicos más allá de la energía)

Identificación, evaluación y cuantificación de los principales valores y beneficios de la energía solar fotovoltaica a escala urbana para el medioambiente, empresas eléctricas, industria, empleo y los propios usuarios, referidos a distintos países (España entre ellos).

Compared assessment of selected environmental indicators of photovoltaic electricity in OECD cities

(Análisis comparativo de indicadores medioambientales seleccionados relativos a la electricidad solar fotovoltaica en países de la OCDE)

Metodología básica para el cálculo de los indicadores “tiempo de recuperación energética”, “factor de retorno energético” y “potencial de reducción de emisiones de CO2” y su aplicación a 41 ciudades pertenecientes a 26 países de la OCDE (España entre ellos).

Life Cycle Assessment of Future Photovoltaic Electricity Production from Residential-scale Systems Operated in Europe

The photovoltaics (PV) industry is growing rapidly to meet the increasing demand of green power. As the industry grows, the manufacturing processes and the material and energy efficiencies of PV cells and panels are improving. To assess the impacts of this trend, future scenarios of single-crystalline (single-Si, also known as mono-crystalline) silicon and cadmium-telluride (CdTe) PV systems installed on European residences were established. Assessment of the improvement potential of PV electricity-generating technologies such as single-Si and CdTe could be considered in long-term energy strategy decisions.

Life Cycle Inventories and Life Cycle Assessments of Photovoltaic Systems

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a structured, comprehensive method of quantifying material- and energy- flows and their associated impacts in the life cycles of products (i.e., goods and services). One of the major goals of IEA PVPS Task 12 is to provide guidance on assuring consistency, balance, transparency and quality of LCA to enhance the credibility and reliability of the results. The current report presents the latest consensus LCA results among the authors, PV LCA experts in North America, Europe and Asia. At this time consensus is limited to five technologies for which there are well-established and up-to-date LCI data: mono- and multi-crystalline Si, CdTe CIGS, and high concentration PV (HCPV) using III/V cells. The LCA indicators shown herein include Energy Payback Times (EPBT), Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG), criteria pollutant emissions, and heavy metal emissions.

End-of-Life Management Solar Photovoltaic Panels

Solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment has grown at unprecedented rates since the early 2000s. Global installed PV capacity reached 222 gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2015 and is expected to rise further to 4,500 GW by 2050. Particularly high cumulative deployment rates are expected by that time in China (1,731 GW), India (600 GW), the United States (US) (600 GW), Japan (350 GW) and Germany (110 GW).

Methodology Guidelines on Life Cycle Assessment of Photovoltaic Electricity (3rd Edition)

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a structured, comprehensive method of quantifying material and energy flows and their associated emissions caused in the life cycle1 of goods and services. The ISO 14040 and 14044 standards provide the framework for LCA. However, this framework leaves the individual practitioner with a range of choices that can affect the results—and thus the conclusions—of an LCA study. The current IEA guidelines were developed to provide guidance on assuring consistency, balance, and quality to enhance the credibility and reliability of the results from LCAs on photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation systems. The guidelines represent a consensus among the authors PV LCA experts in North America, Europe, and Asia—for assumptions made on PV performance, decisions on process input and emissions allocation, methods of analysis, and reporting of the results.

Photovoltaics and Firefighters’ Operations: Best Practices in Selected Countries

Components of photovoltaic (PV) systems undergo rigorous safety and reliability testing protocols during manufacturing and fulfill the electrical safety requirements established by various codes and standards. These systems do not pose health, safety, or environmental risks under normal operating conditions if properly installed and maintained by trained personnel as required by electrical codes. However, with the ever-growing deployment of PV systems globally and the myriad of applications—from traditional rooftop and ground-mounted installations to more advanced building-integrated and façade systems—it is becoming increasingly important to develop practices and share knowledge on the safe management and risk mitigation of PV systems under non-routine circumstances. This focus includes conditions in which firefighters encounter a PV system that may have been installed improperly or has become damaged. This report aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge on the best practices and standards of firefighters’ operations in relation to selected countries with considerable deployment of PV systems.

Methodological Guidelines on Net Energy Analysis of Photovoltaic Electricity

Net Energy Analysis (NEA) is a structured, comprehensive method of quantifying the extent to which a given energy source is able to provide a net energy gain (i.e., an energy surplus) to the end user, after accounting for all the energy losses occurring along the chain of processes that are required to exploit it (i.e., for its extraction, processing and transformation into a usable energy carrier, and delivery to the end user), as well as for all the additional energy ‘investments’ that are required in order to carry out the same chain of processes. However, this general framework leaves the individual practitioner with a range of choices that can affect the results and thus, the conclusions of a NEA study. The current IEA PVPS guidelines were developed to provide guidance on assuring consistency, balance, and quality to enhance the credibility and reliability of the results from photovoltaic (PV) NEAs. The guidelines represent a consensus among the authors ‐ PV NEA experts in North America, Europe, and Asia ‐ for assumptions made on PV performance, process inputs and outputs, methods of analysis, and reporting of the results.

Acceleration of BIPV

(Impulso de BIPV)

Presentación por parte del coordinador de la Tarea, Michiel Ritzen,
junto con los coordinadores de las subtareas. Resumen de los objetivos
y de las actividades previstas. Se habla del potencial de la aplicación
de BIPV, y se identifican las barreras no técnicas que existen actualmente,
así como los principales agentes implicados en BIPV. Se muestran los
resultados previstos a alcanzar en cada subtarea.

IEA PVPS Task 12 and 15 expert meeting - Workshop and Technical visits

BIPV research teams & BIPV R&D facilities - An international mapping