BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS – CASE STUDY OF IMPLEMENTATION AT FACULTY OF ENGINEERING IN THE CITY OF KRAGUJEVAC

Abstract

The development of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) technology and its implementation in new or existing construction of the building envelope provide aesthetical, economical and technical solutions to integrate solar cells for produce electricity within the energy-efficient envelopes of build-ings. In modern and developed countries, there is transition to fully energetically sustainable architecture through the realization of low energy buildings. BIPV represents the thermal building envelope, and at the same time a source which is generating electricity. BIPV play an important role in the new era of distributed power generation. This paper gives an overview of the current classification of BIPV and their application, and w and points out the possibilities and needs for integrating the BIPV system into already existing buildings. A study of the possible implementation of the BIPV system at one of the buildings of the Faculty of Engineering in the city of Kragujevac was also presented in the paper, with an analysis of the possibilities of energy saving with the installation of various types of BIPV systems in the faculty building.