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Maryam Safavi and Maryam Khoshbakht
Utilizing integrated solar systems and renewable energy sources has the potential to not only decrease the CO2 emissions of buildings but also provide access to more affordable energy alternatives compared to fossil fuels, especially considering the rece...
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Siliang Yang, Francesco Fiorito, Alistair Sproul and Deo Prasad
Energy used in buildings is mainly attributed to provide the desired thermal comfort, which could result in an increase in carbon emission and, in turn, lead to further environmental degradation. A Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Double-Skin Façade (BIP...
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Sojung Kim and Sumin Kim
Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) are becoming popular as building elements such as windows, roofs, and outer walls. Because BIPVs have both a construction material function and an electricity generation function, they are a promising alternative...
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Yuyan Wang, Xi Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Hao Zhang, Bo Xiong and Xuepeng Shi
Population growth and urban expansion have led to increased demand for buildings. Optimizing the building façade design, using integrated photovoltaic (PV) shading and vertical farming (VF) can reduce building energy consumption while ensuring a partial ...
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Soonmyung Lee and Sanghoon Park
In order to expand the zero-energy building, it is necessary to evaluate the economic feasibility of the passive and active elements applied to achieve the zero-energy building. The purpose of this study is to verify the final energy consumption and inve...
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Shindume Lomboleni Hamukwaya, Huiying Hao, Zengying Zhao, Jingjing Dong, Tingting Zhong, Jie Xing, Liu Hao and Melvin Mununuri Mashingaidze
The recent rapid development in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has led to significant research interest due to their notable photovoltaic performance, currently exceeding 25% power conversion efficiency for small-area PSCs. The materials used to fabricate...
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Abdulmajeed Aldabesh, Jassmen Soufi, Siddig Omer and Abdullah Haredy
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as one of the largest polluters worldwide, has released its Vision 2030 that seeks sustainable development via economic diversification to transition towards lower CO2 energy systems. Due to fast population and economic...
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Christos Kalogerakis, Eftichis Koutroulis and Michail G. Lagoudakis
A global maximum power point tracking (GMPPT) process must be applied for detecting the position of the GMPP operating point in the minimum possible search time in order to maximize the energy production of a photovoltaic (PV) system when its PV array op...
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Caterina Caprioli, Marta Bottero and Elena De Angelis
Renewable energy resources and energy-efficient technologies, as well as building retrofitting, are only some of the possible strategies that can achieve more sustainable cities and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Subsidies and incentives are often prov...
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Worldwide, an increasing number of new buildings have photovoltaics (PV) integrated in the building envelope. In Switzerland, the use of coloured PV façades has become popular due to improved visual acceptance. At the same time, life cycle assessm...
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