PV Module Mounting and Attachment Details Nda
Standard PV modules are 31 in. x 61 in. but can be produced in custom sizes as required to fit the framing requirements of the curtain wall. One unique feature is that the modules are glass-to glass lami nated products. The modules are installed with an insulated inner liner, which forms a plenum for ventilation. Heat radiated into the curtain wall plenum is vented to the outside by natural convection through holes drilled in the horizontal mullions. In some cases, the hollow vertical mullions...
BIPV Product Development
Since the early 1990s, the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE's Photo-voltaics Building Opportunities in the United States PV BONUS program has brought together PV and building product manufacturers in a coordinated effort to develop PV roofing shingles, facade glazing, and curtain wall products for buildings and other structures. Today there is a recognizable commercialization trend toward standardizing BIPV construction products. In the long run, product standardization will be an essential...
Sun Microsystems Clock Tower
Date Completed Architect amp Designer Structural Engineers Electrical Engineers Tradesman Required Applicable Building Codes Applicable Electrical Codes PV Product Size Projected System Electrical Output Gross PV Surface Area PV Weight PV Cell Type PV Efficiency PV Module Manufacturer Inverter Number and Size Inverter Manufacturer and Model Interconnection Burlington, Massachusetts Sun Microsystems October 1998 HOK Architects and ASE Americas, Inc. Polycrystalline silicon manufactured by ASE...
Discovery Science Center
Scheduled Completion Date Architect amp Designer Structural Engineers Electrical Engineers Tradesmen Required Applicable Building Codes Applicable Electrical Codes PV Product Size Projected System Electrical Output Gross PV Surface Area PV Weight PV Cell Type PV Efficiency PV Module Manufacturer I nverter Number and Size Inverter Manufacturer and Model Interconnection Arquitectonica for the cube, Solar Design Associates for the PV system Advanced Structures, Inc. Solar Design Associates, Inc....
PV System Configuration Rhj
A one-line electrical schematic is given for the two photovoltaic systems. The photovoltaic modules are wired in series and parallel to meet the voltage and current input requirements of the power conditioning unit PCU . To simplify the wiring between the PV array and the PCU, combiners are installed near the array. The array combiners include reverse current protection, surge protection, and series string fusing, and they provide a convenient place for testing and troubleshooting the PV array....
Workers carry PV modules with attached foam backing in preparation for rooftop
Date Completed Architect amp Designer System Integrator Structural Engineers Electrical Engineers Tradesmen Required Applicable Building Codes Applicable Electric Codes PV Product Size kWp Projected System Electrical Output Gross PV Surface Area PV Weight PV Cell Type PV Efficiency PV Module Manufacturer Inverter Number and Size Inverter Manufacturer and Model Interconnection U.S. Department of Energy DOE Western Area Power Administration June 1998 DOE Western Area Power Administration,...
Block diagram of a utilityinteractive PV system
more amorphous silicon modules will be required to generate the same amount of electric power produced by other silicon-based PV modules. Continuing research and development in thin-film silicon should increase its conversion efficiencies. An important architectural consideration is aethetics, and PV modules do differ in appearance. Single-crystalline PV modules are dense blue almost black , with a flat, uniform appearance. Polycrystalline modules are multicolored, having a variety of sparkling...
National Air and Space Museum
Date Completed Architect amp Designer Structural Engineers Electrical Engineers Tradesmen Required Applicable Building Codes Applicable Electric Codes PV Product Size Inverter Number and Size Inverter Manufacturer amp Model Interconnection Dulles Center, Washington, DC Smithsonian Institution Construction begun in 2000, scheduled for completion in 2003 HOK, Building Architects Kiss Cathcart Architects, PV System Designers Satish Shah, Speigel, Zamel, amp Shah, Inc. BOCA, Metropolitan Washington...
Special Design Considerations
The south and east facades of the 37th through the 43rd floor were designated as the sites for the photovoltaic skin. BIPV was incorporated into the design after the tower's general appearance had already been decided upon, so the BIPV panels have been integrated into the curtain wall instead of conventional glass spandrel panels on the 37th through the 43rd floor. The custom-made BIPV panels are visible in this sidewalk view from Broadway. installation was made to harmonize with the...
General Services Administration Williams Building
Date Completed Project Developers Electrical Engineer Solar Consultant Tradesmen Required Applicable Building Codes Applicable Electrical Codes Projected System Electrical Output Gross PV Surface Area PV Weight PV Cell Type PV Efficiency PV Module Manufacturer Inverter Number and Size Inverter Manufacturer Interconnection 408 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts U.S. General Services Administration September 30, 1999 Enron Energy Services and U.S. General Services Administration National...
Patrina Eiffert PhD
Dr. Eiffert is a project leader in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's NREL's Deployment Facilitation Center. NREL is a U.S. Department of Energy DOE national laboratory. As a Deputy Team Leader within NREL's Federal Energy Management Program FEMP team, Dr. Eiffert has had experience managing projects that assist in implementing renewable energy in the Federal sector. Primary activities range from conducting economic feasibility analysis and design studies through assessment and...
Elverta Maintenance Facility Phases I and II Phase I
Date Completed Architect amp Designer System Integrator Structural Engineers Electrical Engineers Tradesmen Required Applicable Building Codes Applicable Electric Codes PV Product Size Projected System Electrical Output Gross PV Surface Area PV Weight PV Cell Type PV Efficiency PV Module Manufacturer Inverter Number and Size Inverter Manufacturer Interconnection U.S. Department of Energy DOE Western Area Power Administration May 1996 DOE Western Area Power Administration, PowerLight Corporation...
Fresa
This is a first-order screening tool to identify potentially cost-effective applications of renewable energy technology on a building and facility level. FRESA Federal Renewable Energy Screening Assistant is useful for determining which renewable energy applications require further investigation. Technologies represented include active solar heating, active solar cooling, solar hot water, daylighting with windows, daylighting with skylights, photo-voltaics, solar thermal electric parabolic...
This illustration shows how the notched BIPV standingseam components overlap
slope provides a 90 ft x 26 ft 27.4 m x 7.9 m surface at a 5 incline. This half of the roof measured approximately 2,340 ft2 217 m2 . The box rib roofing was removed from the entire south-facing slope, and new standing seam pans, including 24 of the Uni-Solar SSR 120 photovoltaic standing seam panels, replaced the original roofing. Integrating the new metal roofing with the existing roof posed several design and construction challenges. In addition, the longest panel that Uni-Solar could...
BIPV Products
These are the types of BIPV systems commercially available Facade systems The BIPV system is designed to act as an outer skin and weather barrier as part of the building envelope. An example is a BIPV system used for rainscreen overcladding. Glass BIPV products are typically used as facade systems. Atrium systems BIPV is a glass element that provides different degrees of shading and can be designed to enhance indoor thermal comfort as well as daylighting. Awning and Shading systems A variety of...
Presidio National Park Building
Date Completed Architect amp Designer Structural and Electrical Engineers Equity Builders Presidio National Park, Building 1016, San Francisco, California U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service May 1996 Tradesmen Required Applicable Building Codes Applicable Electric Codes PV Product Size California structural and seismic codes National Electric Code Roof-integrated, translucent glass-laminate skylight 1.25 kWp Projected System Electrical Output 716.4 kWh yr AC Gross PV Surface Area...