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The work will focus on developing plug-and-play building integrated photovoltaics (PaP BIPV). As of today, BIPV systems are designed as various foil, tile, module and solar cell glazing products which need to be pieced together in different, and often cumbersome, ways, with respect to both the main panels (e.g. tiles) and their electrical cable connectors. The electrical cables experiencing miscellaneous stresses during time often represent a weak point for the BIPV systems. Replacing single panels, e.g. when damaged, may be especially cumbersome and time-consuming, often involving the need for unfastening or removing several panels around the actual one. This latter aspect may also increase the risk of additional induced damages during the maintenance and repair operations. For future BIPV products one may envision robust and less labour-intensive plug-and-play systems. That is, one-click-on-and-off plug-and-play BIPV (OCOaO PaP BIPV) systems where individual panels (e.g. tiles) are clicked/snapped together in a single and simple operation ensuring both satisfactory electrical connections and weather tightness, and likewise when removing individual panels. If such PaP BIPV systems could be designed for a reasonable cost, they would definitely gain a competitive edge over today’s more traditional BIPV products, both for residential buildings and larger building complexes, and both for erection of new buildings and retrofitting of old ones. Hence, PaP BIVP could contribute to the acceleration of utilization of solar energy by solar cells on a worldwide scale.
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Bozena Hrynyszyn (NTNU), bozena.d.hrynyszyn@ntnu.no
Mattia Manni (NTNU), mattia.manni@ntnu.no
Andre kontaktpersoner:
Per-Olof Andersson Borrebæk (Isola), po.borrebak@isola.no
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