Publication: Energy and thermal comfort with building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV)
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2024-08
Authors
Nur Aniqah Alyaa binti Ahmad Sufi
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Nowadays, renewable energy has become increasingly popular in the world. With growing concerns about climate change, and environmental degradation, the
transition to renewable energy sources has become imperative. By harnessing these clean energy sources, it can reduce the carbon footprint, mitigate climate change, and protect ecosystems. This study conducts a comprehensive an analysis of the energy performance and thermal comfort aspects of building by using a vertical building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system with bifacial solar panels at Universiti Sains Malaysia Engineering Campus, Pulau Pinang in Malaysia. BIPV system is useful because it presents for addressing both energy needs and thermal comfort in building. Moreover, this project aims to analyze the thermal comfort level and energy generation with and without BIPV installation by using some parameters such as temperature, humidity, light intensity, and noise levels using sensors including bifacial solar panel. The results indicated that the bifacial solar panels significantly affected the thermal comfort parameters. The temperature and light intensity measurements showed differences between with and without the BIPV installation. The average ambient temperature of indoor thermal comfort with bifacial is 26.61°C while without bifacial is 28.04 °C. Therefore, the presence of the bifacial panels helped in reducing indoor temperature and controlling light intensity, thereby enhancing thermal comfort. The results of the study showed that the vertical BIPV system with bifacial solar panels
could generate a significant amount of electricity, which could make vertical BIPV a viable design in Malaysia.