New building cladding system using independent tilted BIPV panels with battery storage capability

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Kim, Amy A. and Reed, Dorothy A. and Choe, Youngjun and Wang, Shuoqui and Recart, Carolina (2019) New building cladding system using independent tilted BIPV panels with battery storage capability. Sustainability, 11 (20). 5546. ISSN 2071-1050 (https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205546)

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Abstract

In order to meet renewable energy goals in the near future, the deployment of photovoltaic (PV) panels on buildings will dramatically increase. The objective of this paper is to introduce an improved design for PV cladding systems that will greatly contribute to meeting these renewable energy goals. Typically, building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panels are vertically oriented as cladding and they are not coupled with individual storage batteries. The proposed cladding couples a tilted BIPV panel with one or more storage batteries at each building placement. Thus, the tilted BIPV plus battery system is independent of other power generation in the building and it is referred to as a “building perma-power link” (BPPL) cladding element. Each cladding panel is designed as a stand-alone system, which will be useful for installation, operation, and maintenance. The hyper-redundancy of multiple BPPL cladding panels for a typical building significantly enhances its overall energy resiliency. In order to foster manufacturing ease, each individual cladding unit has been designed at tilts of 45° and 60°. An example of a mid-rise building in Seattle, Washington is provided. The degree of building energy resiliency provided through multiple BPPLs is examined.

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Kim, Amy A., Reed, Dorothy A., Choe, Youngjun, Wang, Shuoqui and Recart, Carolina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4969-3843;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:93743
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    9 October 2019
    Published
    3 October 2019
    Accepted
    Subjects:Fine Arts > Architecture
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Architecture
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:07 Aug 2025 10:57
    Last modified:25 Jul 2026 00:22
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/93743
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