Photovoltaic BIPV Systems and Architectural Heritage: New Balance between Conservation and Transformation. An Assessment Method for Heritage Values Compatibility and Energy Benefits of Interventions

Polo Lopez, Cristina Silvia and Troia, Floriana and Nocera, Francesco (2021) Photovoltaic BIPV Systems and Architectural Heritage: New Balance between Conservation and Transformation. An Assessment Method for Heritage Values Compatibility and Energy Benefits of Interventions. Sustainability, 13 (9). p. 5107. ISSN 2071-1050

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Abstract

This paper proposes to identify an approach methodology for the incorporation of building-integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPV) in existing architectural heritage, considering regulatory, conservation and energy aspects. The main objective is to provide information about guidance criteria related to the integration of BIPV in historical buildings and about intervention methods. That will be followed by the development of useful data to reorient and update the guidelines and guidance documents, both for the design approach and for the evaluation of potential future interventions. The research methodology includes a categorization and analysis of European and Swiss case studies, taking into account the state of preservation of the building before the intervention, the data of the applied photovoltaic technology and the aesthetic and energy contribution of the intervention. The result, in the form of graphic schedules, provides complete information for a real evaluation of the analyzed case studies and of the BIPV technological system used in historical contexts. This research promotes a conscious BIPV as a real opportunity to use technology and a contemporary architectural language capable of dialoguing with pre-existing buildings to significantly improve energy efficiency and determine a new value system for the historical building and its environment.

Item Type:	Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	solar energy; heritage buildings; energy efficiency; building integrated photovoltaic BIPV; renewable energy sources (RES)
Subjects:	Engineering > Electronic & electrical engineering > Electrical power > Electrical power generation Thechnologies > Others in technology > Energy technologies Architecture, building and planning > Architecture > Architectural technology Architecture, building and planning > Building > Conservation of buildings Historical and philosophical studies > Heritage studies
Department/unit:	Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design > Istituto sostenibilità applicata all'ambiente costruito
Depositing User:	Cristina Silvia Polo Lopez
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2021 06:54
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2021 06:55
URI:	http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/12668

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