How to Evaluate BIPV: A Due Diligence Guide for Projects

How to Evaluate BIPV for High-Performance Buildings: A Due Diligence Framework I. From Rooftop Panels to Active Building Skins For about 30 years, commercial solar meant one thing: racks of panels bolted onto a finished roof. The building came first and the solar went on afterward. Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) turns that around. BIPV means solar modules that are the building material. They work as the curtain wall glass, the roof covering, the skylight, or the sunshade. The International Energy Agency puts it simply in its international definitions of BIPV: a BIPV module is a PV module and a construction product together. That double role is what makes BIPV powerful. It’s also […]