Report IEA-PVPS T15-07: COLOURED BIPV – Market, research and development

Executive summary

COLOURED BIPV

Market, research and development

IEA PVPS Task 15, Report IEA-PVPS T15-07: 2019

February 2019 
Authors:
Gabriele Eder: OFI, Austria and Gerhard Peharz, Roman Trattnig: Joanneum Research, Austria;  Pierluigi Bonomo, Erika Saretta, Francesco Frontini, Cristina S. Polo López: University of Applied Sciences and Art of Southern Switzerland, SUPSI, Switzerland; Helen Rose Wilson, Johannes Eisenlohr: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, ISE, Germany;  Nuria Martin Chivelet: CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; Stefan Karlsson:  RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Växjö, Sweden; Nebojsa Jakica, Alessandra Zanelli: Politecnico di Milano, Italy; With contribution of: Dieter Moor, Tore Kolas, Menno van der Donker 
Editors:
Gabriele Eder (OFI, Austria), Pierluigi Bonomo (SUPSI, Switzerland) and Helen Rose Wilson (Fraunhofer ISE, Germany)
This report focuses on the economic, technical and theoretical research and development topics of BIPV products, which are available in different colours and sizes.
The given market overview of state-of-the-art coloured BIPV products clearly reveals that for all parts of a BIPV module (glass, polymers, PV-active layers), there are technical solutions available for colouring. Pilot projects utilizing coloured BIPV products have been built in numerous (mainly European) cities clearly demonstrating the maturity of these solutions.
What are still slowing down the progress of implementation of these aesthetically appealing and technically sophisticated new products into a wider market are the costs. In this respect a lot of afford was made to improve and optimize the relationship between colour and efficiency/power generation of BIPV elements. The results of the past and on-going innovative research and intensified fundamental considerations are also summarized in this report.
Besides the colour perception of the coloured BIPV elements under solar irradiation which is essential for the acceptance of the exterior appearance of a building, also transparency and inside visual comfort of BIPV – windows and façade elements are essential for the users and inhabitants.
In the context of Subtask E under IEA-PVPS Task 15, this report aims to give an insight into the “diversity of BIPV products”, with particular emphasis on colour.
The report can be downloaded here.

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