Positive energy building with PV facade production and electrical storage designed by the Swiss team for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017
Couty, Philippe; Lalou, Moncef J.; Cuony, Peter; Cotture, Samuel; Saade, Victor
2017

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Abstract

In the framework of the Solar Decathlon 2017 in Denver, Colorado, the Swiss team will propose a community house powered by solar energy and smart grid interaction. Thanks to an integrated design with multi-oriented façades, which were boosted by customized opening gates equipped with c-Si PV panels and power optimizers, a net positive energy building has been realized. An energy management system has been implemented to monitor and control the 9.715 kWp PV system and the electrical storage of 10.8 kWh capacity. The realized microgrid has been modelled and simulations have been performed using hourly meteorological data. As first results, measured BIPV production during the building commissioning has been compared with the simulated production at Fribourg.

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Title
Positive energy building with PV facade production and electrical storage designed by the Swiss team for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017
Author(s)
Couty, Philippe (School of Engineering and Architecture (HEIA-FR), HES-SO University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland)
Lalou, Moncef J. (School of Engineering and Architecture (HEIA-FR), HES-SO University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland)
Cuony, Peter (Groupe-E Connect SA, Matran, Switzerland)
Cotture, Samuel (EPFL ENAC, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Saade, Victor (EPFL ENAC, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Date
2017-09
Published in
Energy Procedia
Volume
2017, vol. 122, pp. 919-924
Pagination
6 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.410
ISSN
18766102
Keywords
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017 ; photovoltaics ; BIPV ; power optimizers ; hourly simulations ; electrical storage ; microgrid ; energy management
Article Type
scientifique
Faculty
Ingénierie et Architecture
School
HEIA-FR
Institute
Energy - Institut de recherche appliquée en systèmes énergétiques
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