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Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Building integrated photovoltaics, often shortened to BIPV, means photovoltaic equipment that forms part of the building itself. The photovoltaic surface and the building surface are planned as one system.

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Metal roof covered with a photovoltaic panel array, seen from above
Roof photovoltaic array, shown as a general illustration of a roof photovoltaic application, not as a single panel product.

What building-integrated photovoltaics means

Building-integrated photovoltaics means photovoltaic equipment that forms part of the building itself, rather than equipment added on top of a finished roof or wall. The photovoltaic surface and the building surface are planned as one system, so the roof or wall design and the energy equipment design move together.

This site describes building-integrated photovoltaics at system level only. Power ratings and energy output figures are not published here; please confirm any energy requirement in your inquiry, and treat it as a point to be confirmed rather than a published claim.

Photovoltaics integrated into the roof

A photovoltaic roof is a roof that is also an energy surface. The roof covering, the photovoltaic layer, drainage and maintenance access all have to be planned together, because a roof that generates energy is maintained and inspected differently from a roof that only closes the building.

Roof photovoltaic inquiries should describe the roof plan, the roof orientation and shading, and the maintenance access you expect. Those points belong in the first inquiry, since they affect both the roof system and the photovoltaic system that shares it.

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