Relevant Publications
Below is an up to date list of publications that are are directly applicable to the architectural solar market.
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark: Q1 2017
Ran Fu, David Feldman, Robert Margolis, Mike Woodhouse, and Kristen Ardani
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
NREL/TP-6A20-68925
September 2017
State of the art of advanced solar control devices for buildings
Tilmann E. Kuhn
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Heidenhofstr. 2, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
January 2017
Building Integrated Photovoltaics:
Product overview for solar building skins
SUPSI – Swiss BIPV Competence Centre
Status Report 2017
In most European countries the new regulations on energy performance in buildings,
derived from the EPDB 2010, have been defined and the time for the regulations to become
mandatory is very near. The energy performance regulations are now taking over as the main
driving factor for the BIPV market. And that has huge consequences. Instead of BIPV finding its
value in being visible and supporting an image, the main value of BIPV products now becomes
to be invisible. In other words: we do not want to see anymore the difference between a regular
building component and a BIPV component.
Photovoltaic European Technology & Innovation Platform (ETIP)
BIPV Position Paper - December 2016
Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) As A Core Element For Smart Cities
PVSITES - October 2016
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark: Q1 2016
Ran Fu, Donald Chung, Travis Lowder, David Feldman, Kristen Ardani, and Robert Margolis
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
NREL/TP-6A20-66532
September 2016
An empirical study of performance characteristics of BIPV (Building Integrated Photovoltaic) system for the realization of zero energy building
Jae Bum Lee, Jae Wan Park, Jong Ho Yoon, Nam Choon Baek, Dai Kon Kim, U. Cheul Shin
January 2013
Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) in the Residential Sector:
An Analysis of Installed Rooftop System Prices
Ted James, Alan Goodrich, Michael Woodhouse, Robert Margolis, and Sean Ong
NREL/TP-6A20-53103
November 2011
Unitized Pre-Assembled BIPV Curtain Wall IRS Private Letter Ruling (PLR)
PLR Number : 201043023
Internal Revenue Service
Department of the Treasury Washington, DC 20224
10/29/2010
Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Designs for Commercial and Institutional Structures
A Sourcebook for Architects
Patrina Eiffert, Ph.D.
Gregory J. Kiss
NREL / BK-520-25272
February 2000
Optimal Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Applications
Gregory Kiss
Jennifer Kinkead
Kiss & Company Architects
New York, New York
NREL / TP-472-20339
November 1995
