Performance of a building integrated PV/thermal system on a bank in North Carolina
In an effort to improve PV building economics, two building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) systems for commercial applications were recently designed and installed in North Carolina. This work was done under the first round of the US Department of Energy's PV Building Opportunities In the US (PV:BONUS) program. The first system was installed on Central Carolina Bank in Bessemer City, NC, with the second installed on Applebee's Restaurant in Salisbury, NC. The PV:BONUS team members for these projects were Innovative Design, North Carolina Solar Center, Central Carolina Bank, Applebee's Restaurant, and Duke Energy. The projects were designed to improve the economics of the PV installation by (1) displacing traditional building materials and (2) harvesting thermal energy. This paper describes the performance of the Central Carolina Bank PV:BONUS system. It became operational in May of 1997 and was monitored for one year, beginning January, 1998. The system was designed to provide on-peak demand reduction, on-peak kWh reduction, heated winter ventilation air, and an uninterruptible power supply.
- Research Organization:
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 20050687
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SOLAR 99, Portland, ME (US), 06/12/1999--06/16/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Solar 99 conference: Proceedings of ASES annual conference -- Proceedings of 24th national passive solar conference, by Campbell-Howe, R.; Wilkins-Crowder, B. [eds.], 779 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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