I’m working on a project to calculate the energy use intensity (EUI) of a building using BIPV as a window. The problem here is that when I run the energy simulation, the EUI of the building didn’t change whether I use a normal glass window or BIPV. Can someone help me since i am a begineer? Thanks in advance!
I’m using this to calculate the energy consumption of the building
but I’m still not sure if I integrate the PV to the building correctly or not
that’s how I define my PV, but I think the software still thinks of it as a window surface rather than a PV surface
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mountType_=2 is used for BIPV panels.
Your second picture shows the amount of kWh that your BIPV surface generates, but you are not plugging in those results anywhere.
where should I plug it?
Hi @pokkisianturi ,
I don’t know. I’ve never used EUI. My argument was: you can’t expect the PhotovoltaicsSurface component results to affect your calculation, if they are not plugged in somewhere.
Hi! Thanks for replying @djordje , I understand your argument, i also don’t understand where to connect the output of the energy that gets generated by the BIPV. Is there other way that you can recommend me to calculate energy consumption on buildings with BIPV? Thanks in advance!
Hi @pokkisianturi ,
@chris is the author of the EUI component. So maybe he can help with an advice whether “Photovoltaics Surface” component’s output in kWh can included in the EUI calculation.
okay @djordje , i have another question, is there any possible way to know the heat of the BIPV surface? If so, what component should I use? Thanks again!
Hi @pokkisianturi ,
The cellTemperaturePerHour output shows the temperature of the Photovoltaics cell surface:
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@pokkisianturi I don’t know if there is a way to plug in the data directly to the EUI calculator, however you can use the PV and EUI data to create a new EUI. See attached image for an example. Hopefully this helps.
