Technical and Economical Performances of Photovoltaic Generation Façades

Abstract

This paper presents an experimental investigation on the economical contribution given by a vertical-mounted PV system, which is placed on a façade of a building, replacing the traditional windows or glass-cement walls with active elements. The purpose of this work is to perform a comparison between the performances of next-generation systems and the traditional ones. Several systems have been tested and compared, obtaining promising results both in terms of efficiency and fill factor.