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Environment & Energy

CaptainTruth

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5. In the industry it's called BIPV, Building-Integrated Photovoltaic ...

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 07:37 PM

Aug 2016

... where the PV "panels" are integrated into the building's structure, as opposed to BAPV (Building-Applied Photovoltaic) where PV panels are added onto the building, as typical rooftop arrays are.

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