Executive Summary
E.1 PV's Place in the Building Materials Market
E.1.1 Types of BIPV Materials
E.1.2 BIPV for Residential vs. Commercial Buildings
E.1.3 BIPV for New Construction vs. Retrofits
E.1.4 Geographies for BIPV
E.2 Economics and BIPV
E.2.1 PV vs. Conventional Energy
E.2.2 BIPV vs. Conventional PV
E.2.3 Incentives and Policy
E.3 Opportunities for Building Materials Firms
E.4 Opportunities for PV Panel Firms
E.5 Opportunities for Systems Integrators
E.6 Opportunities for Construction Firms
E.7 Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts of BIPV Materials
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 PV Mounted on Buildings
1.1.2 A More Aesthetic Approach: PV Incorporated Into Building Materials
1.1.3 Implications for the PV Industry Overall
1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: BIPV Technology, Materials, and Approaches
2.1 The Case for Building Integration
2.1.1 What is BIPV?
2.1.2 Differences from Last Year's Report
2.2 PV Technology as it Relates to BIPV
2.2.1 Crystalline Silicon PV and Building Integration
2.2.2 Flexibility, Thin-Film PV, and Building Integration
2.2.3 Keeping the Lights On: System Requirements Beyond the Panels
2.3 Integration of Conventional PV Panels: Evolution of Approaches
2.3.1 Mount It on the Roof
2.3.2 Hide It on the Roof
2.3.3 The Panel Is the Roof
2.4 PV Incorporated Into Building Materials
2.4.1 Rigid, Opaque Products
2.4.2 Flexible Products
2.4.3 What To Do With the Rest of the Light: Semitransparent Products
2.5 BIPV as it Impacts PV Performance
2.5.1 Orientation of the Panels
2.5.2 Weather and BIPV
2.5.3 Impact of Building Integration on PV Panel Life
2.6 BIPV and its Impacts on Building Material Performance and Life
2.7 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Three: BIPV Markets
3.1 The Appeal of BIPV
3.1.1 Differences from Last Year's Report
3.2 The Conventional Building Materials Market: The Competition
3.3 The Overall PV Market as It Relates to BIPV
3.4 Construction, BIPV, and the Economy
3.4.1 Impact of the Current Economic Crisis
3.4.2 Finding BIPV Markets in This Economy
3.4.3 When to BIPV: New Construction Vs. Retrofits
3.5 Location, Location, Location: Geography, Policy, and BIPV Viability
3.5.1 Following the Sun: Geographical Insolation Impact on Viability
3.5.2 Savings: Impact of Conventional Energy Cost
3.5.3 Incentives: Subsidies and Other Policy Impacts
3.5.4 Successful PV Markets: Japan, Germany, California
3.5.5 Manufacturing Follows the Market
3.6 Building Types and Users: Residential Vs. Commercial
3.7 The Role of Architects in the BIPV Market
3.8 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of BIPV Markets
4.1 Forecasting Methodology
4.1.1 Data Sources
4.1.2 Scope of Forecast
4.1.3 Alternative Scenarios and Other Factors Taken into Consideration
4.1.4 Differences from Last Year's Forecasts
4.2 Forecasts of BIPV Markets by Region
4.2.1 BIPV in Europe
4.2.2 BIPV in Asia
4.2.3 BIPV in the Americas
4.2.4 BIPV in Other Regions
4.3 Forecasts of BIPV Markets by Product Type
4.3.1 Pricing of BIPV Products
4.4 Forecasts of BIPV Markets by PV Technology
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in This Report
About the Author
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