Print Email Facebook Twitter Diffusion of solar energy use in the urban built environment supported by new design Title Diffusion of solar energy use in the urban built environment supported by new design Author Van Geenhuizen, M.S. Schoonman, J. Reinders, A.H.M.E. Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Department Design Engineering Date 2012-12-31 Abstract Places of large potentials of sustainable energy production and places of energy consumption are often very different and separated by large distances across the globe. This paper first discusses potentials of solar technology in terms of global availability using PV technology and actual energy production. Solar energy is widely under-used and one way to reduce this is to improve production in low-energy places with high demand: large cities. According to this option, about 40% of the electricity consumption in the built environment could be produced by solar PV systems. To reach this goal we need appropriate solar PV energy conversion devices and energy storage systems. This paper discusses conditions in the built environment and functional and design qualities enabling an increased diffusion of the technologies. In a comparative analysis of PV technologies, the criteria taken into account encompass efficiency of the type of solar cell and commercial availability. Special attention is paid to the design features of different PV systems, like flexibility, colour and transparency that might help in their utilization as integrated in building material and ornaments in modern architecture. The same procedure is followed for electricity storage devices. The preliminary conclusion is that at present the freedom of design is largest for a combination of crystalline silicon PV cells and Li-ion batteries. Subject solar PV energy systems, battery storage systems, design qualities for the built environment To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:04e2693b-5c1e-4fbc-b80a-27e6a9524ff6 Publisher Regional Science Association Source RSAI World Congress 2012, Timisoara, Romania, 9-12 May, 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2012 Van Geenhuizen, M.S., Schoonman, J., Reinders, A.H.M.E. Files PDF 289386RSAI.pdf 479.53 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:04e2693b-5c1e-4fbc-b80a-27e6a9524ff6/datastream/OBJ/view