ISBN: 978-1-56700-537-0
ISBN Online: 978-1-56700-538-7
ISSN Online: 2377-424X
International Heat Transfer Conference 17
SIMULATION OF A ROOFTOP PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM: A FOCUS ON THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF THE BUILDING
Abstract
Building Applied Photovoltaics and Building Integrated Photovoltaic systems are promising opportunities to develop renewable technologies in urban environment. However, the photovoltaic field acts as a solar and aeraulic mask for the underlying building that impacts the building's energy needs for air conditioning and heating. In this work, the energy balance of a simplified building with integrated photovoltaic field is modelled using a Monte Carlo approach. This method is applied to evaluate the needs for cooling or heating of the
building for several years. Two kinds of roof decks are studied: concrete roof with a single layer and green roof with two additional layers (substrate and vegetation layers). The results from the Monte Carlo simulation are discussed and exploited with a FeedForward Artificial Neural Network to interpolate the building consumption according to the meteorological parameters.