What Is BIPV? Building Integrated Photovoltaics

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Any structural building material that can generate solar electricity technically counts as BIPV. Here are the main examples of BIPV tech today:

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Roofing

Probably the most talked-about type of BIPV technology is solar roofing. Also known as solar shingles or solar tiles, this is an alternative to traditional rooftop solar panels – instead of placing panels on top of your existing roof, you can replace your roof shingles or tiles with a dual-purpose photovoltaic roofing material that both provides shelter and generates electricity.

A solar roof has many potential advantages, but the technology is less mature than conventional solar panels. Mainly, the cells of solar roof products aren't as efficient as traditional monocrystalline or polycrystalline solar panels, and glaringly, the cost of a solar roof is typically much higher than a rooftop solar panel installation.

Transparent glaze

The sun hits more building surfaces than a roof, so why not take advantage of that space? While solar irradiance depends on geography, one or more sides of a building often have decent sun exposure. Solar windows (or solar glass) are a category of BIPV products that rely on solar glaze, ultra-thin solar cells that capture sunlight while maintaining transparency, like an ordinary window.

General building elements

We don't have a suitable category for other ways of integrating solar into structures, so we'll go with "general building elements." This can include solar awnings, building facades, or anything structural about a building's side that can be solar-ified. More often than rooftop solar installations, these solar-integrated building elements experiment using lightweight thin-film solar panels or organic solar cells.