Abstract
Fossil fuel consumption for electricity generation in the building sector is at an all-time high in line with the country’s economic growth. This scenario will increase the global CO2 emissions and large carbon footprints, thus leading to global warming. In recent years, most of the research related to the building sector has focused on the development of new techniques to reduce buildings’ energy consumption through energy conservation, energy efficiency, and the implementation of renewable energy technologies. The introduction of photovoltaic (PV) technology has become the most prominent renewable energy (RE) that can be integrated into building components. Even though the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) has been available for decades, but its implementation in Southeast Asian countries has not gained widespread acceptance compared to European countries and other parts of Asia. This paper aims to investigate the effects and challenges of BIPV implementation in Southeast Asian Countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines), focusing on climate effects, the initial cost of PV technology, government policies, and initiatives. An in-depth literature review from past research, policies, and reports taken between 2016 to 2021 has been conducted and found that the environmental parameters directly influence the performance of BIPV systems and affect efficiency. This study pointed at Feed-in Tariff (FiT), policies and initiatives offered by the government in Southeast Asian countries are not beneficial and discourage building owners to adopt the BIPV technology or any other RE technology. Governments should revise the current policies to promote and attract more building owners to take part in the efforts to minimize CO2 emissions from the building industry.
Highlights
Published: 23 November 2021In recent years, most research related to building components and design are focused on energy conservation, energy efficiency and the integration of renewable energy (RE) technologies into building components or systems to make buildings more sustainable and resilient towards climate change and global warming
This paper aims to conduct an overall review of the recent literature of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV), applications, challenges, and how governments are initiating and promoting PV technologies through feed-in tariff methods in some Southeast Asian countries, by analysing the collected data to find out which country managed to operate with the full potential of BIPV technology
Energy-saving technologies can be viewed as a long-term investment toward a better future
Summary
Most research related to building components and design are focused on energy conservation, energy efficiency and the integration of RE technologies into building components or systems to make buildings more sustainable and resilient towards climate change and global warming. BIPV are the most promising technologies, especially when combined with a semi-transparent solar cell, due to the ability to generate electricity without affecting the design of the building’s facade, in glazed high-rise buildings [1]. Semi-transparent photovoltaics (STPVs) have shown that they can produce renewable energy and provide the occupant with a decent amount of natural daylight. Despite the many advantages of BIPV technology for the building owner and its occupants, the implementation of such technologies is not widely used in certain countries, especially in the southeast Asia region. This paper aims to conduct an overall review of the recent literature of BIPV, applications, challenges, and how governments are initiating and promoting PV technologies through feed-in tariff methods in some Southeast Asian countries, by analysing the collected data to find out which country managed to operate with the full potential of BIPV technology
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