TY - CHAP A1 - Scognamiglio, Alessandra A1 - Musall, Eike A1 - Røstvik, Harald N. ED - Noguchi, Masa T1 - Photovoltaics and (Nearly) Nez Zero Energy Buildings: Architectural Considerations T2 - ZEMCH 2012 International Conference Proceedings N2 - The energy topic has become increasingly important in architecture: since buildings are big consumers of energy and architects and the public are interested in energy as never before. [Scognamiglio 2008] The Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) [EU 2010] establishes that starting from 31st December 2020 all new buildings have to be Nearly Zero Energy. The main architectural implication for this condition is that if up until now the domain of design was the building itself, now it is the building and possibly other spaces, that have to be conceived for placing the energy generation devices. Photovoltaics (PV) is particularly suited for reaching the (Nearly) Net ZEB status, due to its technical features, the existing knowledge on how to use PV in buildings, and since it is the easiest and most reliable way to get the (Nearly) Net Zero Energy objectives. [Torcellini 2006] A relevant international effort on the subject of the Net Zero Energy Buildings (Net ZEBs) - Net ZEB meaning that the buildings are connected to an energy infrastructure - is ongoing in the International Energy Agency (IEA), joint Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Task 40 and Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems (ECBCS) Annex 52, titled “Towards Net Zero Energy Solar Buildings” [IEA 2008a]. The authors of this paper, all participating in the IEA research group, investigate how the use of PV for Net ZEBs can influence the building’s design, taking into account different building typologies (e. g. new ones vs. existing ones, listed buildings, etc.). Similarities and differences between PV and Solar Thermal (ST) are discussed, too. The paper results in defining some architectural issues for using PV in NZEBs design, which implie to re-think the way buildings are designed. KW - Architekturdebatte KW - Bauform KW - Eigene Methodik KW - Gestaltoptimierung KW - Solarenergie Y1 - 2012 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271522787_PHOTOVOLTAICS_AND_NEARLY_NET_ZERO_ENERGY_BUILDINGS_ARCHITECTURAL_CONSIDERATIONS SN - 978-0-9574189-0-5 SP - 301 EP - 318 PB - ZEMCH Network CY - Glasgow ER -