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Project 3.3: Building Integrated Photovoltaics on Public Facilities Project
Project Manager - REDI

Goals and Objectives

The goal of Building Integrated PV on Public Facilities project is to demonstrate the potential for taking advantage of affordability improvements and value added applications by demonstrating a number of new and repeatable project development approaches in public facilities with relatively large building integrated PV systems. The primary purpose of each of these pilot demonstrations is to validate ways in which building integrated PV systems can be developed and installed by ESPs, public entities, or building owners including approaches that can: 1) improve consumer affordability to these higher cost systems, 2) reduce installed PV costs per peak watt (and per life cycle kWh) and, 3) separately, find ways to add outside inherent value to the PV system installation over its life (i.e., through dual- or tri-use applications of the system).

Projected Outcomes

The Building Integrated PV on Public Facilities Project will yield a set of specific photovoltaic facilities expected to range in size from 10 kW up to 150 kW, each addressing an infrastructure or commercialization barrier. Thus achieving the PIER objective of demonstrating the potential for taking advantage of cost economies by installing relatively large PV systems with at least one under common ownership arrangements. The cumulative capacity of BI-PV systems expected to be procured and installed under this program element ranges from 120 to 300 kW.

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Publications, Reports and Other Deliverables for Project 3.3: Building Integrated Photovoltaics on Public Facilities Project

List of Publications, Reports and Other Deliverables

Project 3.3 Monthly Status Reports

NOTE:  All finalized deliverables are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To obtain a free copy of Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®, please click here.

Task 3.3.1a:   Compile database of Public Sector Clients

  • Public-Sector Agencies Database

Task 3.3.1b:   Compile Database of BI-PV Equipment Vendors and Service Providers

  • Manufacturers and Distributors of BI-PV Equipment Database

Task 3.3.2:   Develop Evaluation Tools

  • BI-PV Evaluation Tools Package
  • Draft BI-PV on Public Facilities Test Plan
  • Final BI-PV on Public Facilities Test Plan

Task 3.3.3:   Establish BI-PV Public Sector Loan Program

  • BI-PV Public Sector Loan Program

Task 3.3.4a:   Select Demonstration Project Sites

  • Demonstration Site Selection Report

Task 3.3.4b:   Finance and Construct BI-PV Systems

  • Letters of Notification of receiving finance for each project
  • Copy of permit(s)
  • Letters of Notification of finishing installation for each BI-PV system/Initial Performance Results

Task 3.3.4c:   System Monitoring

  • Semi-Annual Reports of Monitoring Data on all Demonstration Systems

Task 3.3.5:   Prepare Final Report for Project 3.3

  • Outline of the Final Report for Project 3.3
  • Draft Building Integrated PV on Public Facilities Report
  • Final Building Integrated PV on Public Facilities Report

Task 3.3.6:   Coordinate with Renewables Project Advisory Committee

Task 3.3.7:   Evaluate Project

  • Draft Building Integrated PV on Public Facilities Project Evaluation Report
  • Final Building Integrated PV on Public Facilities Project Evaluation Report

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