Life Cycle Assessment of a Building Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic scheme sciencedirect/science/article/pii/S0306261913004388 Applied Energy Volume 111, November 2013, Pages 505–514 Karim Menoufi, , Daniel Chemisana, Joan I. Rosell University of Lleida, C/Pere de Cabrera s/n, 25001 Lleida, Spain dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.037, How to Cite or Link Using DOI Highlights • A gap is found in literature regarding the LCA studies of BICPV schemes. • The BICPV scheme installed has significantly lower environmental impact compared to the conventional widely used BIPV ones. • Some design improvements are foreseen within the installed BICPV scheme components. Abstract A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study of a Building Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic (BICPV) scheme at the University of Lleida (Spain) is conducted. Assumptions for representing a real building are considered, and a comparison to a hypothetical conventional Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) scheme is established. The Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) is performed using the EI99 methodology, which is considered to be the reference. In addition, the environmental impact is re-evaluated using the EPS 2000 methodology. The results show a significant extent of the environmental benefits gained using the BICPV schemes. Some differences in the components impact contribution percentages are noticed between the EI99 and the EPS 2000 methodologies. Nevertheless, both methodologies coincide in the conclusion of the significant environmental impact reduction reached from replacing the conventional BIPV schemes with the BICPV ones. Recommendations for future work and system improvements are discussed as well. Keywords Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Building Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaics (BICPV); Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA); Environmental impact; Concentrated photovoltaics; Reflectors
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