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Energy performance and optimization of PV vacuum glazing for high-rise office buildings integrating energy storage with time-of-use arranged grid output management

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  • Luo, Diqian
  • Xie, Jianxiang
  • Wu, Jiaqi
  • Liu, Jia
  • Wu, Huijun
  • Huang, Jialong

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The photovoltaic vacuum glazing (PVVG) is developed as a promising technology for high-rise buildings given its comprehensive thermal, daylighting and electrical performance. This study develops energy evaluation and optimization framework of the PVVG for high-rise buildings integrating robust management strategy and energy storage. Full-scale experiment of the PVVG is performed to explore the thermal-daylighting-electrical performance compared with PV glazing and insulating glazing unit, and their annual energy performance for the high-rise building application is simulated. The transient building energy system with the PVVG is established and optimized promising the time-of-use arranged grid output management strategy integrated with stochastic electric vehicle and battery storage. The results indicate that its average solar heat gain coefficient and U-value is about 0.190 and 1.10 W/(m2·K), lower than the PV glazing (0.599, 5.17 W/(m2·K)) and insulating glazing unit (0.581, 3.02 W/(m2·K)). The annual building demand using the PVVG is reduced by 12.37 % compared to the PV glazing, with additional 566.47 MWh of power generation. The multi-objective optimization improves the energy system performance (−34.6 % in grid robustness, −6.35 % in lifetime economy, −2.2 % in carbon emission). The energy performance evaluation and optimization of the PVVG provides essential references to develop low-energy buildings in urban areas.

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  • Luo, Diqian & Xie, Jianxiang & Wu, Jiaqi & Liu, Jia & Wu, Huijun & Huang, Jialong, 2025. "Energy performance and optimization of PV vacuum glazing for high-rise office buildings integrating energy storage with time-of-use arranged grid output management," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 254(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:254:y:2025:i:c:s0960148125013394
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.123677
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