PVSITES: Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Technologies and Systems for Large-Scale Market Deployment

The large potential for energy savings in buildings led the EU Commission to adopt the
2010/31/EU Directive on the energy performance of buildings with the objective that all new
buildings are Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) by 2020. Renewable energy technologies, and
in particular the integration of photovoltaic systems in the building environment offer many
possibilities to play a key role within the NZEB scenario. The objective of PVSITES project is to drive
BIPV technology to a large market deployment by demonstrating an ambitious portfolio of
building-integrated solar technologies and systems, giving a forceful, reliable answer to the market
requirements identified by the industrial members of the consortium in their day-to-day activity.