Building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system provides sustainable solution in design structure as part of the building envelop. A mathematical model was developed for transparent and opaque BIPV/T collector, (TBIPV/T) and (BIPV/T). Both models were implemented in TRNSYS to conduct comparative study. A single zone house was modeled in TRNSYS to conduct a case study to evaluate the performance of each collectors. Comparative studies were performed between both systems, each integrated into the façade and roof of the house for two locations in Canada.
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