Research Article

Experiment and Simulation Study on the Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Walls

Table 3

Comparison of the annual building heating and cooling energy consumption between different models.

Energy Nonventilated PV wall model Ventilated PV wall model Normal wall model
HeatingCoolingHeatingCoolingHeatingCooling

Electricity (kWh/m2)0333.570327.540326.09
Natural gas (MJ/m2)35.65043.04051.300

Total (MJ/m2)1236.521222.171225.21