charge carrier 39 F

Index chimney effect 118

cladding materials 11
―
façade systems 9
A facing leaf 46
cleaning 59, 62, 64, 74, 133
― fan-supported ventilated façade 118
CO2 81
AC 22, 37 feed-in tariff 9, 15
Code for Sustainable Homes 156
accidental damage 59 fire fighting knock-out glazing 57
cold façade 47
AC distributor sub-panel 81 fire protection 72
component failure 59
Acoustic performance 57 fire resistance 101
condensation 51, 121, 131
AC output 15 fire safety 57
connecting leads 25
acrylic Plexiglas 29 flash simulator 30
connection concepts 37
air barrier 55, 70 floor to floor separation 79
conservation area 12, 163
air gap 46 flying leads 60
construction 58
air-handling unit (AHU) 119 frame 25
construction design and management
air leakage 57 frameless modules 25
(CDM) 58
air mass 30 frit 28
copper indium diselenide (CIS) 20, 25,
air permeability 55
146 G
air space 57 ―
corrosion 60
air space cavity 70 Galleria Naviglio 66
cradle running 74
airtightness 44, 55, 57 gas fill 57
crystal ingot 18
Alan Gilbert Building 106 gasket 55
crystalline silicon 16, 40
aluminium frame 25, 102 glare 117
curtain wall 46, 48, 163
amorphous silicon 20, 25, 40 glass-glass laminate 19, 27
custom module 26
annual area yield 170 glass thermal stress 58
Czochralski method 18
anti-reflection (AR) 18 glazing systems 102
anti-reflection coating 22 D global insolation chart 34
apartment block 150 ―
global irradiance 33
area requirement 21 damp climates 46
grade II listed 76
area yield 171 daylight 44, 48
green design strategy 66
array wiring 60 DC 15, 22, 37
greenhouse gas emissions 152
atria 45, 51, 130 DC insolators 81
green roofing 66
dead cells 26
B grey-water treatment 152
dead load forces 48
― grid-connected 10, 15, 41
de-lamination 60
back contact 19 ground mounted 10
design integration 9
back ventilated type 85 guarantee 24
design life 53
balance-of-system (BOS) 15, 42 g-value 56
diffuse irradiance 33
battery storage 10
dirt 51, 131 H
bespoke PV modules 26, 49, 50, 52, 73 ―
display unit 81
bifacial PV cell 21 heat gains 56
double-glazed units 23, 53
biomass 158 heat loss 40, 51, 56
double-skin façade 45, 51, 117, 150, 163
bird dropping 60 heat-recovery ventilation 156
double-wall construction 47
blast requirements 102 heat soak test 59
Doxford International Business Park 32
boiler plate specification 30 heat-strengthened glass 109
drained and back ventilated 72
bolt-fixed 84 heat-treated glasses 58
dry glazing 102
bolt-on PV modules 104, 123 heritage buildings 163
dummy PV-modules 26, 38
bomb blast 44, 54, 59 heterojunction with intrinsic
boron 16 E thin-layer 21
broken glass 59 ―
high performance coatings 131
buffer zone 51, 118 edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG) 18
high-performance PV 21
building integrated PV 10, 11, 44 efficiency 16, 28, 40
high-rise buildings 50
building management system 62 electrically inactive PV modules 79
HIT PV cell 21
building movements 54 electrical output 41, 42, 60
hook-on PV modules 123
busbars 19 electron 16
hose tests 55
bypass diodes 39, 60 encapsulation 22, 23
housing 150
energy-efficient building design 9
C hybrid glazing 102
energy meters 154
― hybrid HIT 145
energy strategy 150
cable outlets 25 hybrid ventilation 119
envelope performance requirements 53
cables 60
EPDM 55 I
cadmium telluride (CdTe) 20, 25 ―
ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) 23, 25
California Academy of Sciences 138 IEA 10, 12
exhaust fumes 60
canopy 45, 51, 130, 140 inclined façade 106
external blinds 63
carbon pricing 9 indoor environment 56
extruded aluminium 101
cavity 55, 117, 118, 121 infiltration 44, 55
extrusion process 52
cell arrangement 27

176 14. GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND INDEX