Building integrated photovoltaics: to reduce energy consumption (how to reduce electricity usage by using renewable energy especially solar power) for UiTM Alor Gajah, Malacca academic building (A,B,C)

Solar energy plays an important role towards achieving long lasting, sustainable, environment friendly renewable energy resources to fulfill the energy needs for mankind. A type of PV application is the building integrated PV-system (BIPV) producing clean solar power for the electricity grid. Such systems are grid-connected and it is expected that in this century BIPV will contribute substantially to the main-stream power production. To reduce the electricity usage, environmental friendly instrument play an important roles. Building integrated photovoltaic system will not only produce electricity, but also be an integral part of the building envelope, with a specific function such as window shading device, roof, decorative building fagade. It improves the aesthetic exterior appearance of the building. The main benefits of building integrated photovoltaic especially in urban areas, it will be the opportunity to utilize PV technology without the need of land use. As the cost of land is significant in urban area, BIPV will allow the utilization of PV technology to generate electricity without incurring the additional cost of the land use. This research done to study whether the existence of solar power reduce electricity usage. Not only that, it also study the effectiveness of solar power rather than electricity usage. Solar system purpose to make it related to the environmental friendly. It will lead to the reduction cost of electricity usage.