A for Agri, B for Building: The Photovoltaics Integration Alphabet

Wilfried van Sark

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-14677-9_22

A for Agri, B for Building: The Photovoltaics Integration Alphabet

Wilfried van Sark^*

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Biobased Economy

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Abstract

The deployment of photovoltaic (PV) systems is no longer limited to on-roof or on-land systems. In the past decades, many options for integration of PV in roofs, in agriculture, and on water bodies have been developed. However, with new PV technologies offering flexibility in size, shape and color, PV can be integrated in virtually everything. Hence, here we present an illustrative overview of those options, which we denote as the photovoltaics integration alphabet.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2025
Editors	John Littlewood, Antonio Gagliano, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain
Publisher	Springer
Pages	229-241
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-032-14677-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-032-14676-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-14677-9_22
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2026
Event	17th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB 2025 - Catania, Italy Duration: 17 Sept 2025 → 19 Sept 2025

Publication series

Name	Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume	470 SIST
ISSN (Print)	2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)	2190-3026

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB 2025
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Catania
Period	17/09/25 → 19/09/25

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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Agricultural PV
Building integrated PV
Floating PV
Integration
Photovoltaics

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A for Agri, B for Building: The Photovoltaics Integration Alphabet. / van Sark, Wilfried.
Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2025. ed. / John Littlewood; Antonio Gagliano; Robert J. Howlett; Lakhmi C. Jain. Springer, 2026. p. 229-241 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 470 SIST).

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