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This human-nature harmony gave birth to both cultural innovations and technologies that implement the behavior of a blend of new energy sources that are more environmentally friendly with daily activities support facilities already established.
The most prominent form of innovation is the house that was fulfilled with a set of energy supply facilities of non-fossil fuels such as petroleum and natural gas in terms of the concept referred to as Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV). BIPV concept seeks to integrate the concept of a future ideal housing that blends with nature while providing the energy itself (self-energy) to mennyokong activities of the occupants inside. The word itself refers to the photovoltaic solar power generation system (photo = light, voltaic = power or voltage) are integrated and fused with either residential homes or buildings with solar cells based on.
Physically, the concept of residential BIPV is not unlike the concept of a conventional dwelling. The function of home in the perspective of BIPV as shelter and human activity also has a concept that has been built since the old comfortable dwelling that is habitable, and has an architecture according to the geographical conditions and local cultural factors into account factors other than health. Similarly, some facilities are plural found in a dwelling such as parks and parking of vehicles.
A striking difference exists only in the roof of the dwelling. If the concept of a conventional dwelling, the roof generally only be an array of ceramic tiles, in the concept of residential BIPV roof adorned with a set of solar panels are installed along or on most rooftops. Obviously installation of solar panels on the roof of the dwelling devoted to gain access to sunlight as much as possible to be captured and converted into electricity. If this BIPV concept applied to office buildings, the building below the window used as a place where solar panels installed by adjusting the angle of the panel. In certain contexts, the composition of the solar panel design with a special coating and it took over the role on a house roof so that you no longer need ceramic tiles that serve as roofs. For BIPV in the mountains, some mast high enough to install solar heating panels and can be used if the sunlight is blocked trees, hills or mountains, especially when at sunrise and sunset.
Construction of a dwelling with the concept of BIPV is not uniform. It is believed that in each country, the level of demand for electric power, energy consumption per capita, the level of purchasing power, government support and the price of solar panel facility itself is different. Practical picture obtained by linking the level of Human Development Index (HDI) with the energy consumption per capita of a country [1] in which the public access to electrical energy has a correlation with quality of life of a country. HDI itself is measured based on the data of life expectancy (life expectancy), education (educational achievement) and gross domestic product (gross national product) of a country. For the case of South Korea for example, a relatively advanced country was ranked the 26 th of 177 countries assessed according to the HDI in 2006 [1]. According to data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Sleatan Korea has the highest energy consumption per capita amounting to 53046.45 kWh / capita . From this picture, not mengeherankan if the average solar panel that was developed in South Korea for BIPV designed to produce maximum power of 3000 Watt 3 kW aka nan scorching midday on almost the same with electric power mounted on a conventional dwelling. To Indonesia with the level of energy consumption per capita 6290.03 kWh / capita and the average installed capacity of PLN on occupancy 450-900 W, then the solar panels needed is not more to menghaslkan power of about 500-1000 W in the middle of a scorching day.