Research Article
Transformation of a University Lecture Hall in Valladolid (Spain) into a NZEB: LCA of a BIPV System Integrated in Its Façade
Table 5
Impact of the module degradation rate on the emission factor, for a 30-year system lifetime.
| Reduction in module efficiency per year (%) | Power generation over lifetime (kWh) | Emission factor (kg CO2/kWh) | Δ emission factor† (%) |
| 0.3 | 370,484 | 0.142 | 5.52 | 0.4 | 365,228 | 0.144 | 4.16 | 0.5 | 360,069 | 0.146 | 2.79 | 0.6 | 355,005 | 0.148 | 1.40 | 0.7 | 350,033 | 0.151 | — | 0.8 | 345,152 | 0.153 | −1.41 | 0.9 | 340,361 | 0.155 | −2.84 | 1 | 335,656 | 0.157 | −4.28 | 1.1 | 331,038 | 0.159 | −5.74 |
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†Taking a 0.7% reduction in module efficiency per year as a reference.
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