Design, build and test of a building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system

加拿大太阳能解决方案公司（Canadian Solar）是一家总部位于安大略省的公司，是全球市场的领导者，生产太阳能光伏（PV）面板并在全球提供太阳能解决方案。通过这个项目，Seneca学院的研究人员将利用商业上可用的和最常销售的加拿大太阳能光伏（太阳能）面板作为基础，设计，制造和测试建筑集成光伏/热（BIPV/T）系统。该项目将提供BIPV/T系统设计和制造中面临的问题和挑战的实际演示，最终为Canadian Solar提供设计文件和经过全面测试的原型，可用于扩大规模，制造和销售。加拿大太阳能公司将扩大其现有的产品线，包括一个新的技术，这是他们的客户所需要的，并将帮助他们保持市场领导地位。Seneca学生将在一个新兴行业获得实践经验，在这个行业中存在很好的就业机会，学院将获得新的知识，这些知识将被整合到教学课程中。

Canadian Solar Solution Inc. (Canadian Solar) is an Ontario-based company, and global market leader, which manufactures solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and provides solar energy solutions globally. Through this project, Seneca College researchers will utilize a commercially available and most commonly sold Canadian Solar PV (solar) panel as a base to design, fabricate and test a building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system. The project will provide a practical demonstration of the issues and challenges faced in the design and fabrication of BIPV/T systems, ultimately providing Canadian Solar with design documents and a fully tested prototype which can be used for scale up, manufacture and sale. Canadian Solar will expand their existing product line to include a new technology which is demanded by their customers and will help them maintain a market leadership positon. Seneca students will gain practical experience in an emerging sector where strong opportunities for employment exist and the College will acquire new knowledge which will be integrated to the teaching curriculum.