Table 2

Issues and limitations in BIPV lifecycle

IssueReferences
1Lack of BIPV-specific electrical and building codes, standards and regulationsAgathokleous and Kalogirou (2020), Attoye et al. (2022), Ballif et al. (2018), Chen et al. (2022), Fuglestad (2021), Gholami et al. (2021), Ko et al. (2022), Singh et al. (2022) 
2Lack of BIPV product information for appropriate decision making (information gaps)D’ Ambrosio et al. (2021), Corti and Bonomo (2022), Gholami et al. (2019), Jakica et al. (2019), Reddy et al. (2020), Wijeratne et al. (2019) 
3Lack of integration and collaboration between stakeholdersAgathokleous and Kalogirou (2020), Chang et al. (2019), Curtius (2018), Jakica (2018), Kosoric et al. (2021), Ning et al. (2018), Osseweijer et al. (2018), Vroon et al. (2022), Yang et al. (2019) 
4Lack of information communication to later stages of BIPV lifecycleAgathokleous and Kalogirou (2020), Attoye et al. (2022), Gholami et al. (2019), Goh et al. (2017), Wijeratne et al. (2019), Yang et al. (2019), Yang and Zou (2016) 
5Lack of availability of design informationD’ Ambrosio et al. (2021), Freitas et al. (2020), Goh et al. (2017), Jakica et al. (2019), Kim et al. (2019), Wijeratne et al. (2019) 
6Lack of platforms to identify qualified stakeholders for BIPV design and managementBarman and Mannan (2022), Ekung et al. (2020), Freitas et al. (2020), Ma et al. (2019), Sudhakar et al. (2018), Tan et al. (2021), Yang et al. (2019) 
7Lack of knowledge, understanding and experience of BIPV technologies and applicationsAttoye et al. (2018), Boesiger and Bacher (2018), Curtius (2018), D’ Ambrosio et al. (2021), Lau et al. (2021), Othman and Rushdi (2018), Weerasinghe et al. (2021a, b)
8Concerns about electrical and fire safetyGholami et al. (2021), Ko et al. (2022), Parolini et al. (2020), Wijeratne et al. (2022), Yang et al. (2019, 2021) 
9Concerns about adequate energy generationAttoye et al. (2018), Gholami et al. (2020), Gunarathna et al. (2018), Liu et al. (2021), Lu et al. (2019), Weerasinghe et al. (2021a), Wijeratne et al. (2019), Yang et al. (2019) 
10Concerns about structural strengthAgathokleous and Kalogirou (2020), Menga et al. (2021), Wijeratne et al. (2019), Yang et al. (2019) 
11Concerns about achieving green building ratingsIsmaeil and Sobaih (2023), Wijeratne et al. (2019) 
12Lack of evidence on achieving value for moneyAttoye et al. (2022), Boesiger and Bacher (2018), Chang et al. (2019), Kosoric et al. (2021), Yang et al. (2019) 
13Complexity and lack of transparency of design processFreitas et al. (2020), Goh et al. (2017), Jakica et al. (2019), Kim et al. (2019), Wijeratne et al. (2019) 
14Limited recognition of BIPV performance and benefitsBonomo et al. (2019), Tripathy et al. (2016), Wijeratne et al. (2019), Yang and Zou (2016) 
15Information hiding due to market competitionEder et al. (2019), Gholami et al. (2019), Yang et al. (2019), Yang and Zou (2016) 
16Lack of government involvement for BIPV uptakeChang et al. (2019), Cibi and Manikandan (2021), Reddy et al. (2020), Vroon et al. (2022), Weerasinghe et al. (2022), Wijeratne et al. (2019), Yang et al. (2019), Zhou and Gao (2022) 
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