Photovoltaics in buildings - Part 2: Requirements for building-integrated photovoltaic systems

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
View the CSA work program
Designation Number:
C22.2 No. 63092-2
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Adoption of International Standard
Standard Development Activity:
New Standard
ICS code(s):
27.160
Status:
Proceeding to development
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
Posted On:

Scope:

The CAN/CSA-IEC 63092-1 specifies BIPV module requirements while this document specifies BIPV system 
requirements. Both parts specify building requirements and the applicable electrotechnical requirements (both 
in general and specific with respect to module assembly and application category). 

This document applies to photovoltaic systems that are integrated into buildings with the photovoltaic modules 
used as building products. It focuses on the properties of these photovoltaic systems relevant to basic building 
requirements and the applicable electrotechnical requirements. This document references international 
standards, technical reports and guidelines. For some applications, national standards (or regulations) for 
building products may also apply in individual countries, which are not explicitly referenced here and for which 
harmonized International Standards are not yet available. 

This document is addressed to manufacturers, planners, system designers, installers, testing institutes and 
building authorities. 
  
This document does not apply to concentrating photovoltaic systems or photovoltaic systems using 
concentrating photovoltaic modules.  

This document addresses requirements on the BIPV systems in the specific ways they are intended to be 
mounted and the mounting structure, but not the BIPV module itself, which is within the scope of CAN/CSA-
IEC 63092-1. 

Project need:

To harmonize with the current international standard for building integrated photovoltaic. This proposed New Standard is being developed at the request of CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada. It will provide the industry with BIPV module and system requirements, and also building requirements and the applicable electrotechnical requirements (both in general and specific with respect to module assembly and application category).

Note: The information provided above was obtained by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and is provided as part of a centralized, transparent notification system for new standards development. The system allows SCC-accredited Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), and members of the public, to be informed of new work in Canadian standards development, and allows SCC-accredited SDOs to identify and resolve potential duplication of standards and effort.

Individual SDOs are responsible for the content and accuracy of the information presented here. The text is presented in the language in which it was provided to SCC.