pvcompare.area_potential.calculate_area_potential

pvcompare.area_potential.calculate_area_potential(storeys, user_inputs_pvcompare_directory, surface_type)[source]

Calculates the area potential for PV installations.

Calculates the area potential of the roof top, south, east or west facade depending on surface_type.

Due to shading, the area potential for a flat roof is estimated to be 40% of the whole usable roof area. For more information see 1.

Parameters

  • storeys (int) – The number of storeys of a building.

  • user_inputs_pvcompare_directory (str or None) – Path to user input directory. If None, constants.DEFAULT_USER_INPUTS_PVCOMPARE_DIRECTORY is used. Default: None._USER_INPUTS_MVS_DIRECTORY` is used. Default: None.

  • surface_type (str) – possible values: “flat_roof”, “gable_roof”, “east_facade”, “west_facade” or “south_facade”

Returns

area – Area potential of the roof top, south, east or west facade depending on surface_type.

Return type

int

References

1

Business Location Center: “Solarpotentialanalyse Berlin – Datendokumentation”. Report, 2011, https://energieatlas.berlin.de/Energieatlas_Be/Docs/Datendokumentation-Solarkataster_BLN.pdf