BIPV Approach in Modeling and Re-Designing of Tabriz International Airport, Iran

Airports are one the important characteristics of development of cities in the modern age and play an important key in sustainable development as well. Forecasts shows the double growth of air travelers for Tabriz international Airport in the next 25 years. On the other hand, airports that operates twenty-four hours a day are responsible for maximum energy consumption. This paper discusses on re-design characteristics of existing Tabriz international airport in Iran based on Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) concept for future development. Based on Tabriz climatic condition and its solar yield potential, appropriate use of PV types including mono-crystalline, poly-crystalline and thin-film types besides various transparencies according to the form requirements and space function to produce solar electricity to meet maximum energy demands of electricity and heating/cooling demands are some advantages of the proposed airport design utilizing the wing skeleton structure. The research findings show that based on sustainable development and energy efficiency approaches, the proposed design for Tabriz international airport might be altered to the existing airport in the future.