The integration of grid-connected PV systems into buildings or public areas is one of the most usual applications of the photovoltaic solar energy in developed countries. The University of Jaén (Spain) is a pioneering public organism in the field of grid-connected PV systems, as it proves the milestones developed by its IDEA research group in the last decades. The University is working in an ambitious project, the so-called UNIVERSOL project, where the necessary tasks are being carried out in order to evaluate the “photovoltaic potential” of the Campus of the University. For the implementation of this project, there are participating diverse research groups from the University of Jaén, which gives the project a multidisciplinary character. The different tasks assigned in the Universol project will let us obtain a Large-Scale deployment of photovoltaic systems in building integration, so it will convert this Campus in a big public area which combines the PV electricity generation with the common uses of a university place.

25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 5212-5216