0 Ama-photovoltaics ahlanganiswe nesakhiwo (i-BIPV) ahlanganisa amasistimu kagesi welanga ahlanganiswe ngaphandle komthungo ngaphakathi kwesakhiwo sesakhiwo, abe ingxenye engaphakathi yezinto ezifana nama-facade, uphahla, noma amafasitela. Lezi zinhlelo zisebenza indima embaxambili ngokungaphehli amandla elanga kuphela kodwa futhi ngokufeza imisebenzi ebalulekile ngaphakathi kwemvilophu yokwakha. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukuhlinzeka ngokuvikelwa kwesimo sezulu (njengokuvikela amanzi nokuvikela ilanga), ukuqinisa ukwahlukanisa okushisayo, ukwehlisa umsindo, ukwenza kube lula ukukhanya emini, nokuqinisekisa ukuphepha.
I-Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) amaphaneli elanga ahlanganiswe ngqo esakhiweni sebhilidi. Ngokungafani namaphaneli elanga avamile, anezelwa esakhiweni esikhona, amasistimu e-BIPV enza inhloso embaxambili ngokusebenza njengakho kokubili izinto zokwakha kanye namajeneretha wamandla.
Lawa maphaneli angathatha izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene, njengamathayela ophahleni lwelanga, ama-shingles, noma ama-facade, futhi ahlangana ngaphandle komthungo nesakhiwo sesakhiwo.