0 I-photovoltaics edibeneyo yolwakhiwo (i-BIPV) ibandakanya iinkqubo zamandla elanga ezidityaniswe ngokungenamthungo ngaphakathi kwesakhiwo sesakhiwo, ibe yinxalenye yangaphakathi yezinto ezifana neefaçades, uphahla, okanye iifestile. Ezi nkqubo zisebenza indima emibini ngokuvelisa amandla elanga kuphela kodwa nokuzalisekisa imisebenzi ebalulekileyo kwimvulophu yokwakha. Oku kubandakanya ukubonelela ngokhuseleko lwemozulu (njengokungangeni kwamanzi kunye nokukhusela ilanga), ukomeleza ukugquma kwe-thermal, ukunciphisa ingxolo, ukwenza lula ukukhanya emini, kunye nokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko.
I-photovoltaics ye-Building-integrated (BIPV) ziipaneli zelanga ezifakwe ngokuthe ngqo kwisakhiwo sesakhiwo. Ngokungafaniyo neephaneli zelanga zemveli, ezongezwa kwisakhiwo esele sikhona, iinkqubo ze-BIPV zisebenza iinjongo ezimbini ngokusebenza njengezixhobo zokwakha kunye neejenereyitha zamandla.
Ezi paneli zinokuthatha ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, ezifana neethayile zophahla lwelanga, iishingles, okanye iifacade, kwaye zixubene ngokungenamthungo kunye noyilo lwesakhiwo.