Resource Efficiency with Building Integrated PV in Construction

The growing, intensive and unsustainable use of resources at local, regional and global level causes direct and indirect environmental problems such as climate change, soil and water degradation, land consumption, water shortage or biodiversity loss. Measures to reduce resource consumption are measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus contribute indirectly to climate protection. In the long term, the current use of resources endangers the basis of life for all people. At present, German policy makers are increasingly focusing on resource efficiency (efficiency gains), but this approach alone will not lead to a fair use of resources within the planetary boundaries, taking into account rebound effects. The debate about resource consumption does not stop at consumers. Public discourses clearly show that the way of life to date and one's own consumption patterns are being increasingly questioned, especially in the industrialized nations. Increasingly, consumers feel insecure in their purchasing decisions. At the same time, politics and business are being criticized by consumers. LCA as a tool must therefore be reconsidered. Buildingintegrated PV is capable of saving large quantities of non-mineral building materials.