Toward Community Generation: Energy Simulation and Performance Evaluation of Multi-family Solar PV Settings for Energy-efficient Homes in Edmonton, Canada

The integration of renewable micro-generation systems into residential buildings, particularly solar photovoltaic (PV) distributed energy generation, is emerging rapidly as an effective method of mitigating the housing impact on greenhouse gas emissions. However, the application of solar PV micro-generation is confronted with several challenges: (a) the average system self-consumption does not exceed 25% in cold-climate regions; (b) most of the...