Energia solar fotovoltaica: aplicação do sistema em uma tiny house (um estudo de caso)

Abstract

This paper aims to present aspects of a sustainability trend in a global concern, first presenting the concept of tiny house, a movement that attracts new followers around the world and that in Brazil it is still not popular. Within this housing concept, a renewable energy solution will be presented, based on the tiny house prototype, that has being built at UTFPR-Ecoville, in Curitiba. Greater emphasis will be placed on one of the possible concepts of sustainable use of electricity, for homes of this type, the photovoltaic system. After dimensioning and obtaining the costs related to the equipment of the planned photovoltaic system, an economic feasibility analysis will be carried out to determine the return on investment time, the payback. In this way, a result of probable economic unfeasibility will be obtained for the recovery of invested capital. Although, not limited to economic aspects, the study shows the relevance for sócio-environmental aspects, mainly for locations where the energy concessionaire networks do not yet have the infrastructure to serve them.