14:00 Smart Windows for Energy Production and Saving
Chair: Elisa Moretti, University of Perugia, Italy
Design and development of smart solar concentrators for building integrated PV façades
- A smart concentrating PV (CPV) suitable for use in windows
- Development of the reflective layer for the novel CPV system
- Optical study of the smart CPV using 3-D ray tracing technique
Yupeng Wu, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB) and smart windows: current developments and future perspectives
- The role of transparent closures in ZEB design strategies
- Dynamic glazing for controlling solar radiation and daylighting
- Trends in renewable energy production from windows
Marco Casini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Solution-processed polymer photovoltaic-powered smart windows
- Solution-processed polymer PVs integrated in electrochromic smart windows
- Integrating electricity generation in windows
- Energy savings for buildings
Fengling Zhang, Linköping University, Sweden
Nanotechnology based glass lamination and coatings for energy production and conservation in architectural glass
- Hybrid organic/inorganic gel for thermal insulating glass
- Electrochromic glass made with inkjet printing technique using gel electrolyte
- Inkjet printed transparent solar glass
Rick Orlando, Brite Solar Inc., USA
15:30 Coffee break