, Session Block B1
14:30 Solar Façades - Academic Viewpoint
Chair: Dieter Moor, ClearVue Technologies, Perth, Australia
Colored unglazed solar thermal panels for aesthetic integration in building façades
- Unglazed solar panels as active façades
- Parametric study on the optical proprieties of coatings
- Aesthetic integration and acceptable thermal performances
Experimental study of BIPV in Brussels
- Modelling of solar irradiance on BIPV
- Influence of different parameters on efficiency
- Comparison between BIPV technologies
Architectural integration of photovoltaics in high-rise office buildings - A case study in Milan
- Transforming building façades into energy producers
- PV integrated into old windows or new building curtain walls
- Monocrystalline, polycrystalline and amorphous solar cells
Bio-inspired design of adaptive solar photovoltaic faҫades
- Biomimetic design methodology
- Influential parameters of a PV faҫade
- Living organisms for the design of bio-inspired PV faҫades
Structural color coatings for BIPV and solar collectors
- Costs and performance loss of colored BIPV
- Upscaling and testing on a façade
- Accelerated life-time tests
Brief Presentations
New options for designing semi-transparent PV-modules for building integration
EnergyMatching Platform for harvesting renewable energy in buildings
Solar and green strategies for the redevelopment of urban districts
15:30 Coffee Break