, Session Block B7

• Legal issues and standards
• Technical aspects; actors
• Costs

Mélanie Studer, Egima S.A, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

• Vertical integration of photovoltaics
• Impact of colours on the PV systems performance
• Case study in Be-Smart project: Installation steps

Ya Brigitte Assoa, National Institute of Solar Energy , Le Bourget Du Lac, France

• Watt is Art
• Aesthetics as an accelerator of PV technology adoption
• The Oslo project: Tradition, poetry and technology

Lats Kladny, Compáz, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

• Early design to drive the sizing of PV systems
• Design and installation of click&go BIPV façade elements
• Operational data from multiapartment blocks

Laura Maturi, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy

• Thermal models for photovoltaic insulating glass units
• Impact of operating conditions on PV insulating glass units
• Analysis of current energy economy standards

Daniel Valencia-Caballero, Tecnalia, San Sebastian, Spain

• Key directions to build a strong BIPV industry in Europe
• What are our goals?
• Let’s Be-Smart together to reach the goals

Laure-Emmanuelle Perret, EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

• Digitally printed PV glass as new business area
• Transdisciplinary transfer into pilot projects
• Bachelor degree programs and professional education

Stephen Wittkopf, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Horw, Switzerland